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Fire service research, the fitting-in website where academia and the fire service can meet - a resource for research and consultancy for the fire and rescue service and firefighters - Organised by Dr Dave Baigent this site provides a place to share your own research, to look at what others have written about the fire service and to see our commercial offerings.

Academics are not the experts, fire and rescue service managers are the experts. What fitting-in can do is to help managers to recognise their expertise and to further understand the issues through that recognition.
Home Main Index Contact us Draft papers for reading Recent index of contrbutions Older index of contributions Reports Consultancy Snapshot Audits Workshops on fire service culture Problem solving by fitting-in Elite briefing/workshops Impact Assessments Equality Action Plans CV & References Have you seen Ethos? One Decade On - Survey on women firefighters New CFOA President Minister's speech Audit Commission on equality Melbourne DiversityConference How do I send my writing to fitting-in for publication What does fitting-in publish How do I do research - some basic tips Writing a bibliography Home Testimonials/References Reports from Government Diversity Strategy Public Service Degree online or face to face Contact us	You are welcome to download these 'work in progress' papers - your comments will be welcome at dave.baigent@fitting-in.com Something very simple on masculinityBaigent, D. (2008) Heroes and the Social Construction of Masculinity - work in progress, Cambridge: fitting-in.com. Baigent, D. (2008) Sociology Should Challenge Masculinity - work in progress, Cambridge: fitting-in.com. Baigent, D. (2000) Researching in the fire and rescue service Cambridge: fitting-in.com Baigent, D. (2008) 'One Decade on: early summary of research into the harassment of women in the UK Fire and Rescue Service - work in progress,' Cambridge: fitting-in.com Baigent, D. (2008) 'One Decade on: data on the the harassment of women firefighters in the UK Fire and Rescue Service - work in progress,' Cambridge: fitting-in.com Baigent, D. 2007 'An early debate on how social norms and values provide the rules that form the structures for Public Servants - work in progress,' Cambridge: fitting-in.com Baigent, D. (2007) 'Public Servants and free choice: an early debate about the influences of structure and agency - work in progress,' Cambridge: fitting-in.com Baigent, D. (2008) 'Public Service Workers and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - work in progress,' Cambridge: fitting-in.com Baigent, D. (2008) 'How re-reading Mayo (1949) may provide new opportunities to understand public service workers - work in progress,' Cambridge: fitting-in.com Baigent, D (2008) 'Culture, the formal and the informal - work in progress,' Cambridge: fitting-in.com Baigent, D. 2008 'Group-think - work in progress ' Cambridge: Cambridge: fitting-in.com.
	"The Service are delighted with the research and reports produced by "Fitting-in. We believe that your original hyphothesis and work undertaken in Merseyside has resulted in a ground breaking piece of work that can only serve to inform the wider fire and rescue communities." This is what Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service had to say about the Ethos research, communications and training project (2007) For further information or just to talk about what fitting-in can provide ring Dr Dave Baigent (GradIFireE) 07802 495 329, email or write to 17 Headley Gardens, Cambridge, CB22 5JZ Academic theory without practise is a waste - research without theory may just be dumb Bringing research in the fire service straight to you Site under reconstruction 4-3-08 please notify me of any errors Contact us z

"The Service are delighted with the research and reports produced by "Fitting-in. We believe that your original hyphothesis and work undertaken in Merseyside has resulted in a ground breaking piece of work that can only serve to inform the wider fire and rescue communities."

This is what Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service had to say about the Ethos research, communications and training project (2007)