An Empirical Study on Research and Development Capability and Organizational Innovation in Firefighting

The research and development of firefighting organizations is a creative activity of knowledge accumulation for the protection of people and property. The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze various concepts such as fire service organization, research and development capability, and organizational innovation as a starting point of research and development on firefighting. The standardized regression coefficients from multiple regression analysis show that integrative reconciliation was the most influential variable on innovation in fire service organizations, followed by field application, task management, foundation construction, and professional manpower. However, it was identified that educational support, security of organization, network formation, security of budget, participatory research, and reflection of consumers’ needs were not statistically significant at the significance level of 0.05.