FIRE SAFETY IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS

No Buildings Name Date of Fire Incidents Cause of fire 1 Hôryû-ji temple, Nara , Japan 1949 2 York Minster, York , England July 1984 3 Hampton Court Palace , England March 1986 4 Uppark House , England August 1989 5 Monastery of Simomopetra , Greece August 1990 6 The historical theater “Petruzzelli”, Bari, Italy October 27th, 1991 An arson 7 Proveantgarden, Copenhagen , Denmark February 1992 8 Odd Fellow Palace , Copenhagen , Denmark April 1992 9 Christianborg Palace Church , Copenhagen , Denmark June 1992 10 Windsor Castle , England November 1992 11 ...

No Buildings Name Date of Fire Incidents 1 Hôryû-ji temple, Nara , Japan 1949 2 York Minster, York , England July 1984 3 Hampton Court Palace , England March 1986 4 Uppark House , England August 1989 5 Monastery of Simomopetra , Greece August 1990 6 Proveantgarden, Copenhagen , Denmark February 1992 7 Odd Fellow Palace , Copenhagen , Denmark April 1992 8 Christianborg Palace Church , Copenhagen , Denmark June 1992 9 Windsor Castle , England November 1992 10 Redoutensal, Hofburg Palace , Vienna , Austria November 1992 11 Pont de la Chapelle, Lucerne, Switzerland August 1993 12 St George’s Church, Halifax, Canada June 1994 13 Yuzhengong Palace, Wudang Mountain, China January 2003 14 Namdaem...

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 (2001), Rumah Pak Ali , Gombak (2003) and Sarawak Club, Kuching (2006). ...