Research Questions

The following topics have been identified by the United States Fire Administration as topics within the fire and emergency services discipline that need extensive research for better understanding of their application to modern organizations. In this assignment, you will choose one of the topics below and, depending on the type of study that you would propose to address the topic, identify a central research question and 3–5 subquestions, hypotheses, or both that could be used to conduct a study. Then, after you have identified these questions, in 350–700 words, justify why your research approach would be an appropriate means of gathering the necessary data to draw conclusions on your topic.

• Change and fire and emergency services organizational culture
• Diversity in fire and emergency services
• Firefighter mental health
• Leadership in fire and emergency services
• Recruitment, retention, and incentives for volunteers