Disaster Prevention and Relief Operations of the Uthai Thani Provincial Administrative Organization

Abstract

        The objectives of this research are: 1) to study the level of disaster prevention and relief operations of Uthai Thani Provincial Administrative Organization; and 2) to compare the disaster prevention and relief operations of Uthai Thani Provincial Administrative Organization, classified by personal characteristic factors. This is a quantitative research study. The population for this research was determined by Taro Yamane's formula, which consists of 398 volunteer citizens for disaster prevention and relief at the Uthai Thani Provincial Administrative Organization. The research instrument is a questionnaire about public opinion on the Uthai Thani Provincial Administrative Organization's disaster relief operations. The statistics used for data analysis include frequency distribution, percentage, standard deviation, t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and pairwise comparisons using Scheffe's method.
      According to the research findings, the overall performance of disaster prevention and relief volunteers at the Uthai Thani Provincial Administrative Organization was high (x̅ = 4.12, S.D. = .540). Upon examining individual aspects, we found that operational planning had the highest mean score (x̅ = 4.33, S.D. = .794), followed by implementation (x̅ = 4.26, S.D. = .677), and operational inspection (x̅ = 4.25, S.D. = .574). Operational improvement and correction were the aspects with the lowest mean score (x̅ = 3.60, S.D. = .675).