Perceptions of Turkish Forest Firefighters on In-Service Trainings

Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin experience frequent forest fires, and risk of hazards to people assets is expected increase face climate change. Turkey one countries that has faced extreme fires recent years. firefighters are key actors at forefront fighting their effectiveness largely related in-service training. This study investigates differences training knowledge competencies working five fire-sensitive regions Turkey. The results based on a survey 975 firefighters. Sociodemographic data presented as frequency, mean, percentages. Kruskal–Wallis H test was used determine perceptions regions. It determined 89.74% participated training, participation highest 1st degree fire sensitive Turkish have strong perception sufficient terms number content, deficiencies eliminated, capacities increased.