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From Protocol to Daily Challenges: The Military Firefighter’s Professional Experience

Abstract

Among the variety of existing professions, some are devoted to caring, which implies, many times, an investment of energy and interest particularly directed to the other’s necessity and demand. This article outlines a study on military firefighters aimed at understanding the unique work of these professionals in terms of providing care and assistance. Three military firefighters were interviewed and data obtained were qualitatively analyzed by Content Analysis, resulting in three final categories: “Sustained and unconditional availability to others as an identity marker”; “Tensions between protocol and everyday life”; and “Institutional safeguarding of subjects who save: nuances of external recognition and support for caregivers”. The findings were interpreted through Psychoanalysis and Work Psychodynamics contributions. The result is that individuals who save and protect are subjects insofar as they carry out the work, constructing creative solutions that go beyond the requirements of the protocol.

Work; Psychoanalysis; Work Psychodynamics; Identity; Firefighters

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