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A Preliminary Study on Vitalization Measures for Volunteer Fire Department Organizations (의용소방대 조직 활성화 방안에 관한 시론적 연구)

  • Woo, Seong-Cheon
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.54-63
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    • 2015
  • Volunteer fire department is a private firefighting organization which is set up in Seoul, metropolitan cities, city/eup/myeon to assist firefighting service. It actively participates in prevention and aid of various disasters as well as in fire prevention/extinguishment to protect people's lives and property and to promote regional development. In short, it is a nonpaid, voluntary, private service organization; it is composed of residents in the area who have spirit of service and sacrifice, wish to join, and work in their own occupation while assisting firefighting work. Yet, voluntary fire department of such nobility and sincerity has not been vitalized, and accordingly, studies regarding this issue have been conducted in firefighting organizations and academia. Therefore, purposes of this research are 1) to analyze issues of current situation through looking at basic training for new volunteer firefighter, unification of power to appoint and dismiss captain and crews of the volunteer fire department, volunteer fire firefighters with a few good people, and vitalization of female volunteer firefighters; and 2) to propose vitalization measures based on the findings above.

A Study on the Development of 119 Emergency Medical Service System (119구급대의 전문화 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Sung-Kyu
    • Korean Security Journal
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    • no.3
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    • pp.336-384
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    • 2000
  • The current function of 119EMS(Emergency Medical Service) is simply to transport patients to hospitals due to the lack of medical personnel and medical equipments. In order to mark the current 119EMS system, that is to say, more many medical technician and paramedics, medical equipments supplementation, korean EMS communication system simplification and the re-arrangement of the existing fire organization, and so on. Also so various problems involving 119EMS should be solved political and financial support and the change in people's attitude toward the public fire service.

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A Study on the Revision of the Fire Safety Standard of the Fire Department Connection (연결송수관설비 화재안전기준(NFSC 502) 개정에 관한 연구)

  • Jang, Gyeong-Nam;Baek, Eun-Sun
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2018
  • Among the firefighting facilities, the fire department connection during firefighting is more important than any other facilities at the firefighting site to supply fire water. This study examined the water supply port of a fire department connection installed at an apartment building based on the Standard for Fire Safety (NFSC 502). The time of discovery was measured by fire fighters who knew or did not know of the water supply port installed in the apartment building, and by separating day and night. To maximize the use of the fire department connection which is the full fire extinguisher facility used by the fire brigade based on the results of the experiment, the author suggests improvement proposals that can clarify the installation location and install the location sign of the fire department connection for the Standard for Fire Safety (NFSC 502).

Fire District Adjustment for Improving Fire Service Vulnerable Areas in Jinju (진주시 소방서비스 취약지역 개선을 위한 소방권역 조정)

  • Yoo, Hwan Hee;Koo, Seul
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2013
  • This study analyzed the vulnerable areas to the fire service in regard to 119 safety centers, currently established in Jinju city. In this study, the district of fire was examined through the analysis of the OD cost matrix to find the transference or increase methods of the existing centers for improving the fire services. The study results demonstrate that the numbers of 119 safety centers were lacking in comparison with the areas of the administrative district in Jinju. In particular, relocation and the transference or increase of centers were required for the Cheonjeon 119 safety centers, which is the creation area of the National Industrial Complex among five 119 safety centers located in Jinju, and the fire service jurisdiction of Munsan 119 safety centers (including Banseong 119 regional unit), which is the location of a big fire risk due to the increase of population according to the development of the new town. In addition, the OD cost matrix analysis in this study reveals the fact that the time of fire service in the Jeonchon Industrial Complex, which is the significantly vulnerable area, will be reduced from 8 minutes to 3.3 minutes if the current Cheonjeon 119 safety center is moved to Gaho-dong. It indicates that the increase of safety centers in Geumsan-myeon areas, where the population has increased rapidly in recent days due to the development of the new town, is keenly needed.

A Study on Improvement of Domestic Airport Service for Rescue and Fire Fighting (국내 공항 구조 및 소방 업무 개선방안 연구)

  • Han, Jae-Hyun;Chung, Ki-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2008
  • Aircraft fires due to accident at an airport may be under a special situation. An outstanding characteristic of aircraft fires is their tendency to reach lethal intensity within a very short time. In domestic aviation act, there are regulations related to services coping with the aircraft accidents within an airport. To cope aircraft fires, it is necessary to define clearly the regulations and standards about the services and related activities of rescue and fire fighting, and to keep the regulations and standards. The study has been performed on the basis of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Airport Services Manual of rescue and fire fighting. The objective of study is to suggest improvement methods for standards applicable to actual service practices of rescue and fire fighting by analyzing through the comparison of domestic and international regulations and standards.

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Preserving Reliability of Evidence Containers for Fire Debris Containing Ignitable Liquids (유류화재증거물 보관용기의 신뢰성에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Dong-Hun;Lee, Sung-Ryong
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.70-74
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    • 2013
  • It is very important for the collected samples at fire scenes to be properly preserved for laboratory analysis. Preserving abilities of four type containers, metal cans, glass jars, zipper and heat sealed polymer bags, with the five ignitable liquids (toluene, n-octane, o-xylene, n-decane and n-hexadecane) were examined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The glass jars with Teflon (PTFE) liner were the best ability to prevent the evaporation of the ignitable liquids.

A Study on Propagation of Deflagration and Fire Cause in the Busan In door Shooting Range (부산 실내사격장 화재의 연소 확대 경로 및 발화원인 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Jae-Yong;Nam, Jung-Woo;Kim, Dong-Hwan;Kim, Jin-Pyo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2010.10a
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    • pp.227-230
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    • 2010
  • 본 논문은 부산 실내사격장 화재와 관련하여 급격한 연소 확대 경로 및 발화원인에 대하여 분석하였다. 연소 확대 경로 분석을 위하여 실내사격장에 광범위하게 사용되는 스펀지형 흡음재의 연소실험을 수행하였다. 흡음재 연소 실험은 일반형과 낭연 처리된 흡음재를 대상으로 실시하였으며, 화약잔사 흡착 시, 연소 특성을 평가하였다. 발화원인에 대한 분석을 위하여 총기 사용 과정에서 발생되는 유탄된 탄환의 비산거리 및 크기를 실측하고, 유탄된 탄환에 대한 운동에너지 계산을 통하여 화약잔사와 충격하는 경우, 충분한 발화 가능성이 있음을 확인하였다.

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