FEM111
Fire Safety Management
Tutor-Marked Assignment 01
January 2021 Presentation
FEM111
Tutor-Marked Assignment 01
TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA) 01
This tutor marked assignment is worth 20% of the final mark for FEM111 Fire Safety
Management.
The cut-off date for this assignment is Friday, 19 March 2021, 2355H
You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the
TMA, SUSS PI No., Your Name, and Submission Date.
You are to name your document file strictly to this format CourseCode_AssignmentCode_UserID_FullName.
For
example,
ABC123_TMA01_Sally001_TanMeiMeiSally (omit D/O, S/O). Use underscore and not
space.
This TMA aims to gauge your ability to (1) identify Fire Hazards; (2) establish the capability
of Company Emergency Response Team, and (3) develop the required Emergency Response
Plan for the selected premise.
This TMA covers materials studied in Study Unit 1 to 6. You should review these materials
in both your textbook and the unit notes before beginning the assignment. In addition, you
may find it necessary to perform additional research in order to provide better answers to the
questions.
Collusion and Plagiarism is a serious offence. All works from other authors must be
appropriately cited and listed in a bibliography – failure to comply with proper referencing
measures will be penalised.
Question 1
As the appointed fire safety manager of a your choice of premise, you are to show ability in
(1) identifying fire hazards at your workplace; (2) establishing the capability of your
company emergency response team, and (3) developing the required emergency response
plan for your company; showing understanding of the fire safety management approach by:
(a)
Select a premise of your choice from an industrial manufacturing factory, an oil
refinery, a hospital, or a multi-tenanted, flatted factory building and assume the
role of the appointed fire safety manager;
(b)
Carry out review on how the specific premise should be organized for fire safety
within the entire site-premise including the associated tenants or companies and their
business operations;
(b)
Describe and discuss the envisaged fire safety program for the selected premise,
considering the nature of businesses and operations within the selected premise;
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(c)
Conduct a fire safety audit and identify five (5) fire hazards as defined by the Fire
Safety Act showing evidence of understanding with explanation of specific violations
and recommended corrective actions;
(d)
Conduct a review on the premise’s threat/hazard-scenarios, determine the premise
tier-level using the SCDF National CERT Standard and Guidelines; and establish the
requirements for the premise to build the CERT’s capability with respect to
equipping, competency, and training;
(e)
Discuss how the Premise-ERP is to be formulated and developing the Premise-ERP
for the selected premise (as an attachment to the main report) using the format and
guidelines stipulated by the SCDF (with site layout plan, schematic drawing, etc).
Note: This is mandatory and constitute 20% of the TMA.
Your TMA-Report shall be kept at a maximum of 1500±150 words (excluding the
Executive Summary, Tables and Figures, References, and Appendixes). Too few words
mean you are unable to do your topic justice; too many words mean you have not been
discerning enough in your selection of materials or written succinctly enough. You are to
discuss and apply your learning in your report (providing in-text citation and appropriate
referencing) and the final TMA-Report document shall include:
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Cover Page as required by SUSS
Executive Summary (maximum 1-Page)
Content Page
Main Report (max. 1500 ± 150 words) covering:
Introduction of Premise & Nature of Business Activities
o State and discuss the Entire Site Layout Plan, Access Route
o Location of Premise, Premise Occupancy Type
o Nature of Business
Description of Selected Specified-Premise
o State and discuss the Premise Characteristics, Features
o Premise Floor Description, Staircases, Number of Floors, Layout
of Each Floor and Utilities
o Premise Fire Protection Systems
Description of Premise Organization Structures to Manage Fire Safety
o State and discuss the premise organization structure
o Executive Structure, Property Management Structure
o Facility Management Structure, WSH & Fire Safety Committee
o IMT, CERT, EWT, EAAT, FAT, General Occupants
Description of Premise Fire Safety Programs
o State and discuss the relevant fire safety programs
Identification of Fire Hazards
o State and discuss any 5 fire hazards and recommended corrective
actions
 Illegal/Unauthorized Addition & Alteration
 Overcrowding
 Illegal Removal of Fire Safety Measures
 Non-Maintenance of Fire Safety Measures
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 Obstruction of Escape Route
 Hamper/Obstruction SCDF Operations
Establishment of CERT
o State and discuss the premise tier-level
o State and discuss how to establish the premise’s CERT
 Use of National CERT Standard
 State and discuss the competency required and how trainings
are provided
 State and discuss the equipping required
Development of Premise-ERP
o State and discuss how the Premise-ERP is formulated
o State and discuss challenges faced during the formulation process
Conclusion
o Summary remarks of the assignment
Word-Count
References/Annexes (if necessary)
Attachment of Premise-ERP in SCDF Format (Mandatory)
Overall Total
10 marks
10 marks
5 marks
5 marks
20 marks
100 marks
Note 1: TMA Report with Similarity Index exceeding 25% will be flagged for
plagiarism review. Also ensure you proofread your report. Marks will be deducted for
poorly written report fraught with spelling and grammatical errors and poor sentence
structure.
Note 2: Canvas can only accept submission of only one MS-Word file. You can choose to
combine your TMA-Report and Premise-ERP as one file or embed the Premise-ERP within
the TMA-Report. To embed the Premise-ERP:
1) Place the cursor where you want the ERP-document to be inserted
2) From the Insert tab, Text group, click on the down arrow next to Object
3) Choose Object, select Create from File
4) Click on Browse to select the ERP-document, select Insert
5) Select Display as Icon, click OK.
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