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To assess the public awareness, preparedness and risk perception in relation to fire related disasters
at Centre for study of science, technology &policy
Bangalore
Reg no:31507631038
Name: P.Rajalakshmi
COMPANY ANALYSIS
CSTEP is a private, non profit research corporation. CSTEP performs leading-edge research in issues of science
and technology in human development, economic growth and security.
Initial funding for CSTEP has generously come from the SSN Education and Charitable Trust, with energy-related work continuing to be funded from this source.
In September 2008, CSTEP received a grant from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, providing funding for our next generation infrastructure laboratory
Research
(i) Solar thermal modeling(ii) Karnataka Esscom evaluation(iii) Bescom new equipment evaluation(iv) IT in power sector(v) Nuclear report(vi) UCG conference(vii) Slum evolution in Bangalore(viii) Disaster management(ix) Innovative India(x) Institutional aspects of infrastructure(xi) Serving the poor to serve rich in health care(xii) Simulation and game development: energy, agricultural
supply chain, industrial clusters
Introduction
Disaster
United Nations defined disasters as a serious
disruption of the functioning of a community or a society causing widespread human, material, economic and environmental losses which exceeds the ability of the affected community /society to cope using its own resources.
Disaster management
Paradigm
Post disaster approach(response + recovery)
Pre-disaster and pro-active efforts (mitigation + preparedness)
Chennai statistics for fire accidents( 2008)
Total fire accidents Small fire accidents Medium fire accidents Serious fire accidents
17,433 16,444
544
445
Total rescue calls (non-fire) 10,747
Property lost Rs. 53.17 Crores (approximately)
Property saved Rs. 446.56 Crores (approximately)
No. of lives lost in fire calls 69
No. of lives saved 139
No. of lives lost in Rescue calls 2,110
No. of lives saved
Source: www.tnfrs.tn.nic.in
16,088
LITERATURE REVIEW
Research paper on “Awareness of storm surge risk in coastal community on the north sea” by Sonja D. Hofmann, Gunilla Kaiser Karlsruhe university 2007.
Integrated community-based disaster management program in Taiwan: A case study of Shang-A Village
Article of department of civil engineering Anna University “GIS approach for disaster management through awareness” - an overview
Public readiness index –a survey based tool to measure the preparedness of the individual for disasters.(the council for excellence in US government)
Lai&Tao (2003), perception of risk in Chinese people, city university, Hongkong
Brun(1992) karger& wiedemann (1998), perception of natural and environmental risk
NEED FOR THE STUDY
Recently various types of disasters are striking India in general and Chennai in particular. Chennai being densely populated city and highly industrialized, it is more prone to fire related disasters.
Risk perception, knowledge, and experience are the factors, which influence the behaviour in any disaster situation (Kaiser.et al).
Risk awareness, personal preparedness and risk perception seemed to be important parameters in disaster management and it is perceived to be low in Chennai.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of the study is confined to fire related man-made disasters and specific segments of the population of Chennai.
The study focuses on fire related disasters confined to bomb blast & explosion, industrial explosion, fire at home, fire at work place/multi storied building and accidents of vehicles carrying hazardous material.
The specific segments of Chennai population used in this study are students, homemakers, people working in multistoried building, people working in ordinary building and shopkeepers/businessman.
OBJECTIVES
To determine the awareness among the people of Chennai on fire related disaster management.
To determine the preparedness of the people of Chennai on fire related disaster management.
To identify the risk perception of people of Chennai on fire related disasters.
To analyze the factors influencing risk perception of the people of Chennai on fire related disasters.
Conceptual framework
Factors affecting risk perception
Knowledge
Social trust Risk perception Demographic factors
Experience
Source: Lai & Tao
HYPOTHESIS
There is no association between risk perception of people of Chennai on fire related disasters and the trust of people on civil authorities of Chennai.
There is no association between risk perception of people of Chennai on fire related disasters and the experience of people to fire related disasters.
Limitations of the study
The study does not test the awareness of people on industrial explosion.
Only two dimensions of the risk perception of Burn’s risk perception scale is included in this study.
The study is confined to few segments of the population and the sample is not the representative of Chennai population due to time constraint.
The study assumes that the people who knew the preventive measures also knew the causes of the fire related disasters.
The awareness and preparedness of the people are confined to the dimensions mentioned in this study.
Research methodology
RESEARCH DESIGN: Exploratory research
SAMPLING DESIGN:
POPULATION : Chennai city
POPULATION SIZE : 6.4 million (including the suburbs of Chennai)
SAMPLE SIZE : 280
SAMPLING TECHNIQUE : Convenience sampling
PRIMARY DATA
Data collection tool: Questionnaire
SECONDARY DATA Field visit to EMRI The Ready Campaign of the US Department of Homeland Security Unstructured interviews were conducted with Director of Tamil Nadu
fire and Rescue service and various officers of fire service department Chennai.
Manuals of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
STATISTICAL TOOLS Chi-square test Descriptive statistics
QUESTIONAIRE DESIGN
The three parts of the questionnaire were
Awareness
Preparedness
Risk perception
AWARENESS
Causes of the fire related disaster
Preventive measures of fire related disasters
Handling disaster situation
First aid
PREPAREDNESS
Equipment
First aid kit
Smoke detector
Fire extinguisher
Resources
Knowing the Emergency service hotline
number
Knowing the Assembling point in multi-
storied building
Training
Fire fighting training (includes first aid
training)
Periodic mock evacuation drill
Operating fire extinguisher
Insurance
Life insurance
Fire insurance for properties
RISK PERCPETION
Dimensions consideredPersonal riskFatality
ExperienceSelf friends and relatives. colleagues and neighbors
Trust
AWARENESSSEGMENT WISE % OF AWARENESS LEVEL OF AWARENESS
HOMEMAKER 26.68 Low
STUDENTS 30.98 Low
PEOPLE WORKING IN MULTI-
STORIED BUILDING
42.66 Low
PEOPLE WORKING IN 33.79 Low
SHOPKEEPERS 28.03 Low
DISASTER WISE
FIRE AT HOME 34.05 Low
FIRE AT MULTI-STORIED BUILDING 31.07 Low
BOMB BLAST& EXPLOSION 27.98 Low
ACCIDENTS OF VEHICLE
CARRYING HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
38.21 Low
OVERALL AWARENESS 32.83 Low
PREPAREDNESSDIMENSION WISE % OF PREPAREDNESS LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS
EQUIPMENT 52.74 Moderate
RESOURCES 31.13 Low
TRAINING 29 Low
INSURANCE 45.12 Low
SEGMENTWISE
STUDENTS 38.23 Low
PEOPLE WORKING IN MULTI-
STORIED BUILDING
48.01 Low
PEOPLE WORKING IN
ORDINARY BUILDING
38.23 Low
HOMEMAKERS 31.77 Low
SHOPKEEPERS 35.34 Low
OVERALLPREPAREDNESS 39 Low
RISK PERCEPTION INDEX
• Personal risk(0-5)
Low personal risk……………..high personal risk
• Fatality (0-5)
Likely not fatal …………………likely fatal
LEVEL OF RISK PERCPETION RISK PERCEPTION VALUE
HIGH >9
MODERATE =9
LOW <9
Association between risk perception and the socio demographic factors
Factors
influencing
risk
perception
Accidents of
vehicle
carrying
hazardous
material
Industrial
explosion
Fire at multi-
storied
building
Fire at
home
Bomb blast
&explosion
Experience Associated Not
associated
Not
associated
Associated Associated
Trust Not
associated
Associated Associated Associated Associated
DISCUSSION
Awareness
Preparedness
Risk perception
Trust
Experience
Association between risk perception and socio demographic factors
CONCLUSION
The awareness of the people to fire related disaster management was low. The preparedness of the people of Chennai to fire related disasters was also low. These findings suggest that the need for effective and wide spread program for increasing awareness.
The risk perception of the people about the fire related disasters was high.
Further research is needed to find the correlation between various factors influencing risk perception and the risk perception of people to frame effective risk communication strategy.
Further research would also help to guide the public policy concerning disaster awareness and disaster preparedness program.
THANK YOU