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http://dx.doi.org/10.15683/kosdi.2014.10.3.420

Comprehensive Analysis of Exposed Adverse Factors in Disaster Response Activities - Focused on Fire -  

Park, Chanseok (Department of Fire Safety Management, Woosong College)
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Journal of the Society of Disaster Information / v.10, no.3, 2014 , pp. 420-430 More about this Journal
Abstract
Firefighters performing disaster response activities such as Fire Suppression Rescue First Aid in fire are being exposed in various adverse factors, heat, smoke, toxic gases, emotional stress, biological toxic factors and physical overload by unnatural ergonomic posture required for firefighters. But so far, there is the study for this problem only separately. There is no study about comprehesive analysis of exposed adverse factors in fire-related disaster response activities and countermeasures. The purpose of this study is to contiribute to solving the health problems and prevention of accidents of firefighters by extracting hazardous agents in disaster such as fire and by proposing countermeasures. After analyzing circumstances such as fire-suppression, rescue first aid and life-environment, exposure factors of fire are derived and exposure status is suggested according to physical chemical biological psychological aspects. The countermeasure against the noise of the physical exposure factors are proposed. The countermeasures such as protective equipment and clean room in chemical factors, infection prevention education, vaccination and periodic check system in biological factors, PTSD alleviation booth and mentoring in psychological factors are proposed.
Keywords
Disaster Response Activities; Fire; Adverse Factors; Exposure Countermeasures by Adverse Factors;
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