Abstract

The 0206 Earthquake, occurring on February 6, 2016, caused the collapse of the Yongkang-Wei Guan building in Tainan City, leading to the death of 115 people and trapping about three hundred people waiting for the rescue. No sooner had the earthquake occurred, the Tainan City Government Fire Department immediately set up a disaster response center and command center to dispatch the rescue team in time, which is appreciated by the citizens. A year after the earthquake, a survey is conducted, aiming to collect and reflect civic opinions and satisfaction on the rescue during 0206 earthquake. Therefore, the purposes of this study are as follows: 1) This survey will facilitate the Tainan city government to device future marketing strategies and continue to promote new policy. 2) This survey will guide Tainan City Government Fire Department on how to enhance the disaster rescue. 3) This survey will serve as the reference for other cities, intending to develop similar fire-fighting tactical strategies.

Highlights

  • The main research object of this study is to conduct a survey, which is capable of collecting and reflecting civic opinions and satisfaction on the rescue during 0206 earthquake.An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck 28 kilometers northeast of Pingtung City on Taiwan’s southwestern coast at 03:57 a.m

  • The satisfaction rate of rescue effort made by the Tainan City Government Fire Bureau was 93.2%; the satisfaction rate of emergency medical treatment of emergency medical technicians in the disaster scene was 96.6%; and the satisfaction rate of disaster rescue equipments and donated supplies management and distribution was 82.3%

  • In terms of honesty and efficiency, the satisfaction rate of the earthquake disaster information openness of Tainan City Government Fire Bureau was 82.1%, and 98.1% respondents were satisfied with the moral integrity and honesty of the fire fighters

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Introduction

The main research object of this study is to conduct a survey, which is capable of collecting and reflecting civic opinions and satisfaction on the rescue during 0206 earthquake. An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck 28 kilometers northeast of Pingtung City on Taiwan’s southwestern coast at 03:57 a.m. A residential building, named Weiguan Jinlong in Yongkang District, collapsed. A simple satisfaction scale is used as a measure of satisfaction to understand the actual needs of the user [3] [4]. The satisfaction is measured on a simple satisfaction scale [5] [6]

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