A street-intercept survey was carried out among citizens of the Netherlands in order to gain insight into people's perceptions in regard to various topics linked to fire services. Students conducted questionnaires among 247 respondents (residents over the age of 18 from Dutch municipalities). The various fire services topics in the questionnaire were ‘prioritisation of fire service duties’, ‘response time, ‘opinion on the fire station’ and ‘the relationship between fire safety and road safety’. Although the sample was not representative for the Dutch population the study provided insight into the societal impact of fire services which citizens, when asked, found important and ‘valuable’. Respondents of the general public survey gave priority to preparedness and rapid turnout in the event of fire and assistance. The most important reason they gave for this prioritisation was the prevention of injury and fatalities. This exploratory public survey showed that people are willing to pay for fire service effects like rapid turnout times and saving lives. To make societal cost-benefit analysis on fire safety topics possible, economic valuation is needed on fire service effects. Further research is therefore recommended on the estimation of the ‘value of a statistical life’ (VOSL) in the context of fire safety.

为了对人们对与消防相关的各种主题的看法有深入的了解，对荷兰公民进行了一次街头拦截调查。学生们对247名受访者（来自荷兰市政当局的18岁以上的居民）进行了问卷调查。调查问卷中的各种消防主题是“消防职责优先级”，“响应时间”，“对消防局的意见”和“消防安全与道路安全之间的关系”。尽管该样本不能代表荷兰人口，但该研究提供了对消防服务的社会影响的见解，当被问及时，公民认为消防服务的社会影响是重要且“有价值的”。公众调查的受访者优先考虑在发生火灾和援助时的准备情况和快速投票率。他们给予此优先次序的最重要原因是防止伤害和死亡。这项探索性的公共调查显示，人们愿意为消防效果（如快速的道岔时间和挽救生命）付出代价。为了使对消防安全主题的社会成本效益分析成为可能，需要对消防效果进行经济评估。因此，建议在防火方面对“统计寿命值”（VOSL）的估计进行进一步研究。