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http://dx.doi.org/10.12812/ksms.2016.18.1.83

A Study on the Effective Method of Fire Safety Management of Geriatric Hospitals  

Lee, Young-Sam (Se-Young E&D Safety Consulting Engineering Office)
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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.18, no.1, 2016 , pp. 83-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently many geriatric hospitals have been built in Korea because increasing aging rapidly. However the increasing geriatric hospitals make the increasing safety accidents. Therefore this study is conducted by survey and face-to-face talk with the fire safety managers for analyzing safety problem of geriatric hospitals which number is twelve among 15 geriatric hospitals in the north of Chung-buk area. The result of this study is that geriatric hospitals are very old. Fire safety managers holding the fire safety license are a level 2 issued by the Korea Fire Safety Association(KFSA). And the fire safety inspection ability of them is normal (58%). Furthermore a fire safety budget ratio is 83% (A little) in the company yearly budget. And ratio having the fire inspection equipment in the building is 42% (A little) and 33% (Nothing). Satisfaction ratio of their duty is 66% and they also get stress from heavy duty and heavy responsibility. In conclusion, CEO needs to invest and interest the improvement of job performance, satisfaction ratio and fire safety facility. Also government needs the improvement of system to support and supervise the fire safety of geriatric hospitals consistently.
Keywords
Geriatric hospital; Fire safety manager; Accident; Improvement;
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