AN INVESTIGATION ON THE LEVELS OF FIRST AID BAG AND FIRE EXTINGUISHING TUBE IN THE AUTOMOBILES THAT PASS THROUGH THE BUCAK REGIONAL TRAFFIC POINT

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 82 - 86, 31.08.2021

Prof.dr. Mehmet Zeki Yıldırım

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the compliance of the first aid kit and fire extinguisher that must be found in vehicles on the highway. For this purpose, 101 vehicles randomly selected among the vehicles stopped at Bucak Region Traffic Point on the Burdur - Antalya highway between 15-20 December 2019 were examined. The data were obtained by asking the vehicle users one-on-one and making observations. In the observation form, there are 24 questions consisting of first aid kit and fire extinguisher standards and 6 questions containing demographic information.
In the answers given to the questions about the first aid kit standards, it is seen that the contents of the first aid kits in the vehicles comply with the standards at the level of 50-60% on average. The presence of fire extinguishers and the standards of the tubes found is even more negative than the average values. It was observed that 36,6% of the vehicles did not have a fire extinguisher, 55,4% of the tubes in the vehicles with fire extinguishers had expired, and again 2% of the tubes had cracks, leaks and roughness on the outer surface. The data were evaluated statistically, and more positive values were found in the vehicles of single vehicle drivers in the first aid kit and fire extinguisher standards compared to the married ones.
It is believed that urgent measures should be taken to eliminate the inadequacy of first aid kits and fire extinguishers in vehicles in a geography with a high rate of occurrence of traffic accidents.
As a result, the deficiencies of the first aid kit and fire extinguisher in the vehicles were determined and the drivers were warned before there was a possible emergency.

Keywords

First Aid Bag, Fire Extinguisher, Highway

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