• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.108-115
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• 2018

Elderly welfare facilities are extremely susceptible to mass casualties in disastrous situations, such as fire, due to the limited physical and mental abilities of their residents. This study examined the status of fire safety management, including the structural problems of elderly welfare facilities, problems of the installation and management of firefighting systems, and problems regarding of fire safety managers. After the Sejong Medical Welfare Facility fire, these problems have been complemented by retrofitting firefighting systems in accordance with the revision of the relevant laws and regulations. On the other hand, the overall status of fire safety management is still insufficient. Therefore, it is important to improve the stability of buildings and firefighting systems as well as fire safety management through additional revision of the relevant laws and regulations.

• Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.214-227
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• 2019

Purpose: This study examined the socio-demographic factors, the disaster related factors, the physical health related factors and the psychological factors of older adults exposed to natural disaster and these factors may possibly cause the occurrence of PTSD. Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed using the secondary data from the 3rd Disaster Victims Panel Survey (2012-2017). The data from 1,397 disaster victims were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis. Results: Compared with the younger adult disaster victims, the elderly were more likely to have symptoms of PTSD (15.0% vs. 12.1%). Factors such as the number of years since being exposed to the disaster, anxiety, depression and social adjustment were significantly associated with occurrence of PTSD for both older and younger adults. Female gender was the additional risk factors for the older adults, while marital status, income, having witnessed another person's injury or death, and having lost a home were associated with the occurrence of PTSD. Conclusion: The elderly were more likely to develop PTSD as compared with younger adults. More targeted post-disaster mental health services to the elderly with the symptoms of depressive, anxiety and impaired social adjustments, should be provided to improve their mental health.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.32-38
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• 2009

Owing to increase of the large-scaled, high-raised and complexed building construction, the escape design of the building became very important issue to insure the safety of occupant. Specially, it is demanded to have building escape regulation considering for inconvenient movers such as disables elders pregnant women. However, building regulations for inconvenient movers are divided into "Regulation of Escape and Fire-prevention of Building" and "Act on the Promotion and Guarantee of Access for the Disabled, the Aged and Pregnant Women to Facilities and Information". But, for the escape security of inconvenient movers, the connection of each regulation are necessary. So this study suggested the improvement direction of the building escape regulation considering inconvenient movers through the compared analysis on the "Regulation of Escape and Fire-prevention of Building" and "Act on the Promotion and Guarantee of Access for the Disabled, the Aged and Pregnant Women to Facilities and Information".

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.927-940
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• 2017

Landslide has been a major disaster in Indonesia, and recent climate change and indiscriminate urban development around the mountains have increased landslide risks. Java Island, Indonesia, where more than half of Indonesia's population lives, is experiencing a great deal of damage due to frequent landslides. However, even in such a dangerous situation, the number of inhabitants residing in the landslide-prone area increases year by year, and it is necessary to develop a technique for analyzing landslide-hazardous and vulnerable areas. In this regard, this study aims to evaluate landslide susceptibility of Java, an island of Indonesia, by using GIS-based spatial prediction models. We constructed the geospatial database such as landslide locations, topography, hydrology, soil type, and land cover over the study area and created spatial prediction models by applying Weight of Evidence (WoE), decision trees algorithm and artificial neural network. The three models showed prediction accuracy of 66.95%, 67.04%, and 69.67%, respectively. The results of the study are expected to be useful for prevention of landslide damage for the future and landslide disaster management policies in Indonesia.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.366-366
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• 2023

우리나라 농촌 지역의 농업용저수지는 유역면적이 작고 홍수 도달시간이 짧아 홍수 대응에 어려움이 있으며, 대부분의 농업용저수지는 용수공급 목적으로 건설되어 홍수 대응능력이 부족한 실정이다. 한국농어촌공사는 수자원, 재난재해 등 농촌용수 관련된 다양한 정보의 통합관리를 위한RAWRIS(Rural Agricultural Water Resource Information System)을 운영하고 있으나, 소하천 및 농촌 지역의 홍수 피해 저감에 대한 관리와 노력은 도시 지역의 대하천 유역과 비교하여 여전히 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 농촌지역의 과학적 재해관리를 위해 RAWRIS의 홍수량 산정기술을 개선하고, 저수지 홍수예경보에 필요한 기상청 초단기 강우예측자료의 활용성을 검토하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 농어촌공사에서 관리하는 농업용저수지 중 홍수배제시설인 레디얼게이트가 설치된 농업용저수지 30개소를 대상으로 해당 저수지의 수위계측 정보, 수문 방류 정보 등 저수지 홍수관리 현황을 조사하였다. 다음으로 농어촌공사가 운영 중인 RAWRIS의 홍수량 산정과정을 검토하여, 기존 RAWRIS에 CN값이 미설정된 저수지 유역의 CN값을 설정하였으며, 유역의 강우량 및 유효우량 산정 알고리즘 개선하고 저수지 유역별 강우-유출모형의 대표 매개변수를 제시하였다. 마지막으로 기상청에서 제공하고 있는 초단기 강우예측자료의 활용성 평가를 위해 기상청 강우예측자료와 저수지 유역의 면적평균강우를 비교하였으며, 예측 및 관측강우에 의한 홍수유입량을 산정하여 그 결과를 비교하였다. RAWRIS 홍수량 산정기술의 개선 효과를 검토한 결과, 예당저수지의 경우에는 첨두유량백분율 오차가 최대 50 % 이상, 결정계수(R2)가 최대 0.6 이상 개선된 것으로 나타났다. 다음으로 초단기 강우예측자료의 활용성을 평가하기 위해 RAWRIS에 제공되는 기상청 강우예측자료와 관측강우자료을 비교한 결과, 초단기 예측강우자료는 정량적, 정성적 신뢰도의 문제가 있어, 농업용저수지 홍수예측시스템에 그대로 적용하는데에는 무리가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.684-693
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose is to establish a safe facility environment from abnormal voltages such as lightning by developing a smart land resistance measuring device that can acquire real-time land resistance data using Arduino. Method: This paper studied design models and application cases by developing a land resistance acquisition and analysis system with Arduino and a power line communication (PLC) system. Some sites in the wind power generation complex in Gyeongsangnam-do were selected as test beds, and real-time land resistance data applied with new technologies were obtained. The electrode arrangement adopted a smart electrode arrangement using a combination of a Wenner four electrode arrangement and a Schlumberger electrode arrangement. Result: First, the characteristic of this technology is that the depth of smart multi-electrodes is organized differently to reduce the error range of the acquired data even in the stratigraphic structure with specificity between floors. Second, IT convergence technology was applied to enable real-time transmission and reception of information on land resistance data acquired from smart ground electrodes through the Internet of Things. Finally, it is possible to establish a regular management system and analyze big data accumulated in the server to check the trend of changes in various elements, and to model the optimal ground algorithm and ground system design for the IT convergence environment. Conclusion: This technology will reduce surge damage caused by lightning on urban infrastructure underlying the 4th industrial era and design an optimized ground system model to protect the safety and life of users. It is also expected to secure intellectual property rights of pure domestic technology to create jobs and revitalize our industry, which has been stagnant as a pandemic in the post-COVID-19 era.

• Journal of Korean Society of Disaster and Security
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2023

The comprehensive natural disaster reduction plan, the highest plan in the disaster prevention field, was implemented by local governments. second plan is currently being formulated. In order to minimize human and property damage, structural and non-structural measures for each of the nine disaster types are established and implemented for 10 years. Structural measures are based on engineering and quantitative analysis, and the criteria for setting reduction measures are clear. Non-structural measures, however, currently lack the set criteria. the basic disaster and safety management law included the safety vulnerable class in 2018. Currently, the safety vulnerable class of the detailed establishment criteria of the comprehensive natural disaster reduction plan is being established, including children, the elderly, and the disabled. However, due to the lack of data securing and database construction by local governments, it is difficult to prepare a location map for establishing reduction measures for the safety vulnerable. Therefore, in this study, OPEN API data of the safety vulnerable class were collected and statistical information and GIS of SGIS information services were used. The distribution diagram of the safety vulnerable class in Samcheok, Gangwon-do, which is a sample area, and the distribution diagram of the safety vulnerable class in units of the output area (OA) in Geundeok-myeon were prepared.