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 ...

A meeting between the PAM's Heritage Conservation Committee (HCC) and Bahagian Keselamatan Kebakaran, Fire & Rescue Department of Malaysia (BOMBA) was held on 15th June 2016 at Putrajaya. The Bomba team was led by the unit director, Datuk Rusmani Muhammad, whereby the PAM's HCC led by Ar Steven Thang. Other HCC members attended the meeting are Dr. Nurul Hamiruddin Salleh, Ar. Nor Hazman Abdul, Mrs Suhaila Abdul Rashid and Mr. Ridzuan (secretariat). The meeting agreed to further discuss on issues related to fire requirements for heritage buildings.

Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/03/02/Fire-destroys-six-heritage-buildings-Only-front-facade-left-standing-after-the-morning-blaze-at-doub/

KUALA LUMPUR January 21, 2015: An old colonial building which has been turned into a nightclub was destroyed in a fire along Jalan Doraisamy here. In the 3.45pm incident yesterday, large columns of smoke were seen coming out of the building, part of the row of colonial buildings here commonly known as Heritage Row. By the time the firefighters arrived at the scene the flames had engulfed most of the building, said Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Azizan Ismail. A total of 51 firemen from three nearby fire stations managed to control the fire and stop it from spreading by 4.23pm. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/01/21/Heritage-Row-building-destroyed-in-fire/  

A massive fire has destroyed an ancient Tibetan village known as Shangri-La. Chinese authorties renamed the community years ago to attract tourists. And they had succeeded. But now the village, which is also known as Dukezong, is mostly gone, consumed by a blaze over the weekend that lasted 10 hours and destroyed nearly 250 houses. David Fundingsland, who's in charge of educational travels for the tour group  Wild China , says the 1,300-year-old Tibetan village in China's southwestern province of Yunnan used to be a stop on the ancient southern Silk Road. "This was a caravan route where tea from the south part of Yunnan Province, southern China, was sent by horse caravan into Tibet," he says. "And in exchange for the tea, the Tibetans would give war horses and other valuable goods that they were getting from India and beyond." Fundingsland says the old town was a popular tourist destination because of its historic character. "Some of the...