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Table 2 Department-level Pearson correlation coefficient matrix (n = 112)

From: Size matters: How safety climate and downstream outcomes vary by fire department organization type

 

Percent EMS runs

Percent fire runs

Injury rate

Annual call volume

Roster size

Population served

Burnout on EMS runs

Engagement on EMS runs

Burnout on fire runs

Engagement on fire runs

Job satisfaction

Safety compliance

MC

SS

Percent EMS runs

1.00

             

Percent fire runs

− 0.87

1.00

            

Injury rate

0.25

− 0.26

1.00

           

Annual call volume

0.17

− 0.13

0.37

1.00

          

Roster size

0.13

− 0.11

0.31

0.97

1.00

         

Population served

0.16

− 0.13

0.38

0.98

0.96

1.00

        

Burnout on EMS runs

− 0.29

0.22

0.17

0.10

0.07

0.07

1.00

       

Engagement on EMS runs

0.15

− 0.04

− 0.21

− 0.05

− 0.04

− 0.04

− 0.70

1.00

      

Burnout on fire runs

− 0.26

0.21

0.02

0.05

0.05

0.03

0.75

− 0.44

1.00

     

Engagement on fire runs

0.14

− 0.12

− 0.11

− 0.02

− 0.01

− 0.02

− 0.43

0.51

− 0.65

1.00

    

Job satisfaction

− 0.10

0.19

− 0.10

0.03

0.03

0.03

− 0.44

0.46

− 0.45

0.42

1.00

   

Safety compliance

0.17

− 0.18

− 0.10

0.03

0.05

0.04

− 0.44

0.28

− 0.49

0.37

0.41

1.00

  

Management Commitment to safety (MC)

− 0.16

0.25

− 0.32

− 0.17

− 0.15

− 0.17

− 0.41

0.37

− 0.39

0.29

0.78

0.37

1.00

 

Supervisor Support for safety (SS)

− 0.06

0.14

− 0.19

0.07

0.08

0.06

− 0.39

0.41

− 0.42

0.49

0.76

0.49

0.58

1.00

  1. Bolded values indicate moderate (0.50–0.69) and high (0.70–0.99) correlations