FIRE SAFETY IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS

Conference 'Heritage Under Fire : Protecting our Past for our Future' Date: Thursday 21 st January 2010 Venue: Chester Grosvenor Hotel & Spa, Eastgate, Chester , CH1 1LT http://www.chestergrosvenor.co.uk Co-organised by Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service and The Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) More information on http://www.ife.org.uk TENTATIVE PROGRAMME: 9.30 Registration & Coffee 10.00 Welcome Chief Fire Officer, Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service Paul Hancock 10.00 Opening Address Parliamentary Under Secretary of State – Fire, Communities & Local Government Shahid Malik MP 10.15 Key Note Speech Event Chair – Secretary, Local Authority World Heritage Forum ( UK ) Gillian Clarke 10.30 Speaker 1 Historic Impact Dr. Simon Thurley , Chief Executive of Engl

Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness and Response Patrimonio Cultural: Preparación y Reacción ante los Desastres Patrimoine culturel : prévention et gestion des catastrophes International Symposium Proceedings Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad, India 23-27 November 2003 ©ICOM, all rights reserved Link to the proceedings: http://icom.museum/disaster_preparedness_book/index.html

AN INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW OF FIRE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE Kyriakos Papaioannou Dept. of Civil Engineering-AISTOTLE UNIVERSITY PO Box 429-541 24 THESSALONIKI-HELLAS Tel+30-2310-995793,fax +30-2310-995729, e-mail: kirpap@civil.auth.gr SUMMARY During the last decades, among various countries authorities, fire experts,conservationists and citizens a great concern on the conservation of cultural heritage including fire protection has been arisen. In this paper a global international review about the state of the art of this important matter is given. It is defined briefly the main terms and the philosophy of conservation, the principles of the fire safety design both in the prescriptive and in the modern fire safety engineering approach. Information about significant fires in historic buildings and sites, as well on several related international activities of different organizations and bodies is quoted. Finally a summary of two research activities going on in Europe is described. F

This paper is presented in CIPA 2009 at Kyoto, Japan (11-15 Oct 2009). ABSTRACT: In Malaysia, there are many heritage buildings with an architectural and historical significance that influenced by several architecture styles including a traditional Malay architecture, the Portuguese architecture, the Dutch architecture, and the architecture styles brought by British (e.g. Moorish, Tudor, Neo-Classical and Neo-Gothic). Most of them are worthy to be listed as Heritage Buildings or National Heritage Buildings under the National Heritage Act 2005 (Act 645). The Malaysian government is undertaking many efforts to promote conservation and preservation of heritage buildings in the country. Some of the buildings have been changed to different functions from its original (adaptive-reuse) such as into museums, libraries, offices or hotels. It is however, in the past few years there are few priceless heritage buildings were badly damaged or burnt down by fire includes the People Museum, Melaka (2

List of suitable fire extinguishing equipments Type of fires Suitable Extinguishing Equipment/ Tool Combustible solid materials i) Water fire extinguisher ii) Dry powder fire extinguisher iii) Water spray Inflammable liquids i) Dry powder fire extinguisher ii) Foam fire extinguisher iii) Carbon dioxide fire extinguisher iv) Water spray Flammable gases i) Dry powder fire extinguisher ii) Carbon dioxide fire extinguisher Electrical fires i) Carbon dioxide fire extinguisher Combustible metals i) Dry powder fire extinguisher ii) Dry sand iii) Soda ash iv) Asbestos graphite Combustible cooking materials i) Wet Chemical (potassium acetate, carbonate, or citrate) Source: JBPM (2004) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_e

Fire classes in USA, Europe, Australasia and Malaysia Introduction USA Europe/Australasia/ Malaysia Fuel/Heat source Class A Class A Ordinary combustibles Class B Class B Flammable liquids Class C Flammable gases Class C Class E Electrical equipment Class D Class D Combustible metals Class K Class F Cooking oil or fat

KEMASKINI (22/05/09): Seminar Pengawasan dan Keselamatan Kebakaran di Bangunan anjuran Persatuan Sukan, Kebajikan dan Kebudayaan (PERSKEB) dan JBPM telah mendapat sambutan hebat daripada para peserta. Adalah dianggarkan seramai lebih 350 peserta menghadiri seminar satu hari ini, kebanyakkan peserta adalah wakil-wakil dari agensi kerajaan, syarikat swasta dan universiti tempatan. Tahniah diucapkan kepada penganjur kerana menganjurkan seminar terbabit kearah meningkatkan kesedaran orang awam terhadap kepentingan keselamatan kebakaran. Seminar yang diadakan sebelum ini di Pahang dan Kuala Lumpur juga diberitakan mendapat sambutan ramai. Walaupun seminar tersebut berjalan lancar tetapi sedikit cacat dengan kegagalan pihak penganjur dan hotel mengendalikan dengan lancar jamuan pagi dan petang (makanan tengahari yang disajikan pun tidak beberapa sedap). Tempat letak kereta bertingkat di Regency Hotel yang baru dibuka 3 bulan juga tidak mesra pengguna, namun begitu ia adalah percuma. MAKLUMAT

List of Malaysian National Heritage Objects (as per April 2009) Category 2007 2009 Heritage Buildings 16 13 Archaeological Sites - 3 Natural Sites 2 - Tangible Heritage: v Museum Collection v National Art Gallery Collection v National Archive Collection v Archaeological Collection 20 10 22 1 1 Intangible Heritage: v Food v Art and Culture - 12 100 17 Living Person - 6 TOTAL 223 Source: Department of National Heritage (2009)

The Important Events of Heritage Conservation in Malaysia Year Events 1976 - The establishment of the Antiquities Act (Act 168) 1983 - The Heritage of Malaysia Trust (BWM) was established. 1988 - Malaysia has been accepted in the UNESCO’s World Heritage Convention on 7th December 1988. 1980s- 1990s -Restoration of Gedung Raja Abdullah, Istana Tengku Long, saving the demolition of Majestic, restoring Central Market into a cultural market. 1991 - Nationwide inventory of urban heritage buildings (247 towns and over 60,000 buildings) 1995 - Drawing up the country’s first Conservation Action Area Plan for Heeren Street and Jonker Street in Melaka. 1996 - Drawing up of the Penang Municipality Conservation Zones and Draft Outlines for Maintaining the Buildings within the Conservation Zones. 2003 - Drawing up a second Conservation Action Plan for the entire conservation zone of Melaka Municipality. 2006 - On 1st March 2006, the National Heritage Act (Act 645) c

Generally, heritage conservation legislation in Malaysia could be divided into two jurisdiction levels, Federal level and State levels. In Malaysia, laws made by Parliament are called Acts while laws made by the State Assemblies are called Enactments. Currently at the Federal level, three acts may directly and indirectly deals with the conservation of built heritage in the country, they are: 1) Act 645: The National Heritage Act 2005 ; 2) Act 171: Local Government Act 1976 ;and 3) Act 172: Town and Country Planning Act 1976 . Meanwhile, there are another four legislation that applicable in the certain states in Malaysia: 1)Act 267: Federal Territory Act 1982- for federal territory states such as Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya; 2)The Preservation and Conservation of Culture Heritage of Melaka Enactment 1988- for the State of Melaka; 3)The Johore Enactment No.7 1988- for the State of Johore;and 4)The Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance 1993- for the State of Sarawak. In ad

BIL. NAMA TAPAK 1 Kota Kuala Kedah, Kedah 2 Batu Bertulis Cherok Tukon, Pulau Pinang 3 Kota Cornwallis, Pulau Pinang 4 Menara Jam Besar, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang 5 Bangunan Municipal (Dewan Bandaran P.Pinang), Pulau Pinang 6 Bangunan Lembaga Muzium Negeri Pulau Pinang, Georgetown 7. Makam Sheikh Omar, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang 8. Masjid Kapitan Keling, Pulau Pinang 9. Masjid Melayu Lebuh Acheh, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang 10. Gereja St. George, Georgetown, Pulau Pinang 11. Mahkamah Tinggi Pulau Pinang, Georgetown 12. Kota Belanda, Lumut, Perak 13. Kota Long Jaafar, Bukit Gantang, Perak 14. Makam Sultan Muzaffar Shah II, Bota, Perak 15. Makam Sultan Muzaffar Shah III, Bota, Perak 16. Makam Al-Marhum Raja Alang Iskandar (Marhum Teja), Teja, Perak