Table 2.

Results of self-assessment of stress experienced upon emergency events. Mean score and SD calculated for each position of the questionnaire and for the total score.

No.	Question a	Mean	SD
1.	To what degree was the situation stressful to you?	1.91	0.75
2.	To what degree was the situation not a challenge to you?	3.56	1.03
3.	To what degree was the action routine?	3.60	1.20
4.	To what degree was the situation a threat to your life?	1.47	0.74
5.	Did the situation endanger civilians in your surroundings?	1.84	1.15
6.	To what degree did the situation endanger other firefighters involved in the action?	1.44	0.73
7.	To what degree was the situation not a threat?	3.77	1.25
8.	Assess the amount of effort you had to undertake in this situation	2.16	0.92
9.	Was your involvement crucial to the action?	2.81	1.16
10.	Assess how satisfied you are with your actions during the incident	3.77	0.81
11.	Assess how satisfied you are with your co-operation with other participants throughout the action	4.12	0.66
12.	In a few short sentences, characterise the situation and your feelings about it (state the type of action, equipment used, difficulties encountered in action, victims/injured parties [people, animals and possessions], and any information that seems important to you) b
	Total score	22.81	5.36

^a Rated on 5-point Likert-type scale: ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) ^b Open question.