Nowadays people pay attention to leisure and tourism quality, Accommodation has become an indispensable link to tourism quality. Bed and breakfast is a kind of accommodation. Fire safety of bed and breakfast that cannot pass the firefighting regulation become the main problem for the illlegality of bed and breakfast. Due to prior attention to fire safety can avoid life and property damage.
The purpose of this study is to investigate people’s of cognitions and attitudes toward fire safety in bed and breakfast.
A random sampling of self-administered questionnaires was used to investigate the Taichung citizens with the ages over 18 year-old in February 15 to March 1, 2017. Three hundred and twenty Naito residents were selected in this cross-sectional, descriptive study by using a structured questionnaire. Three hundred and two valid data were used to analyze as the results, the valid corresponding rate was 94.4 %.
The statistic results were in the followings:
1.The respondents lack the knowledge of bed and breakfast regulation and fire safety.
2.Respondents’ attitudes toward fire safety, they agreed that the government and the owners of bed and breakfast should build a secure environment, but the fire safety is the responsibility of the industry has nothing to do with their own.
3.The less knowledge the respondents received, the more the respondents felt that fire safety was less important than money.
4.The more knowledge the respondents receives, the more the respondents feel the fire safety is important
5.The older the respondents learned, the more knowledge they learned, the more they knew about fire safety.
6.Based on the results of this study, it is recommended those educational authorities, government agencies, the media and related industries, and the people themselves, through the strengthening of fire safety attitude of education and propaganda to reduce the accidents of guest houses and fires.
