Conference paper
Fire safety management in hotel
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1Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
- Published
- 24 October 2003
- Pages
- 236-241
- DOI
- 10.65582/set.2003.053
- Access
- Open access, © 2003 Copyright WSSET
Published 24 October 2003·Pages 236-241doi.org/10.65582/set.2003.053
Open accessunder © 2003 Copyright WSSET
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Abstract
Preliminary studies on fire safety management in hotels will be introduced. Safety problems of hotel fires will be outlined. In addition to provide proper training, integration with the building services systems should be watched. Roles of hotel management are proposed.
Keywords. fire safety; management; smoke spreading
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How to cite this article
Wu, H. and Chow, W. (2003). 'Fire safety management in hotel'. SET Proceedings, 2(1), pp. 236-241. https://doi.org/10.65582/set.2003.053