Empirical Study on the Retirement Management through Perception Survey of Firefighters

The purpose of the present research was to provide baseline data for developing improvement measures for retirement management systems of firefighters, by conducting and analyzing an investigation on firefighters and their job activities after retirement. As a result of analysis, firefighters were most concerned with the financial portion among the concerns for their life after retirement. However in terms of financial preparations, there was nothing prepared other than pension for public officials and it was found that 72.1% had intentions to continue work even after their retirement. Moreover, it was found that if they were to continue working, they most preferred full-time employment of living expenses standards. In order to improve retirement management based on the empirical study on the retirement management of firefighters, the establishment of reemployment policies must be achieved through revitalization of support centers for changing occupations such as networks and organizations exclusively for changing occupations and retirements, as well as development of retirement programs for future retired firefighters.