Prof. Dr. Vladimir M. Cvetković – Disaster Risk Management

Informed Citizens About Firefighters’ Jurisdiction in Emergency Situations: Demographic, Socio-Economic, and Psychological Factors

Cvetković, V. (2017). Informed citizens about firefighters’ jurisdiction in emergency situations. VIII Scientific and professional conference with international participation, Police and judiciary guarantees of freedom and security in a legal state, At Hotel “Omorika” on Tara Mountain, Serbia. Informed Citizens About Firefighters’ Jurisdiction in Emergency Situations: Demographic, Socio-Economic, and Psychological Factors  Vladimir M. Cvetković, Ph.D. Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies in Belgrade, Cara Dušana 196, vladimirkpa@gmail.com Abstract: This paper presents the results of quantitative research of informed Serbian citizens about firefighters jurisdiction in emergency situations. Thus, the subject of research is an examination of the impact of certain demographic, socio-economic and psychological factors on citizens informed about firefighters jurisdiction in emergency situations. The survey was conducted in 2015 and in the process of a survey realized in the area of 19 communities surveyed 2,500 citizens. On that occasion, it was applied test strategy in households with the use of a multi-stage random sample. The results of the conducted descriptive and inferential statistical analysis showed that the mean of informed respondents informed about firefighter responsibilities in emergency situations is 2.78, or 22% of the respondents is in the absolute extent uninformed, 15.8%, to some extent uninformed, 32.5% neither informed nor uninformed, 14.8%, to some extent informed and 11.8% in absolute extent informed about the responsibilities of fire and rescue units in emergencies. In addition, the results of inferential statistical analysis showed that there is a statistically significant correlation between informed with gender, volunteering, sport, parenting, employment, age, level of education, marital status and the religiosity  level, while there is no significant correlation with previous experience in emergency situations. The research results can be used to improve informed about the firefighters jurisdiction in emergency situations. Key words: security, emergency situation, firefighters, informed, citizens. ИНФОРМИСАНОСТ ГРАЂАНА О НАДЛЕЖНОСТИМА ВАТРОГАСНО-СПАСИЛАЧКИХ ЈЕДИНИЦА У ВАНРЕДНИМ […]

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