准备玩火:在澳大利亚大学生中探索森林火灾准备和风险沟通
Claudia Agius1, Masaki Shibata2
1Asian Studies, School of Social Science, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
概括
许多澳大利亚大学生缺乏林火应对计划和紧急联系知识,尽管极端天气的增加. 加强准备教育对于林火灾易发地区的年轻人至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 应急管理 应急管理
背景情况:
- 气候变化正在增加极端天气事件,包括林火.
- 澳大利亚的年轻人面临风险,因为他们在易发生野火的地区旅行.
- 在大学生中了解森林火灾准备是至关重要的.
研究的目的:
- 调查澳大利亚大学生对森林火灾风险管理知识的研究.
- 评估这个人口群体对野火事件的准备水平.
主要方法:
- 对148名大学生进行了封闭式问题在线调查.
- 数据分析包括描述性统计和千二测试.
- 在有和没有野火疏散经验的学生之间进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 超过50%生活在野火地区的学生缺乏书面应对计划.
- 不到20%的人知道森林火灾的紧急电话号码 (000).
- 在那些经历过疏散的人和没有经历过疏散的人之间,对火灾严重程度尺度的理解有所不同.
结论:
- 澳大利亚大学生在林火灾准备知识方面存在重大差距.
- 大学和当局应该加强野火信息的传播.
- 需要有针对性的教育举措,以提高学生在野火期间的安全.
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