The purpose of this questionnaire is to study the level fire safety awareness among students and

effectiveness of fire safety system in Hamzah Sendut Library 1.

PART A: RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

INSTRUCTION: Please tick ( / ) in boxes provided below.

1. School: ____________
2. Level : 1 2 3
3. Gender : Male Female
4. Age: <21 years 21-30 years 31-40years 41-50years >50years
5. Education Level: PHD Bachelor Degree Diploma SPM SRP/PMR
6. Level in University: 1st year 2nd year 3rd years 4th years
7. Experience with Fire Outbreak: Yes No

PART B: AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE FIRE SAFETY IN

HAMZAH SENDUT LIBRARY 1

8. Have you ever heard the fire alarm?

Yes No
9. If Yes, what is the cause of the fire alarm?
Fire False Alarm Maintenance Alarm Malfunction
10. If False Alarm, how many time it happened in a year?
1 time 2 times 3 times >3 times
11. In your opinion, how effective the fire alarm in this building?
Inconsistent Effective Highly Effective
12. Have you ever been in the fire drill practice in this building?
Yes No
13. If Yes, how many time it happened?

1 time 2 times 3 times >3 times

14. Who conducted the fire drill practice?

Building Management Fire Department Not Sure

15. During the fire drill practice, did you directly evacuate to the assembly point once
you heard the fire alarm?
Yes No
16. If No, what did you do?
Ask the management for confirmation Ignore the fire alarm
Have no clues about the fire alarm
17. Have you ever receive briefing about fire safety in this building?

Yes No

18. If Yes, please tick ( / ) if you ever attend/receive these briefing:

Fire Safety Training

Fire Safety Brochure
Building Evacuation Procedure Manual
Fire Safety Equipment Manual
Others:

19. If Yes, who conduct the briefing?

Building Management Fire Department Private Consultant
20. How many times did you attend the briefing?
1 time 2 times 3 times >3 times
21. Based on Question. 17, if No do you aware/receive the fire safety briefing elsewhere?

Yes No

22. If Yes, please tick ( / ) on the relevant method:

Related magazines/articles
Attend briefing from the authorities
Watching documentary
Posters/displays
Others:

23. Have you ever experienced emergency evacuation before?

Yes, in this building Yes, not in this building Never

 24. Please tick ( / ) if you aware on the existent of the firefighting equipment and know

how to operate first aid firefighting equipment.

Fire fighting equipment Able to operate

Available
Yes No
Smoke detector
Sprinkler
Heat detector
Break glass
Hose reel
Fire lift
Fire extinguisher
Fire barrier door
Emergency staircase passage
Exit door
Emergency Evacuation Plan

Fire Alarm
Assembly Point

25. Explain the procedure of the emergency evacuation procedure of this building based

in your opinion.
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PART C: OCCUPANT ROLE DURING FIRE OUTBREAK

INSTRUCTION: Please tick ( / ) in box provided below.

26. If you are in a building, what are the signs occur that make you aware of fire
outbreak?

Smokes
From the colleague
Fire alarm
Others:

27. What is your action once you see the smoke or fire?

Break the fire glass

Asking for help
Evacuate immediately from the building
Investigate the fire source
Call the building management
Others:

28. If the fire alarm ring, what will you do?

Call the building management for confirmation

Let the fire alarm ring until the next instruction
Evacuate immediately from the building
Others:

29. What did you feel when you heard the fire alarm ring?

Curious Panic

Ignore it Self-instinct to reach safer place

30. Before you decide to evacuate from the building, will you make a call to anyone?
Yes No

31. If Yes, who will you contact?

Building Management Colleague Family

32. If you decided to evacuate from the building, is it based on instruction?

Yes No
33. If Yes, who gives the order?

Building Management Colleague Fire Fighter

34. If you decided to evacuate from the building, will you

Go alone Wait for your colleagues
35. Which one of the safety exit you will choose?
 Safety stairs Fire Lift Window

PART D: FIRE SAFETY PROTECTION SYSTEM CRITERIAS AT HAMZAH

SENDUT LIBRARY 1

INSTRUCTION: Please tick ( / ) in box provided below.

1 Strongly Agree
2 Agree
3 Undecided
4 Disagree
5 Strongly Disagree

What are the important requirement of fire safety system needed in a building?
36. Information on safety plan

1 2 3 4 5
a) Create more systematic evacuation safety plan
b Sharing information related to firefighting
) equipments

37. Communication device should be more effective and fully functional all the time

1 2 3 4 5
a) Fire alarm should be check regularly
b Creating PA system to alert the occupant during
) emergency situation

38. Fire Drill

1 2 3 4 5
a) Fire drill should be conduct more often
b Briefing related to fire safety and evacuation plan
) from private consultant and fire department should
be done more often
c) Firefighting equipment training session should be
done regularly

39. Maintenance
 1 2 3 4 5
a) Firefighting equipments should be check regularly
b Daily inspection should be done by the building
) management

40. Based on your opinion, does the current fire safety system at Hamzah Sendut Library
1 operate well? If not, please suggest more effective approach.
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