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http://dx.doi.org/10.12812/ksms.2014.16.4.133

An empirical study of the impact which the change of age ratio of disaster response organization has on organization effectiveness and quality assurance - Focused on field activities firefighters in Seoul metropolitan city -  

Park, Chan-Seok (Dept. of Fire Safety Management, Woosong College)
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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.16, no.4, 2014 , pp. 133-145 More about this Journal
Abstract
Aging of the fire organizations, typical disaster response agencies also will be in serious problems with aging society. It is expected that the ratio of more than fifties will reach 31~40% after 10~15 years in Seoul fire organization. This Aging of firefighters can bring about a serious problem in disaster and safety management, since firefighters require robust fitness and healthy bodies in disaster situations. In this study, after the analysis of aging status and trend of firefighters in Seoul, I have an empirical analysis about the impact this aging has on organization effectiveness and QA. As a result, the increase of the elderly reduced organization effectiveness and QA. In addition, in the group consisting of less than 50, it is expected to increase the organization's effectiveness and QA activities through field activity to improve the professional skills with age, but could not be confirmed. In the group consisting of more than fifties, it was found that aging had a significant negative impact on organizational effectiveness and QA activities as factors, including physical deterioration by aging.
Keywords
Disaster Response Agencies; Aging of Firefighters; Organization Effectiveness; Quality Assurance;
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