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A Study on Occupational Stress for the Injured Firefighter: Focusing on Gyeongbuk Province (공상 소방공무원의 직무스트레스에 관한 연구 -경북지역을 중심으로-)

  • Bang, Chang-Hoon;Hong, Woi-Hyun S.
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.79-85
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    • 2010
  • The aim of the study intends to investigate safety and health of injured firefighter in Gyeongbuk province and to provide the base data for the safety and health of firefighter. The results of the study are as follows. The injured firefighter are under more job stress than general's and the effect factor of stress are "lack of reward", "organizational system", "occupational climate" and "job insecurity". The injured firefighter receive more job stress than the average of korean man about "physical environment" and "occupational climate". The prevalence post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of injured firefighter using IES-R-K is 75 percent of the surveyed.

An Academic Concept Transition of Volunteer Firefighting After Implementation of the Volunteer Fire Brigade Establishment & Operation Act (「의용소방대 설치 및 운영에 관한 법률」의 시행으로 인한 의용소방활동의 학술적 개념 변화)

  • Lee, Won Joo;Kwon, Shin Young
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2017
  • This paper was dealing with the change of academic meaning for activities of volunteer firefighter by enforcement of "Act on Volunteer Fire Brigade Establishment & Operation". For that, we checked the references including definition, origin, history, activities, and characteristics of volunteer firefighter. In addition, we confirmed the differentiating activity characteristics between the volunteer firefighter and the general volunteer. In result, the characteristics of the volunteer firefighter activities did not have with the spontaneity of the general volunteer activities due to Article 3 (appointment of volunteer firefighter), Article 4 (dismissal of volunteer firefighter), and Article 9 (working conditions of volunteer firefighter, etc) of "Act on Volunteer Fire Brigade Establishment & Operation". Finally, we could not interpret that the characteristics of the activities of volunteer firefither is same with the general volunteer activities. The result in this paper is expected to serve as a basis for the research of the volunteer fire department in Korea.

The Structural Reinforcement Design of Firefighter Assistance Robots for Improving the Impact Resistance (소방관 보조로봇 플랫폼의 내충격성능 향상을 위한 구조 보강 설계)

  • Shin, Dong-Hwan;Kim, Yoon-Gu;An, Jinung
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.273-280
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, we describe the structural reinforcement approach of the throwing-type firefighter assistance robot which can be thrown into a fire site to monitor inside the place and search trapped people while ensuring a firefighter's safety. The reinforcement design is focused on high strength with low weight for the robot. The in-depth structural analysis of the platform is carried out to track down the weakest part, especially with the 1.8m height of drop test. The analysis is verified by comparing with the 1.8m height of the drop test of the throwing-type firefighter assistance robot. The optimal approach for improving the strength of the weakest part aims at topological equivalent and equivalently stress distributed shape.

A Study on Safety and Health of Injured Firefighter: Focusing on Gyeongbuk Province (공상 소방공무원의 안전보건에 관한 연구 - 경북지역을 중심으로 -)

  • Bang, Chang-Hoon
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.167-172
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    • 2009
  • The aim of study intends to investigate safety and health of injured firefighter in Gyeongbuk province and to provide the base data for the safety and health of firefighter. The results of the study are as follows. Type of activities when injured are surveyed extinguishing fire (42.5%), EMS (20.0%), rescue (12.5%), driving (10.0%) others (10.0%), education and training (5.0%). The firefighter injuries are treated in hospital (75%), operated surgery (62.5%) and disordered physically (25.0%). It was found that administration financial support (42.5%), development and propagation of teaching material (12.5%), the interest of chief (7.5%) were required for the safety and health of firefighter.

Application of Deep Learning: A Review for Firefighting

  • Shaikh, Muhammad Khalid
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2022
  • The aim of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of Deep Learning in the literature on Fire & Rescue Service. It is found that deep learning techniques are only beginning to benefit the firefighters. The popular areas where deep learning techniques are making an impact are situational awareness, decision making, mental stress, injuries, well-being of the firefighter such as his sudden fall, inability to move and breathlessness, path planning by the firefighters while getting to an fire scene, wayfinding, tracking firefighters, firefighter physical fitness, employment, prediction of firefighter intervention, firefighter operations such as object recognition in smoky areas, firefighter efficacy, smart firefighting using edge computing, firefighting in teams, and firefighter clothing and safety. The techniques that were found applied in firefighting were Deep learning, Traditional K-Means clustering with engineered time and frequency domain features, Convolutional autoencoders, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Deep Neural Networks, Simulation, VR, ANN, Deep Q Learning, Deep learning based on conditional generative adversarial networks, Decision Trees, Kalman Filters, Computational models, Partial Least Squares, Logistic Regression, Random Forest, Edge computing, C5 Decision Tree, Restricted Boltzmann Machine, Reinforcement Learning, and Recurrent LSTM. The literature review is centered on Firefighters/firemen not involved in wildland fires. The focus was also not on the fire itself. It must also be noted that several deep learning techniques such as CNN were mostly used in fire behavior, fire imaging and identification as well. Those papers that deal with fire behavior were also not part of this literature review.

A Real Situation Experimental Study on The Thermal Protection Performance of Firefighter Clothes and Gloves (소방방화복 및 소방장갑의 열 보호 성능에 대한 실제 화재 실험 연구)

  • Lee, Won Jae;Kang, Gu Hyun;Jang, Yong Soo;Kim, Wonhee;Choi, Hyun Young;Kim, Jae Guk;Kim, MinJi;Seo, Kyo;kim, Do hee;Lee, Joo-young;Choi, Jung Yoon
    • Journal of the Korean Burn Society
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.17-21
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the thermal protective function of firefighter clothes and gloves through real scale fire simulations. Methods: Firstly, the fire simulation by real scale flame was performed for firefighter clothes. A manikin equipped with firefighter clothes was directly exposed to flames which energy average is 84 Kw/m2. for 22 seconds. Heat flux gauges attached on the body measured surface temperature elevation. Secondly, we also performed the other fire simulation by hot plate exposure to firefighter gloves. Firefighter gloves with heat flux gauges exposed hot plate which temperature is 300℃ in both dry and moist conditions. Primary outcome was surface temperature change of manikin body (first simulation) and hand (second simulation) over times. Results: In the first flame simulation, the surface temperature of face and shoulders elevated more rapidly comparing with the other body surface area when initial period of flame shutter open. After 18sec of shutter open, the surface temperature of upper trunk elevated rapildy. After shutter closure, high surface temperature kept continuously on right side of face and left shoulder. In the second hot plate simulation, fingers and palms showed higher surface temperature than the other areas of hands in the both dry and wet conditions. Conclusion: This study suggests that the real scale flame enables firefighter clothes to lose their heat protective function suddenly after 18 seconds. Additionally, the protective function of firefighter gloves were relatively weaker in the palmar side of fingers than the other parts of hand. There should be additional study for evaluate thermal protection performance of firefighter clothes. And, further effort for reinforce palmar side of fingers of firefighter gloves should be done.

A Study on the Impacting Factors Influencing on the Volunteer Firefighter's Satisfaction in Sejong City Upon their Activities as a Volunteer Firefighter (세종특별자치시 의용소방대원의 활동 만족도에 미치는 영향 요인 연구)

  • Kim, Seon Woong;Lee, Wonjoo;Lee, Chang-Seop
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.96-103
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this paper is to study effects of participation motivations, relationships, and compensation on a satisfaction in activity of volunteer firefighter. For this purpose, we surveyed 106 volunteer firefighter worked in Sejong city. The survey data was analyzed the reliability in questionnaire design by SPSS 20.0 win program. Also, the interrelationship of each factors were confirmed by analysis of frequency, percentage and regression analysis. Furthermore, the regression analysis was performed in order to investigate effects of motivations, interpersonal relationships, and compensation on a satisfaction in activity of volunteer firefighter. A factor of motivations, interpersonal relationships, and compensation was found to be a positive influence on a satisfaction in activity of volunteer firefighter under significance probability of < 0.05. The overall satisfaction was influenced in order of motivations, compensation, interpersonal relationships. This paper is expected to serve as a basis for the efficient operation of the Korean Volunteer Fire Department.

A Team-based Firefighter Training Simulator for Complex Buildings (대형 복합건물을 대상으로 하는 소방관 팀 훈련용 시뮬레이터 개발)

  • Lee, Jai-Kyung;Cha, Moo-Hyun;Choi, Byung-Il;Kim, Tae-Sung
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.370-379
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    • 2011
  • The increasing complexity of complex buildings, such as high-rise buildings and underground subway stations, presents new challenges to firefighters. In a fire in complex buildings, the importance of the collaboration between firefighters is clear. The increased demand on firefighter training for such environment is now evident. Due to cost, time, and safety issues, it is impossible to experience a real fire in such environments for training. In addition, the use of real fire for training does not enable repeatable training and the evaluation of the training is difficult. We developed a team-based firefighter training simulator for complex buildings using the virtual reality technology. It provides the training and evaluation of firefighting and mission-based team training. To model real fire phenomena in virtual space, a numerical analysis method based on fire dynamics is used. To achieve an immersive virtual environment, an augmented reality technique for the compensation of real world image and a haptic technique for heat experience are adopted. The developed training simulator can help the firefighter to respond to large and complex firefighting scenarios, while maintaining the safety of the trainees.

Importance-Performance Analysis for Developing Convergence Firefighter Helmets (융합 소방용 안전모 개발을 위한 중요도-만족도 연관 분석)

  • Oh, Mi-Ok;Shin, Jong-Kuk;Kang, Myung Chang;Shin, Bo-Sung;Moon, Min-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.109-114
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    • 2016
  • This study executes Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) on existing firefighter helmet attributes and gathers ideas for improvements from fire-fighting officers to develop a convergence firefighter helmet. The results of empirical analysis were as follows: First, the weight, head fitness, ease of wearing and removal, and ease of managing the existing helmet's attributes need urgent improvement. In addition, fire-fighting officers want to add innovative functions such as oxygen deficiency alarms, poison gas sensors, temperature sensors, and network communication systems to the convergence firefighter helmet under development.

A Study on Differences of the Effects of Firefighter's Traumatic Experiences on Their Burnout, Depression, Anxiety and Social Relationships (소방공무원이 지각한 외상경험이 직무소진과 우울, 불안 및 대인관계에 대한 차이 비교 연구)

  • Lee, Seobin;Byun, Sanghea
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.121-133
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    • 2018
  • The goal of this study is to investigate the factors affecting firefighter's traumatic experiences and to examine and compare the differences of how those factors contribute to firefighter's burnout, depression, anxiety and social relationships. This study suggests that it is imperative for firefighters to have mindfulness, which brings mental and emotional healing, for their job-satisfaction. To empirically examine the research model of this study, the questionnaire survey was carried out to firefighters in InCheon Metropolitan City for two weeks; from October 19thto November 3rd, 2017. Out of 180 questionnaires, 170were retrieved. Total number of 160 questionnaires are empirically examined this study, excluding10bad survey responses. The t-test was conducted to determine whether there exist differences by gender among traumatic experienced firefighters, and a meaningful difference was found from perceived intrusiveness, a sub factor to traumatic experiences. Male firefighters showed higher mean than that of female firefighters in perceived angle, evasion and intrusiveness. Second, the t-test was conducted to determine whether there exist differences by gender in firefighter's burnout, but no meaningful differences were found. Female firefighters showed higher mean in emotional exhaustion, impersonalization and in decrease in self-achievements. Third, the t-test was conducted to determine whether there exist differences by gender in firefighter's depression and relationships, but no meaningful differences were found.