The importance of occupational health and safety in the firefighting sector

Laws and administrative processes have come into force in our country, as in many countries, regarding health and safety.These studies envisage the rules to protect the health of employees and especially to be followed by employers.Especially in accordance with the Labor Law No. 4857 published in the Official Gazette on June 10, 2003, necessary arrangements made and measures taken are evaluated as the milestone of these studies.Thanks to these studies, an intensive improvement process has been entered in both economic and social terms, with the prevention of occupational accidents.However, although the studies carried out were positive, they could not eliminate the necessity of an independent Occupational Health and Safety Law. In accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety Law No. 6331, which was published in the Official Gazette on October 30, 2012 and put into practice in private enterprises on January 01, 2013; As of 01 July 2014, all enterprises, including public enterprises, have been required by law to implement and audit Occupational Health and Safety measures. In this study, it is aimed to measure consciousness level of employees in the fire station of Tarsus district of Mersin provinceabout Occupational Health and Safety, to determine their awareness and to do the current situation analysis.For this purpose, a questionnaire study was conducted with firefighters using face-to-face interview method. Keywords: Law No. 6331, Occupational Health and Safety, Risk Analysis, Occupational Accident