Risk Preparedness: A Management Manual for World Cultural Heritage
Author: Herb Stovel (1998) Rome: ICCROM ISBN 92-9077-152-6 http://www.iccrom.org/pdf/ ICCROM_17_RiskPreparedness_en. pdf
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COST Action C17 Built Heritage: Fire Loss to Historic Buildings
“COST Action C17 Built Heritage: Fire Loss to Historic Buildings” , which was formally inaugurated in Brussels in December 2002. The agreed MoU identified four work-packages: • Working Group 1 : Data, loss statistics and evaluating risks. • Working Group 2 : Available and developing technology. • Working Group 3 : Cultural and financial value. • Working Group 4 : Property management strategies. COST C17 had as its central objective the definition, at a European level, of the degree of loss to built heritage through the effects of fire, and the promotion of remedial actions and recommendations to combat these using minimal invasive techniques. The Action also aimed to address a general lack of statistical information, and a common lack of understanding and appreciation of what measures are available and required. It sought to provide good practice guidance on how to sensitively retrofit modern day fire protection equipment into historic fabric, and to develop related management expert...
Regulating Fire Safety in Historic and Cultural Structures
Regulating Fire Safety in Historic and Cultural Structures By: Prof. Vincent M. Brannigan J.D. (2007) ABSTRACT Fires can easily destroy our cultural heritage. Most societies use the legal system to protect against fire. However historic structures are not well protected by typical fire safety codes. First, fire codes are designed to protect lives rather than property. Second, older buildings are usually excused from full compliance with the codes. Third, actual compliance in older buildings may be spotty due to the way such buildings are used. Curators and those responsible for such buildings often have an unrealistically low estimate of the destruction that fire can cause, and may place unreasonable reliance on compliance with a code that is not actually designed to protect historical cultural structures. Resolving this issue requires a novel approach to code compliance. A combination of modern technical analysis and the installation of a properly empowered fire safety controller can ...
Malaysian Standards on Safety and Fire Protection
LIST OF MALAYSIAN STANDARDS A) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (OSHMS) NO CODE TITLE 1 MS 1722:Part 1:2005 Occupational safety and health management systems-Part 1: Requirements 2 MS 1722: Part 2:2003 Occupational safety and health management systems - Part 2 - Guidelines B) FIRE PROTECTION & FIRE FIGHTING NO CODE TITLE 1 MS 555: Part 1:2003 Fire dampers: Part 1: Specification (Second revision) 2 MS 555: Part 2:2003 Fire dampers: Part 2: Installation (Second revision) 3 MS 980: 1985 Specification for safety signs and colours: Colorimetric and photometric properties of materials 4 MS 981: 1985 Specification for safety signs and colours: Colour and design 5 MS 982: 1985 Specification for fire safety signs, notices an...
HERITAGE MUSEUMS IN MALAYSIA
Category Total % HERITAGE MUSEUMS 55 42 Melaka 14 25 Sarawak 7 13 Perak 6 11 Kuala Lumpur 5 9 Kelantan 5 9 Kedah 4 7 Pulau Pinang 4 7 Johor 3 5 Pahang 3 5 Selangor 2 4 Negeri Sembilan 2 4 Labuan 0 0 Sabah 0 0 Terengganu 0 0 Perlis 0 0 GRAND TOTAL 55 100
MUSEUMS MANAGEMENT IN MALAYSIA
MANAGEMENT CATEGORY Total % Federal Government (FG) 22 17 States Government (SG) 64 49 Government Agencies (GA) 31 24 Government Link Companies (GLC) 2 2 Private / Individual (PI) 12 9 GRAND TOTAL 131 100 MANAGEMENT BY STATES FG SG GA GLC PI Total Kuala Lumpur 6 0 13 2 4 25 Melaka 2 16 2 0 3 23 Perak 3 5 2 0 1 11 Sarawak 0 8 5 0 0 13 Selangor 2 5 3 0 1 11 Johor 1 7 0 0 0 8 Kedah 3 5 3 0 1 12 Pahang 1 3 0 0 0 4 Negeri Sembilan 1 4 0 0 0 5 Pulau Pinang 0 1 3 0 2 6 Labuan 3 0 ...