Abstract:
Fire Safety is not given much attention in Ghana especially in domestic buildings and
it is usually neglected and the consequence cannot be over emphasized.. The purpose
of the study was to investigate the current state of fire protection of domestic
buildings in Ghana. The study was conducted through administering of questionnaires
to Domestic households, personal interviews and discussions with individuals living
in domestic buildings and experts in organizations in charge of fire protection and
fighting in the domestic buildings and as well as the internet. These were analyzed
accordingly. The study was limited to domestic structures in the Wa Municipality.
The findings revealed that most of the occupants do not know fire fighting techniques
or protection methods not even the simple use of the fire extinguishers. It was also
realized that over eighty percent of domestic buildings were inadequately equipped
with fire fighting equipments .It was recommended that occupants should be regularly
taken through sensitization training lessons on how to prevent, protect and fight fire
and also the use and operating of fire extinguishers
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of CONSTRUCTION AND WOOD
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, Faculty of TECHNICAL EDUCATION,
submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Technology
(Construction) degree
JUNE, 2014