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2023-04-17
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Development of a safety education program using simulator fire extinguishers in Korea: Focusing on elementary school students
Deok-Jin Jang
Department of Fire Protection and Disaster Prevention, Woosuk University, Korea.
Ha-Sung Kong
Department of Fire Protection and Disaster Prevention, Woosuk University, Korea.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20448/jeelr.v10i2.4603
Keywords: Evacuation simulation, Evacuation time, Kids cafe, New publicly used establishments, Room-escape café.
Abstract
Safety education aims to promote safe habits through experience-oriented education that combines knowledge, skills and attitudes. However, in situations where experience-oriented safety education is challenging, realistic content created through technological advancements can indirectly function as an excellent safety education tool that allows for individual safety experiences. This study conducted a safety education program for 34 elementary school students using the most commonly used realistic safety education content in Korea, the 'simulator fire extinguisher,' four times. Safety knowledge tests and safety problem-solving ability tests were used as measuring tools and statistical significance was verified through paired sample t-tests. This study demonstrated that the safety education program using the 'simulator fire extinguisher' was effective in improving safety knowledge and problem-solving abilities . The average score of elementary school students increased from 8.47 to 9.23 in safety knowledge tests and from 4.26 to 4.64 in safety problem-solving ability tests. These results were statistically significant (p < 0.001).