Examine the Practice of Fire Safety Management in Building

Abstract

Proper fire safety management practice is critical for effective control of fire at both construction and post-construction stage of the building. Therefore, effective fire safety management practice plays an essential role in enhancing the safety of the occupants, building, and its contents against fire disaster. The purpose of this paper is to examine the practice of fire safety management in Nigeria at post-construction stage of buildings. The components of fire safety management in buildings are discussed, the impacts of these components were considered with respect to their level of their implementation of fire safety management in building. A structure questionnaire was prepared and administered in order to determine the level of fire safety performance in building, relative importance index was calculated to rank the components. It was found that fire safety training factor of fire safety management rank first and it has higher influence in the fire safety awareness of the building’s occupants and public. The finding revealed that the standard level of fire safety awareness among the public is very poor, which normally led to the primary causes of fire injury, death, and destruction of property. Adequate fire safety training is thereby proposed in order to enhance fire safety knowledge of the building occupants and general public for the achievement of fire safety objectives.