Quantitative research on human factor of fire fighting
Yanbing Wang · Journal of Safety Science and Technology · 2012
Enlightened by the research methods of ergonomics,the human factors were decomposed as availability,reliability and inherent capacity in order to elaborate the impact of human factors in certain conditions and environments.According to the actual situation of firefighting,temperature and working time were selected as two main factors to be considered,by using AHP and linear regression method,the credibility and inherent ability of manpower system were determined.With the help of concerning data on the firefighting training,case studies were carried on.In this way,human factor was worked out in specific situation(ie,temperature and working time).The result showed that capability,psychological diathesis,environmental temperature and working time all have an important effect on the performance of fire fighting system,but the key factors are capabilities that include professional quality,physical quality,psychology and fighting style.Therefore,typical accumulated data and mature research methods should be used fully so as to make assessment on the firefighting efficiency as precise as possible.