FIRE SAFETY IN HERITAGE BUILDINGS

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). ...

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