A Survey on Safety Culture: Fire Fighters

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the level of the safety culture of firefighters and the factors that affect the safety culture, and to find out the answers to the questions on which areas the safety of firefighters can be developed, and what can be done in these areas. In this study, the safety culture questionnaire developed by S. Williams in 2007 as a measurement tool is applied to 209 fire brigades, and the safety culture level of the participants is determined by statistical analysis. In order to determine the significance level of the relationship between the participants' responses to the safety culture questionnaire and the determined 11 hypotheses, the chi-square test is used, and the results are analyzed under three categories. As a result, a significant difference is found between the safety culture of firefighters, their education levels and occupational accidents. There is also a significant difference between the firefighters' accident situations and their ranks.

Keywords

• Safety culture
• Fire department
• Occupational safety

Güvenlik Kültürü Üzerine Bir Araştırma: İtfaiyeciler

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, itfaiyecilerin güvenlik kültürünü ve güvenlik kültürü düzeyini etkileyen faktörleri araştırmak ve itfaiyecilerin güvenliğinin hangi alanlarda geliştirilebileceği ve bu alanlarda neler yapılabileceği sorularının cevaplarını bulmaktır. Bu çalışmada, 2007 yılında S. Williams tarafından bir ölçme aracı olarak geliştirilen güvenlik kültürü anketi, 209 itfaiyeciye uygulanmış ve katılımcıların güvenlik kültürü düzeyi istatistiksel olarak belirlenmiştir. Katılımcıların güvenlik kültürü anketine verdiği yanıtlar ile belirlenen 11 hipotez arasındaki ilişkinin önem düzeyini belirlemek için ki-kare testi kullanılmış ve sonuçlar üç kategori altında analiz edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, itfaiyecilerin güvenlik kültürü ile eğitim düzeyleri ve iş kazaları arasında anlamlı bir fark olduğu bulunmuştur. İtfaiyecilerin kaza durumları ile rütbeleri arasında da önemli bir fark olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

• Güvenlik Kültürü
• İtfaiye Departmanı
• İş Güvenliği

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