World Research of Business Administration Journal
Vol.2 No.2 July 2022
DOI https://www.doi.org/10.56830/OJSE4609
Authors
William L. Mboma
Abstract
This study is intended to assess fire emergency preparedness in public and private
markets in Dar es Salaam Region by measuring the specific market preparedness in fire
emergency policies, fire safety equipment, signage and infrastructure, fire fighting knowledge
and fire preparedness plans, and acknowledging areas of improvements. The study was
comparative and adopted mixed approach design implying both quantitative and qualitative
methods. Primary data were collected using questionnaires, semi-structured interview and
observation. Secondary data were obtained reviewing published dissertations, articles,
journals, textbooks and documents from the website. A total sample of 87 respondents from
public markets were selected for the study. Quantitative data was analysed by using
descriptive statistics with the help of SPSS. Qualitative data was analysed by using content
analysis. The use of graphs and charts was encouraged to facilitate data presentation. The
findings showed that fire emergency preparedness was good in private Markets compared to
public market. The study revealed that both public and private markets had awareness on
firefighting activities. However, public market did not offer much trainings compared to
private markets which made majority of the respondents to have less knowledge on
firefighting. Also, public markets lacked fire emergency policies, plans and some of
firefighting equipment compared to private markets. The study recommended that markets
should have fire emergency preparedness plans, policies, sufficient equipment, signage and
infrastructure and monitoring and evaluation programs. Also separate fire preparedness
budget and creation of awareness programs via different communication media to improve
emergency preparedness
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