A Study of Influence Factors of Fire Service Employee’s Safety Culture

• Main Authors: Ming-Wei Lin, 林明緯
• Other Authors: Jet-Chau Wen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49056559090460235336

碩士 === 雲林科技大學 === 環境與安全工程系碩士班 === 96 === Safety fire service environment is basic needs for the fireman’s. In recent years,dangers and errors are truly occurring in the existing fire settings. For this reason, fire service safety management has gradually been taken into serious consideration among those fire institutions in our country. Fire service managers should be responsible for safety management and enhance the security of healing environment in many ways.First, to create an organizational safety culture, the managers should actively build a consensus with the members and cultivate a common safety concept together. Second,through the coordination within the organization, the safety culture is formed and safety performance is displayed. This research aims to discuss the impact of fire service management on the fireman’s safety cognition, which is different with various personnel characteristics.Furthermore, the discussion on managers’ influence on the perception of fireman safety,safety culture and safety performance can be a reference for the fire service to promote safety management. The research samples the fireman from Fire Bureau Chang-Hua County with various characteristics in an attempt to gain insights into the influence factors of fireman’s safety cognition. With the population proportion random sampling, a total 760 of investigation samples are collected in the revised "fireman’s safety cognition" structured questionnaire. 631 are valid and the recovery rate is 83.03%. The analysis shows that managers’ support is strongly correlated with the perception of fireman’s safety, safety culture and safety performance. The management levels are more influential on the fireman’s safety cognition than the higher positioned who makes strategies. This research suggests that the core management of fire institutions should carry on the analysis of influence factors on safety management, safety culture and safety performance to build certain principles of strategies. The establishment of safety culture is based on the smooth communication channels across department and between the employees and further the fully authorized unit governors that take responsibilities to certainly monitor and assist the operation of fireman’s safety activities.