The Development of Fire Risk Assessment Method for Heritage Building

Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan; K.Abdul-Hamid, Khirani; Mohd-Din, A.; Yunus, Rodzyah Mohd; Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.172

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“…Literature indicates that fire risk is based on human behaviour (Kobes et al 2008 , 2010 ). Other scholars highlighted the assessment of the risks and the public perceptions as an essential element for reducing the risks and that it is important to include social aspects in the provision of fire safety and management (Chow & Hung 2010 ; Gwynne 2008 ; Ibrahim et al 2011 ; Zmud 2008 ). Therefore, this article provides important knowledge for users of high-rise buildings, specifically those in public institutions on how to improve the fire disaster preparedness.…”

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Fire disaster preparedness and situational analysis in higher learning institutions of Tanzania

Kihila

2017

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Fire disasters are accompanied with devastating impact affecting both lives and properties. The magnitude of the impacts has been severe in places with low levels of fire disaster preparedness. A study was conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to investigate the level of fire disaster preparedness considering the availability and condition of firefighting facilities as well as the knowledge on fire management among the selected 10 higher learning institutions. Information for the buildings was obtained from the interviews with the managers of the buildings and field observations; information on the user’s preparedness was obtained from interviews using structured questionnaire conducted with the users of the buildings including the visitors. Results from the studied buildings indicated that 60% of the firefighting facilities were not regularly serviced; 50% stored some hazardous materials; 70% of them had not enough water storage for firefighting purposes; 60% had no identifiable fire assembly points; and 90% of the sessions conducted in the buildings involved more than 100 people in a single venue. Further results indicated that 51% of the respondents were not able to operate the installed firefighting facilities; 80.7% of the respondents had never received any training on firefighting and prevention; 95.6% of the respondents had never participated in any fire drills; and 81.5% of them were not aware of the fire responder’s contacts. General situation indicated that higher learning institutions are not well prepared to manage fire outbreaks suggesting that plans to rectify the situation are imperative.

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Fire disaster preparedness and situational analysis in higher learning institutions of Tanzania

Kihila

2017

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“…see [54][55][56]) or an indicator-based approach. For the cases of earthquake, flood, fire, hydro-meteorological, landslide and storm hazards, the procedures and data found in [57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70]33] can be used to define simplified indicator-based approaches suitable to estimate the expected level of damage. For the particular case of earthquake hazard, the authors have developed a set of simplified indicator -and mechanics -based procedures for specific types of cultural heritage units [71].…”

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A framework for the simplified risk analysis of cultural heritage assets

Romão

Paupério

Pereira

2016

Journal of Cultural Heritage

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a b s t r a c tA simplified risk assessment framework specifically developed for built immovable cultural heritage assets is proposed. The framework addresses all the components in a risk analysis and can be used as a screening procedure for the preliminary assessment of a large number of assets with limited resources. Furthermore, the framework can also be used to identify cultural heritage assets that require a more refined and resource demanding risk evaluation. The proposed risk analysis framework falls into the category of qualitative methods and is based on an existing approach developed for the vulnerability assessment of critical infrastructures. The qualitative risk analysis of the proposed methodology is based on a set of structured assessment flowcharts that address the main components of a risk analysis: the likelihood of the hazard, the vulnerability of the asset to the hazard, the consequences of the hazard, the loss of value of the asset and the capacity to recover from the event. To illustrate the applicability of the proposed methodology, an application example is also presented for the case of seismic risk.

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“…Some scholars do research about safety management system of fire protection in universities [1,2] and student accommodation [3] by using various methods such as observing the documents, interview, and simulation. While [4] and [5] study the factors caused the fire by using fault tree analysis; [6] compare the safety level private and state school in Iran; [7] develops fire risk assessment method for heritage building in Malaysia. The frequent fire accidents in some universities [2] show a lack of student understanding of fire safety, campus-resistant construction and distrust in security situations in the event of a fire.…”

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Active and passive fire protection system in academic building KH. Mas Mansur, Islamic University of Indonesia

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Abstract. According to the theory of fire triangle, the existence of combustible materials, heat, and oxygen can cause fire disaster. KH. Mas Mansur building, Islamic University of Indonesia has a fire protection, but rarely to be checked regularly and the number of equipment is less standard as well as the lack of an evacuation route map to facilitate the evacuation process. Inside the building also does not provide safety signs such as the evacuation directions, exit, and warning in case of fire. Therefore, researchers analysed the infrastructure of prevention and control in the building KH. Mas Mansur. Researchers used the method of observation, interviews, and checklist to know the condition directly, and compare with the standard regulations. Results concordance rate of existing infrastructure is 67% fire extinguisher, hydrant box 56%, 71% alarms, sprinkler 0%, 40% detectors, emergency doors 71%, 50% emergency stairs, assembly point 0% and directions 0%. The current results were below the standard of at least 80%. As for recommendations, researchers create a new evacuation map then put the existing infrastructure according to standard regulations, and it had consulted with the specialist of Occupational Safety and Health in the field of fire.

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The Development of Fire Risk Assessment Method for Heritage Building

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Fire disaster preparedness and situational analysis in higher learning institutions of Tanzania

Fire disaster preparedness and situational analysis in higher learning institutions of Tanzania

A framework for the simplified risk analysis of cultural heritage assets

Active and passive fire protection system in academic building KH. Mas Mansur, Islamic University of Indonesia

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