Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia

In Malaysia, there are few heritage buildings with an architectural and historical significance that may classified into several categories, namely traditional timber Malay houses, pre-world war shop-houses, colonial office buildings, institutional buildings and religious buildings. Many of them are...

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Main Author:	Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2008
Subjects:	NA Architecture TH9025 Protection of buildings. Including protection from dampness, fire, burglary
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3016/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3016/1/Paper_on_Fire_Safety_Management_for_Heritage_Blgs-A_Case_Study_in_Malaysia.pdf

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spelling	iium-30162011-11-11T10:44:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3016/ Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin NA Architecture TH9025 Protection of buildings. Including protection from dampness, fire, burglary In Malaysia, there are few heritage buildings with an architectural and historical significance that may classified into several categories, namely traditional timber Malay houses, pre-world war shop-houses, colonial office buildings, institutional buildings and religious buildings. Many of them are worthy to be listed as Heritage Buildings or National Heritage buildings under the National Heritage Act 2005 (Act 645). However due to poor fire safety management, many priceless heritage buildings were badly damaged or burnt down by fire e.g. Muzium Rakyat, Melaka (2001), Rumah Pak Ali, Gombak (2003) and Sarawak Club, Kuching (2006).It is widely accepted that fire is one of the greatest threats not only to the building’s occupants but also to the building’s fabric and contents. Nevertheless, in term of fire safety approach, a heritage building requires relatively more sensitive approach compare to a new building; a high standard of fire safety management is required, not only to protect people but as well as to protect historical contents, fabrics and structures of the building. This paper suggests some recommendations to provide a satisfactory level of fire safety management in a heritage building. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3016/1/Paper_on_Fire_Safety_Management_for_Heritage_Blgs-A_Case_Study_in_Malaysia.pdf Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin (2008) Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia. In: The 2nd International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries, December 3-4, 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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description	In Malaysia, there are few heritage buildings with an architectural and historical significance that may classified into several categories, namely traditional timber Malay houses, pre-world war shop-houses, colonial office buildings, institutional buildings and religious buildings. Many of them are worthy to be listed as Heritage Buildings or National Heritage buildings under the National Heritage Act 2005 (Act 645). However due to poor fire safety management, many priceless heritage buildings were badly damaged or burnt down by fire e.g. Muzium Rakyat, Melaka (2001), Rumah Pak Ali, Gombak (2003) and Sarawak Club, Kuching (2006).It is widely accepted that fire is one of the greatest threats not only to the building’s occupants but also to the building’s fabric and contents. Nevertheless, in term of fire safety approach, a heritage building requires relatively more sensitive approach compare to a new building; a high standard of fire safety management is required, not only to protect people but as well as to protect historical contents, fabrics and structures of the building. This paper suggests some recommendations to provide a satisfactory level of fire safety management in a heritage building.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
author_facet	Salleh, Nurul Hamiruddin
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title	Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia
title_short	Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia
title_full	Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia
title_sort	fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in malaysia
publishDate	2008
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3016/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3016/1/Paper_on_Fire_Safety_Management_for_Heritage_Blgs-A_Case_Study_in_Malaysia.pdf
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Fire safety management in heritage buildings: a case study in Malaysia

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