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A Study on Factors Affecting Formation of Social Capital for Volunteer Fire Brigade

의용소방대의 사회적 자본 영향요인 분석

  • Received : 2013.12.12
  • Accepted : 2014.02.14
  • Published : 2014.02.28

Abstract

A Volunteer Fire Brigade is a voluntary social services organization that performs various assistance works in fire fighting activities such as fire fighting and rescue of human lives on a part-time basis. Recently, it has also assumed an important role in the creation of security culture of local society. Besides, it provides diverse service activities related to security of local society. However, as this kind of volunteer fire brigade organization is not in a vigorous state, research for an improvement is being carried out in earnest. As part of a vitalization plan of the volunteer fire brigade, an attempt was made in this research to present an activation plan of the volunteer fire brigade through formation of social capital. Accordingly, efforts were made in this research to investigate and analyze an awareness of social capital among the volunteers and to present on this basis a plan for formation of social capital for the volunteer fire brigade of local society. As a result of the research, it turned out that social norm has the major effect on the formation of social capital for volunteer fire brigade. Therefore, it is our belief that an independent statute should be established to nurture and develop volunteer fire brigades. And when strong mutual trust among the volunteers are formed and efforts for devotion to local society are made on this basis, the security level of local society will be enhanced further.

의용소방대는 화재진압 및 인명구조 등의 소방 활동의 보조업무를 비상근적으로 수행하며, 자발적인 사회봉사활동을 하는 조직이다. 최근에 들어서는 지역사회의 안전문화 조성을 위한 역할도 수행하고 있다. 또한 지역사회의 안전과 관련된 다양한 봉사활동을 하고 있다. 이러한 의용소방대 조직이 활성화가 되지 않아 이에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되어왔다. 본 연구 역시 의용소방대 조직의 활성화 방안으로 사회적 자본 형성을 통한 의용소방대 활성화방안을 제시하고자 한다. 따라서 본 연구는 의용소방대원의 사회적 자본 인식을 조사하고, 분석하여 이를 토대로 지역사회 의용소방대의 사회적 자본 형성 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 연구의 결과 사회적 규범이 의용소방대 사회적 자본 형성에 가장 많은 영향을 미친 것으로 조사되었다. 따라서 의용소방대를 육성 발전시키기 위한 독립된 법령 제정되어야 하고, 의용소방대원 간의 강한 신뢰가 형성되어 조직전체의 신뢰를 기반으로 지역사회에 헌신한다면 지역사회 안전의 수준은 매우 높아질 것이다.

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