Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective

Fire can happen at any time in any situation that could risk the life safety of people and cause destruction to a property. Many countries around the world including Malaysia, have established and enforced fire protection provisions in their building codes to control the risk of building fire. Despi...

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Main Authors:	Dg Badariah Ag Ali, Farid Wajdi Akashah, Raha Sulaiman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13660/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13660/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13660/1/45-50-PB.docx

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spelling	ukm-136602019-11-21T21:31:47Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13660/ Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective Dg Badariah Ag Ali, Farid Wajdi Akashah, Raha Sulaiman, Fire can happen at any time in any situation that could risk the life safety of people and cause destruction to a property. Many countries around the world including Malaysia, have established and enforced fire protection provisions in their building codes to control the risk of building fire. Despite that, practising such provisions can be challenging to the pre-building codes buildings as they were built before it. Those buildings need to comply the current established provisions in ensuring it is safe from any fire hazards as a way to protect the occupants. Building occupants can be very vulnerable to fire at night time especially when they are in deep sleep. In the case of hotel buildings, the guests are usually unfamiliar with the building layout which could increase their risk to the fire hazards. A good understanding of fire protection provisions for buildings that are repurposed into hotels is a key factor in making sure that such building is safe for public use. Provisions on current building codes and regulations on both active and passive fire protection systems for pre-building codes buildings repurposed into hotels in Malaysia are critically discussed in this paper. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/msword en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13660/1/45-50-PB.docx Dg Badariah Ag Ali, and Farid Wajdi Akashah, and Raha Sulaiman, (2018) Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective. Journal of Building Performance, 9 (2). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2180-2106 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/issue/view/45
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description	Fire can happen at any time in any situation that could risk the life safety of people and cause destruction to a property. Many countries around the world including Malaysia, have established and enforced fire protection provisions in their building codes to control the risk of building fire. Despite that, practising such provisions can be challenging to the pre-building codes buildings as they were built before it. Those buildings need to comply the current established provisions in ensuring it is safe from any fire hazards as a way to protect the occupants. Building occupants can be very vulnerable to fire at night time especially when they are in deep sleep. In the case of hotel buildings, the guests are usually unfamiliar with the building layout which could increase their risk to the fire hazards. A good understanding of fire protection provisions for buildings that are repurposed into hotels is a key factor in making sure that such building is safe for public use. Provisions on current building codes and regulations on both active and passive fire protection systems for pre-building codes buildings repurposed into hotels in Malaysia are critically discussed in this paper.
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author	Dg Badariah Ag Ali, Farid Wajdi Akashah, Raha Sulaiman,
spellingShingle	Dg Badariah Ag Ali, Farid Wajdi Akashah, Raha Sulaiman, Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective
author_facet	Dg Badariah Ag Ali, Farid Wajdi Akashah, Raha Sulaiman,
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title	Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective
title_short	Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective
title_full	Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective
title_fullStr	Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective
title_sort	fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a malaysian perspective
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
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Fire protection provisions for pre-building codes shophouses repurposed into budget hotel: a Malaysian perspective

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