Survey of awareness of radiation disasters among firefighters in a Japanese prefecture without nuclear power plants

• Published in: PLOS ONE Vol. 15; no. 7; p. e0236640
• Main Authors: Yamada, Koji, Yamaguchi, Izumi, Urata, Hideko, Hayashida, Naomi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science (PLoS) 27.07.2020; Public Library of Science
• Subjects: Adult; Awareness; Collaboration; Disaster management; Disasters; Disease prevention; Earthquakes; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Electric power; Emergency preparedness; Emergency response; Engineering and Technology; Evacuations & rescues; Fire departments; Fire fighting; Fire prevention; Fire services; Fire stations; Firefighter services; Firefighters; First aid; Humans; Japan; Logistic Models; Materials handling; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear energy; Nuclear Power Plants; Nuclear reactors; People and Places; Personnel management; Physical Sciences; Polls & surveys; Q; Questionnaires; R; Radiation; Radiation Exposure; Research Article; Safety and security measures; Science; Seismic activity; Surveys; Surveys and Questionnaires; University graduates; Japan

Japanese firefighting organisations are essentially run as village, town, or city units. The Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 led to the establishment of emergency support teams to ensure rapid action in response to disasters beyond the capacities of local fire departments. The 2011 Great East Japan...