Assessment of Fire Safety Provisions in Tertiary Institution Hostel Buildings in Niger State in the Proceedings of School of Environmental International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment and Climate Change

Abstract

Fire safety Measure have become an issue of neglect in most tertiary institution hostel buildings in Niger state and have contributed to the continuous fire breakout. This has equally become a university management concern in our society today. This paper tend to assess the level of the fire measures in tertiary institution hostel and proffering solution through research approach that will help to prevent fire outbreak, restricting damage and maximize life safety in the tertiary institution in Niger state. The findings shows that the fire safety equipment is not available or not functional in the hostels also; most of the students in the hostels are not conversant with the usage of such equipment. Means of evacuation of student from the building during any event of fire are discovered to be below requirement. Doors and windows protectors cause hindrance to escape during fire incidence. Ineffective fire safety equipment management, ignorance of the professional during planning of stage is also a factor affecting the integration of the safety equipment and preventive measures. The research recommends that proper scrutiny of hostel building be made by the school management from time to time to ensure that all the fire safety precaution are in functional condition, and orientation of students in the hostels about what to do in occurrence of fire outbreak.