Fire safety awareness for heritage building at Museum Kuala Terengganu / Mohd Ridzuan Harun

• Main Author: Harun, Mohd Ridzuan
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Building inspection; Protection of buildings. Including protection from dampness, fire, burglary
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70815/1/70815.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70815/

In Malaysia there are many fires on buildings as well as heritage buildings. It involves the loss of property and also causes death the occupants of the building. Most causes of fire are due to non-compliance with building regulations set by the Uniform Building Law. Besides, visitors or occupants of the building are less aware of fire safety. Based on the literature review requires 5 program elements to prevent fire which is Fire Prevention, Fire Detection, Fire Notification, Fire Prevention and Fire Control which must be in the building to ensure occupants in the building are aware of the fire. Then the heritage building management team needs to ensure that the element works and can prevent visitors from panicking when there is a fire. Through this study also the methods used is quantitative which is questionnaire to find out the level of awareness of visitors and management team about fire safety in the building. From the questionnaire given to the respondent to collect the data, the research found the result and analysis about the fire safety awareness and present the chapter four the level of awareness of respondent which is visitors and team management. Lastly, for chapter five the researcher achieved all the objective and gives the conclusion and several recommendations about the fire safety awareness at museum Kuala Terengganu and also the further research.