Analysis of Accidents While Firefighters Executing Rescue Services

• Main Authors: LU SHIH WEI, 盧士偉
• Other Authors: 鄭合志
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/86798904397627946903

碩士 === 中州科技大學 === 工程技術研究所 === 101 === Tasks of fire-fighting covering all kinds of disasters, and usually be highly-dangerous. In the past, firefighters injured or died during executing rescue services, especially in water, chemical, or fire disasters, continued to be reported. The purpose of this study was to investigate firefighters’ work-related injuries during executing rescue service. Subjects of 199 first-line firefighters serving in Taichung were recruited. The results were as follows: (1) More than half of the firefighters were injured while executing water disasters as well as fire disasters, and more than 40% of the firefighters injured in chemical disasters. (2) Firefighters’ tenure in one to five years was the highest group to be injured. (3) Most firefighters did not have psychological changes and represent as usual. (4) Most frequently reported injury were fall and scratch. (5) Upper limbs were the most frequently reported injury-part in body. (6) Muscle bruise and sprain was the most in physical hazard. (7) Thirteen firefighters reported injuries of being smoke inhalation while executing service in chemical disasters. (8) Serving as a nozzle man in fire disasters were highly to be hurt as well as in chemical disasters, whereas, serving as a search or rescue man were highly to be hurt in water disasters. (9) The most reported cause of being hurt was not wearing protective equipments properly. (10) After accidents, the highest preventive intervention was wearing protective equipments properly in individual level and increase professional knowledge in serving fire disasters. (11) Increasing safety education training in the department was the highest preventive intervention in management level.