This study aimed to identify the recognition of fire risks on their field operations among firefighters and contribute to setting up safety measures accordingly. A self-administered questionnaire were used to evaluate their recognition of job risks. About 93.4% of respondents answered they have exposed to job risks and 73.4% answered that they had high safety awareness. Our study showed that the lower service years and ranks the fire officers had, the lower relevance in statistics their awareness of the risk of the field operations and safety concerns had. The vulnerable group is those aged 20 to 39, with under 10 years of service, at a lower rank of senior fire sergeant. The study suggests coming up with the measures to motivate the officers to perform safe operations by improving their safety awareness.

• 김종서(고려대학교 의료원 직업환경의학과) | Jong-Seo Kim
• 성동원(고려대학교 의료원 직업환경의학과) | Dong-Won Seong
• 현성민(고려대학교 의료원 직업환경의학과) | Seong-Min Hyeon
• 갈원모(을지대학교 보건환경안전학과) | Won-Mo Gal
• 이동호(을지대학교 보건환경안전학과) | Dong-Ho Lee
• 박종태(인천대학교 소방방재연구센터) | Jong-Tae Park Corresponding author