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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONNAL CHARACTERISTIC AND TRAINING WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER’S KNOWLEDGE

Every building needs to apply building safety requirements in an effort to prevent and control fires by
providing a Fire Extinguisher as fire protection. The availability of Fire Extinguisher needs to be
supported by good knowledge from inhabitants. This study is aimed to determine the relationship between
education, age, gender, work period and training to Fire Extinguisher knowledge. The research design is
quantitative with a cross sectional approach. The research was conducted at Faletehan University
Serang-Banten in April-July 2020 with the study population of all employees with a sample of 62
respondents taken by a simple random sampling method. Primary data collection using questionnaires
with interview techniques. Data analysis was performed by univariate and bivariate using chi-square
tests. The results of the analysis showed that 58,1% respondents were good knowledge about Fire
Extinguisher, 88,7% respondents were highly educated, 69,4% respondents were aged ≤40 years, 61,3%
respondents were female, 66,1% respondents had work period >5 years, and 69,4% respondents had
never attended training. The results of the analysis showed that there is a relationship between education
(p value=0,018) and training (p value=0,049) with Fire Extinguisher knowledge. Faletehan University
needs to hold regular Fire extinguisher training that must be attended by all employees.

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