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STUDY ON THE KNOWLEDGE ON FIRE SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS OF SELECTED GARMENTS FACTORY WORKER IN DHAKA CITY (Pages : 15 - 21)

A cross-sectional study was conducted in purposively selected readymade garments (RMG) of Rampura, Mohakhali and Mirpur area of Dhaka city. This study was conducted to know the knowledge status on fire safety management and preventive actions of selected garments factory worker in Dhaka city. Data were collected on fire related factors, fire management and preventive actions, fire safety trainings, and level of fire safety knowledge. All the garments worker working in these garments were participated in the study and ultimately 176 were included and interviewed face to face with an interviewer administered pre tested semi-structured questionnaire. It was found that participants had good knowledge (over 80%) on all fire safety factors studied. In addition, the majority of the respondents mentioned the following comments on major categories of fire safety management and prevention. Such as electricity short circuit is the major cause of fire initiation, fabrics are the main combustible material of fire, maximum number of worker use exit door to exit in case of fire accident, most of the respondents aware of emergency exit door, they use water for relieving the person suffering from burning. Most of the respondents recognized emergency alarm during fire drill practice, and respondent having more than 3 years length of work experience had better knowledge than those of less than 3 years length of work experience. Therefore length of job experience of respondents had positive effect on their level of knowledge.Download