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Fire Safety Knowledge of Firefighting Equipment among Local and Foreign University Students

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  • Chu Zhang

    (School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea)

  • Won-Hwa Hong

    (School of Architectural, Civil, Environmental and Energy Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea)

  • Young-Hoon Bae

    (Research Institute of Intelligent Fire Safety Technology and Human Behavioral Science, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea)

Abstract

Despite the risks at university laboratories, university students are still marginalized from safety management in university laboratories. In addition, the existing studies related to the fire safety knowledge of university laboratories, do not consider the fire safety knowledge of university students with respect to firefighting equipment and the increasing number of foreign university students. To overcome this gap, we conducted a survey on 273 foreign and 144 local students and identified the differences in fire safety knowledge and those in comprehension and response related to firefighting equipment among the participants through statistical analysis. The results of the survey, where respondents were classified into four groups by gender and nationality, found significant differences in fire safety knowledge between gender and nationality. All the groups had difficulty in directly extinguishing a fire using fire extinguishing equipment. The results of this study, that is, those pertaining to the differences in fire safety knowledge depending on the gender and nationality of students and types of firefighting systems are expected to be used as basic data to establish safety education and management plans in the future.

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  • Chu Zhang & Won-Hwa Hong & Young-Hoon Bae, 2022. "Fire Safety Knowledge of Firefighting Equipment among Local and Foreign University Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-11, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:19:p:12239-:d:926367
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