@article{oai:kansai-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00014461, author = {永田, 尚三}, journal = {社会安全学研究 = Safety science review}, month = {Mar}, note = {In Japan, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, the government agency responsible for fire defense administration at the national level, has little authority, and administration has primarily been delegated to municipalities. This is a part of the government that had been decentralized before the start of the policy of decentralization For many years, the former Ministry of Home Affairs (now part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications), which had been in charge of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, did not train employees to work for the Fire and Disaster Management Agency for their entire careers other than technical officials at the National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency had been a stepping stone for elite and rank-and-file employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This resulted in a lack at the national level of personnel with expertise in fire defense administration who were capable of making sound policies. R.A.W. Rhodes indicated that because no organization is capable of securing all resources, resources are exchanged between government agencies, which consequently become interdependent (Rhodes, 1986). In fire defense administration as well, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency has for many years depended on staff temporarily transferred or assigned for training from municipal fire departments in order to secure human resources having expertise. However, policymaking and communications have not always befitted the actual situation at small-scale fire departments. In the present study, we analyzed expertise in fire defense administration in order to clarify the circumstances that led to this situation, the ways in which the government agencies involved in fire defense administration acquired human resources from each other in order to secure expertise, the effects of these exchanges on the relationships among fire departments, and other matters.}, pages = {129--152}, title = {消防行政おける専門知 : 専門知の偏在は政府間関係まで規定するのか}, volume = {1}, year = {2011} }