2019, Vol.15, No.7

Crisisonomy 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.64

pISSN : 2466-1198 / eISSN : 2466-1201
https://journal.kci.go.kr/cemtp

Through the system dynamics approach, this study intends to provide basic data for the management of large-scale fires using a causal map that analyzes the impacts of environmental, economic and social factors on the causes of large-scale fires as well as the spread of fire damages in South Korea. Although this study focuses on a limited number of urban spatial characteristics showing urban dynamics according to the previous literature, it predicts difficulty of response to fire spread to a large scale without addressing environmental factors reflecting urbanization as inevitable social changes in modern society, despite the control of economic, social and policy factors. Therefore, the problem-solving strategy based on detecting various environmental factors of cities and identifying causal relationships among the factors needs to be considered as important as policies or technologies to prevent the occurrence or spread of large-scale fires.

This study attempts to investigate the effects of emotional dissonance of firefighters on cynicism and provide useful policy implications in order to help them overcome cynicism and improve their public services. Using variance and regression analysis, this study analyzed the data from 297 firefighters working in Busan Fire Service Headquarters. The results of this study are as follows. First, emotional suppression has a positive effect on cynicism about people and organization whereas emotional acting has a negative effect on cynicism about people and organization, which is true for the entire workers as well as the only field workers. Second, according to the analysis of the administrative workers only, it was found that emotional suppression has a positive effect on cynicism about people and organization, while emotional acting has no significant effect. This study suggests that we should provide counseling or psychotherapy services for firefighters experiencing emotional suppression and improve legal and institutional frameworks to address the problem of cynicism among public sector workers.

This study suggested that the government’s emergency preparedness policy during the fourth industrial revolution should become more intelligent by being integrated with major information and communication technologies. This study sought to make an innovative shift in the government’s emergency preparedness policy by reviewing major policies in connection with the fourth industrial revolution in South Korea and other major countries. The prospects for a paradigm shift in the government’s emergency preparedness policy include decision-making by artificial intelligence and big data on the same platform, efficient management and transport of mobilized resources via IoT (Internet of Things) and unmanned self-regulation systems, training using virtual reality and augmented reality, and sharing data with integrated management of the information system by cloud computing.