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Proposta de operacionalização de um abrigo temporário para o Corpo de Bombeiros de Portimão em caso de sismo/tsunami
| Summary: | In a disaster, firefighters and their families will not be affected by its effects, and may not be available to respond for duty, until they are assured that their family members are safe. Disaster preparedness is the key to increase the resilience of communities and emergency services. The Portimão Fire Department does not have a temporary shelter for firefighters and their families. The objectives of this work are to know if the existence of a shelter for the Portimão firefighters and their relatives will help them to be more available to integrate the disaster response mechanism; know if Portimão firefighters have implemented a family emergency plan, and understand if their headquarters is a suitable place to be a temporary shelter for the firefighters and family in case of a disaster, and what logistical and administrative needs are associated. The methodology used was a bibliographic research underlying the explored themes, a questionnaire to the firefighters of the Portimão Fire Department, and an analysis of information made available in a KMZ file, through its correlation with the software. Google Earth computer. From a population of 126 firefighters, a sample of 30, mostly male, and all of Portuguese nationality resulted. Most are from Portimão (57%). From the family point of view most firefighters (73%) report that they are not prepared to deal with a disaster, nor have a family disaster plan in place (73%). The Portimão Fire Department headquarters can be a temporary shelter for their firefighters and their relatives, and they say that it will contribute to increasing their willingness to integrate a disaster response mechanism. In order to maximize the contribution of this shelter, it is essential that all firefighters establish a family emergency plan. |
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| Authors: | Gomes, Artur |
| Subject: | Disaster, Emergency planning, Preparation phase, Temporary shelter Catástrofe, Planeamento de emergência, Fase de preparação, Abrigo temporário |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | master thesis |
| Identifiers: | ID: 202637727 |
| Access type: | Restricted |
| Associated institution: | Repositório Comum, Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas, Repositório Comum, Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, Repositório Comum |
| Funded project code: | 202637727 |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | Repositório Comum |
| Summary: | In a disaster, firefighters and their families will not be affected by its effects, and may not be available to respond for duty, until they are assured that their family members are safe. Disaster preparedness is the key to increase the resilience of communities and emergency services. The Portimão Fire Department does not have a temporary shelter for firefighters and their families. The objectives of this work are to know if the existence of a shelter for the Portimão firefighters and their relatives will help them to be more available to integrate the disaster response mechanism; know if Portimão firefighters have implemented a family emergency plan, and understand if their headquarters is a suitable place to be a temporary shelter for the firefighters and family in case of a disaster, and what logistical and administrative needs are associated. The methodology used was a bibliographic research underlying the explored themes, a questionnaire to the firefighters of the Portimão Fire Department, and an analysis of information made available in a KMZ file, through its correlation with the software. Google Earth computer. From a population of 126 firefighters, a sample of 30, mostly male, and all of Portuguese nationality resulted. Most are from Portimão (57%). From the family point of view most firefighters (73%) report that they are not prepared to deal with a disaster, nor have a family disaster plan in place (73%). The Portimão Fire Department headquarters can be a temporary shelter for their firefighters and their relatives, and they say that it will contribute to increasing their willingness to integrate a disaster response mechanism. In order to maximize the contribution of this shelter, it is essential that all firefighters establish a family emergency plan. |
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