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Community Perception Toward Hazard of Fire and Participation in Prevention of Fire Disaster

This paper describes the results of a survey about community perceptions toward hazard of fire and participation in prevention of fire disaster. The study was conducted among communities of Kampung Kawang, Papar, and Kampung Likas at Kota Kinabalu. The result of the study shows that there was awa...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Rozelan Yunus, Adi Fahrudin, Sapora Sipon, Dr.
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Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2652
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spelling my.usim-26522012-12-19T04:21:09Z Community Perception Toward Hazard of Fire and Participation in Prevention of Fire Disaster Ahmad Rozelan Yunus Adi Fahrudin Sapora Sipon, Dr. This paper describes the results of a survey about community perceptions toward hazard of fire and participation in prevention of fire disaster. The study was conducted among communities of Kampung Kawang, Papar, and Kampung Likas at Kota Kinabalu. The result of the study shows that there was awareness of likely fire hazard which would threaten their personal safety though they believe it was unlikely to occur in one's life among the subject. The likely of hazard of fie was also being underestimated and misunderstood by the subject. The study supports the notion that the public frequently have a low personal interest in risk but a high expectation of government responsibility and others people support in the case of disaster.. 2010-01-18T03:22:15Z 2010-01-18T03:22:15Z 2010-01-18 Article http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2652 en
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description This paper describes the results of a survey about community perceptions toward hazard of fire and participation in prevention of fire disaster. The study was conducted among communities of Kampung Kawang, Papar, and Kampung Likas at Kota Kinabalu. The result of the study shows that there was awareness of likely fire hazard which would threaten their personal safety though they believe it was unlikely to occur in one's life among the subject. The likely of hazard of fie was also being underestimated and misunderstood by the subject. The study supports the notion that the public frequently have a low personal interest in risk but a high expectation of government responsibility and others people support in the case of disaster..
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author Ahmad Rozelan Yunus
Adi Fahrudin
Sapora Sipon, Dr.
spellingShingle Ahmad Rozelan Yunus
Adi Fahrudin
Sapora Sipon, Dr.
Community Perception Toward Hazard of Fire and Participation in Prevention of Fire Disaster
author_facet Ahmad Rozelan Yunus
Adi Fahrudin
Sapora Sipon, Dr.
author_sort Ahmad Rozelan Yunus
title Community Perception Toward Hazard of Fire and Participation in Prevention of Fire Disaster
title_short Community Perception Toward Hazard of Fire and Participation in Prevention of Fire Disaster
title_full Community Perception Toward Hazard of Fire and Participation in Prevention of Fire Disaster
title_fullStr Community Perception Toward Hazard of Fire and Participation in Prevention of Fire Disaster
title_full_unstemmed Community Perception Toward Hazard of Fire and Participation in Prevention of Fire Disaster
title_sort community perception toward hazard of fire and participation in prevention of fire disaster
publishDate 2010
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2652
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