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A Proposal on Evacuation Safety in Medical Welfare Facilities for the Elderly: Targeting the Goyang City

노인의료복지시설의 피난안전에 대한 제언: 고양시를 대상으로

  • Jeong, Keesin (Dept. of Fire & Disaster Prevention of Semyung Univ.)
  • 정기신 (세명대학교 소방방재학과)
  • Received : 2020.07.21
  • Accepted : 2020.07.29
  • Published : 2020.08.31

Abstract

The number of medical welfare facilities caring for the elderly with paralysis and dementia has been increasing rapidly because of the change in the way of supporting the elderly, stemming from an increase in the number of the elderly and working couples. These medical welfare facilities are usually installed all over the city and are gradually becoming high-rise. Few inmates are capable of making their own decisions in case of fire at night and when there are no escape routes such as ramps for evacuation, leading to massive casualties. This study aimed to identify problems in evacuation in the medical welfare facilities for the elderly in Goyang city. This city has the largest number of medical welfare facilities for the elderly per unit area. The following strategies could aid in better evacuation: secure ramps or bed escape elevators; the bedrooms of the inmates should have one-hour fire resistance; the stairs should have the structure of an enclosed stairway; the necessary apparatus for evacuation, such as an escape chute, should be installed; and, to conclude, a business agreement with neighboring agencies to help inmates escape during the fire. The state should implement necessary measures to protect the lives and property of the people. Rapid implementation of this proposal is necessary for the evacuation safety of an increasing number of medical welfare facilities for the elderly.

노인인구의 증가와 맞벌이부부의 증가로 인한 노인부양방식의 변화로 중풍환자와 치매노인을 돌보는 노인의료복지시설이 급증하고 있다. 이러한 노인의료복지시설은 주로 도시의 주변에 설치되고 있으며 점차 고층화 되어가고 있다. 관리자가 최소인 야간에 화재발생 시 스스로 판단하여 대피할 수 있는 입소자들이 거의 없으며 경사로등 입소자를 대피시킬 수 있는 피난로가 없어 대형의 인명피해가 발생할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 단위면적당 노인의료복지시설이 가장 많은 고양시를 중심으로 노인의료복지시설의 피난 상의 문제점을 파악하고 이에 대한 대안으로 경사로를 확보하거나 침대피난용 승강기를 확보하고, 입소자들의 침실을 한 시간 내화로 방화구획하며, 계단을 피난계단의 구조로 하며, 구조대 설치 등 피난에 필요한 시설들의 설치 및 주변기관과 화재 시 상호협력 하는 업무협약을 체결할 것을 제안하였다. 국가는 국민의 생명과 재산을 보호하는데 필요한 방안을 제시하여야 한다. 날로 증가되어가는 의료복지시설의 피난안전을 위하여 본 제안의 신속한 적용이 필요하다.

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