Fire System Management

2.3 FIRE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

This is a structured approach, generally based on a fire system policy to ensure your duties under the Fire Safety Order are effectively complied with the policy will set out your objectives and allow you to develop fire safety procedures to ensure the correct actions are taken to maintain the physical aspects of the premises and also to provide information to building maintenance team and other persons visiting or using the premises. Fire system management needs to be viewed from two major aspects, which are Preventive Management and Emergency Response Management.

2.3.1 Preventive Management

Preventive management is defined as an agent or device designed to prevent conception. Preventive management includes education

All emergency staff and personnel must be properly trained to carry out their duties in the event of a fire (Tan and Hiew, 2004). Technical staff should be tailored with more comprehensive training programmes as compared to the occupants training programme and they should be aware of the fire resistance capabilities of the building structure, materials, fire dampers, fire rated ducting, the principles of fire spread and harmful products, smoke control measures, principles behind effective evacuation procedures, and the maintenance of built-in and installed fire safety features. Special training is also required for personnel in control rooms and receptionists in communication so that they can convey important information correctly and be able to alert the relevant people during an emergency (Craighead,

The authority having jurisdiction, such as the local fire department, often will develop written criteria and guidelines on which plans may be based. This manual should also consult with other authorities having jurisdiction, including local officials, for precise criteria and guidelines on which their plans should base.

Generally, this manual consists of legal requirements; emergency telephone numbers, organization of building emergency response staff and their responsibilities, evacuation and relocation procedure, building emergency systems and equipments including the way systems andequipments operate in relation to each other and building drawings and plans detailing site plans, floor layouts, evacuation routes, stairwell and elevator configurations, emergency operation center, drills, documentation and record-keeping for all activities and training conducted under the emergency plan as well as handling of the media. All the changes of information in this manual have to be amended and updated (Craighead,