Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia

Fire is one of the greatest threats to heritage buildings not only to the buildings’ occupants but also to the buildings’ fabrics and contents. Heritage buildings are irreplaceable, in addition to being vulnerable to fire due to several factors: large scale buildings, flammable priceless contents, a...

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Main Author:	Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	NA Architecture NA2400 Museums. Exhibitions
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/24302/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24302/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24302/1/Fire_safety_and_protection.pdf

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spelling	iium-243022012-07-25T01:49:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/24302/ Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin NA Architecture NA2400 Museums. Exhibitions Fire is one of the greatest threats to heritage buildings not only to the buildings’ occupants but also to the buildings’ fabrics and contents. Heritage buildings are irreplaceable, in addition to being vulnerable to fire due to several factors: large scale buildings, flammable priceless contents, and weak existing structures to fire resistance. Unfortunately, until today, there are no sufficient legislations or guidelines on fire safety for heritage buildings in Malaysia. This study audits the current fire safety measures and examines the management of fire safety in Malaysian heritage buildings that focuses on museum buildings. A combination of observations, interviews, questionnaires and case studies was employed to provide primary data in this study. Three museums were selected as case studies; each of them represented different criteria in order to gather various information and comparison as much as possible. Fire safety and protection measures in the studied buildings have been audited with reference to the requirements of the UBBL 1984, the Fire Services Act 1988, the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 and four relevant Malaysian Standards. The finding shows that there are several fire safety weaknesses in the heritage buildings that could put people and heritage properties on fire risks. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/24302/1/Fire_safety_and_protection.pdf Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin (2012) Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia. In: 1st International Conference on Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Built Environment 2012 (ICITSBE 2012), 16-17 April 2012, Sri Iskandar, Perak. http://www.perak.uitm.edu.my/ncitsbe2012/
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spellingShingle	NA Architecture NA2400 Museums. Exhibitions Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia
description	Fire is one of the greatest threats to heritage buildings not only to the buildings’ occupants but also to the buildings’ fabrics and contents. Heritage buildings are irreplaceable, in addition to being vulnerable to fire due to several factors: large scale buildings, flammable priceless contents, and weak existing structures to fire resistance. Unfortunately, until today, there are no sufficient legislations or guidelines on fire safety for heritage buildings in Malaysia. This study audits the current fire safety measures and examines the management of fire safety in Malaysian heritage buildings that focuses on museum buildings. A combination of observations, interviews, questionnaires and case studies was employed to provide primary data in this study. Three museums were selected as case studies; each of them represented different criteria in order to gather various information and comparison as much as possible. Fire safety and protection measures in the studied buildings have been audited with reference to the requirements of the UBBL 1984, the Fire Services Act 1988, the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 and four relevant Malaysian Standards. The finding shows that there are several fire safety weaknesses in the heritage buildings that could put people and heritage properties on fire risks.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
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author_sort	Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
title	Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia
title_short	Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia
title_full	Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia
title_sort	fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in malaysia
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/24302/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24302/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/24302/1/Fire_safety_and_protection.pdf
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Fire safety and protection measures in heritage buildings with special consideration on museum buildings in Malaysia

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