Journal of the Korean Society of Safety (한국안전학회지)

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A Study on the Revitalization of Disaster Vulnerable Population's Social Activity in the Safety Fields

안전약자의 재난안전분야 자원봉사활동 참여활성화 방안 연구

  • Yoo, Byungtae (Accident Prevention and Assessment Division, National Institute of Chemical Safety) ;
  • Kim, Hyunjung (Safety Research Division, National Disaster Management Institute) ;
  • Kim, Sangyong (Graduate School of Public Administration, Kookmin University) ;
  • Oh, Keumho (Safety Research Division, National Disaster Management Institute)
  • 유병태 (화학물질안전원 사고예방심사과) ;
  • 김현정 (국립재난안전연구원 안전연구실) ;
  • 김상용 (국민대학교 행정대학원) ;
  • 오금호 (국립재난안전연구원 안전연구실)
  • Received : 2015.02.06
  • Accepted : 2015.04.13
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

Individuals who are vulnerable during disaster - including elderly, people with disabilities, children, pregnant women and etc - have a strong desire to protect themselves when disaster strikes since they are less capable to deal with the impact of disaster. Their experience and effort to keep them safe can be used as a resource to reduce the impacts of disaster not only for them but also for the community as a whole. Therefore, voluntary disaster management program will contribute to our society as a tool to respond effectively to disaster not only to meet the vulnerable's special needs but also to enhance community safety and public interest. This paper suggests a model that able "disaster vulnerable population" to take a leadership role in identifying risk and vulnerability factors, recommending disaster management strategy, and through that, contributing to enhance society's disaster plan. Therefore, this study aimed to surveyed individuals including "disaster vulnerable population" in order to assess the vulnerable's participation in disaster related volunteer work and surveyed associated institutions(volunteer centers, community centers) in order to research currently existing relevant programmes and the participation of "disaster vulnerable population" in such programmes. Also conducted focus group interview to explore voluntary program which will possibly integrate "disaster vulnerable population" into disaster management activities. As a result, three types of voluntary disaster management programs - education, public-relations, and activity - were suggested.

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