{"id":53,"date":"2026-05-21T16:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/?p=53"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:27:50","slug":"fostering-empathy-for-endangered-animals-through-creative-writing-and-drawing-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/fostering-empathy-for-endangered-animals-through-creative-writing-and-drawing-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidencing and developing the reach and sustainability of a tool for assessing psychological skills in firefighters (THINCS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>THINCS is an established system, co-produced with the National Fire Chiefs Council, for assessing the psychological skills of firefighters, including decision-making and resilience in high-pressure situations. It supports safe and effective incident command. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This project focused on evidencing its impact and ensuring it remains relevant as operational demands evolve.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"post-56 media-56\" class=\"image align-none\">\n<p><figure style=\"width: 785px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/684\/2026\/06\/image_fx_.png\" alt=\"An AI generated picture of an American and a British fireman shaking hands in front of Westminster, UK.\" width=\"785\" height=\"428\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A generated image representing PhD work between the UK and USA by PhD student, Erik Kambarian from Illinois.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>The team created a database of THINCS assessments to track use and build an evidence base for its impact. Working closely with fire and rescue services across the UK, they co-produced a review of the system through workshops with incident commanders, identifying opportunities to refine how these critical skills are assessed in practice.<\/p>\n<p>IAA funding enabled the development of a robust evidence base and supported in person engagement with fire and rescue services across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>This allowed THINCS to be reviewed and refined in response to real world needs, strengthening partnerships and positioning the system for continued use, wider adoption and future international development.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or would like to share your thoughts about their project, please contact them at: Prof. Rob Honey (Honey@cardiff.ac.uk)\u00a0 School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THINCS is an established system, co-produced with the National Fire Chiefs Council, for assessing the psychological skills of firefighters, including decision-making and resilience in high-pressure situations. It supports safe and [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7183,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,50,70],"tags":[72,74],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","category-esrc","category-school-of-psychology","tag-fire-service","tag-thincs","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/funded-research-impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}