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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2014.28.1.058

Improvement for the Job Safety in the Scene Activities of Fire Fighters  

Kim, Jong-Seo (Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Korea University Medical Center)
Lee, Dong-Ho (Fire Disaster Prevention Research Center University of Incheon)
Park, Jong-Tae (Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Korea University Medical Center)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.28, no.1, 2014 , pp. 58-63 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to propose measures to improve and secure safety in the scene activities of firefighters. First, the majority of firefighters thought that working environment and equipment in fire station were inadequate for perforeming work tasks safely. Second, influential factors threatening safe scene activities mainly arose externally such as insecure working conditions of firefighting or emergency scene. Third, improvement in working environments was pointed out as the most urgent issue to secure safety. Firefighters recognized the expansion of field workforce in system, personnel management and the foundation of hospitals for firefighters hospital in working environment, and the development and distribution of safe equipment and change and inspection of air respirator facepiece on regular basis in equipment as urgent issues to be improved.
Keywords
Improvement of Safety; Scene Activities; Working Environment for the Firefighter;
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