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The occurrence of fire disasters is not a new phenomenon in Ghanaian history. The 1983 fire that engulfed Ghana which led to a severe hunger crisis is perhaps the most notable fire reference point in the country. Recently, fire disasters have taken place in public facilities of strategic value. The Kumasi market fire of December 2012 (where over 150 shops were razed down); other places affected by fire are offices of the Electoral Commission, the Ridge Residence of former President Rawlings, ministry of Education amongst many others. Between January and October 2019, Ghana recorded a total of 4623 fire outbreaks. Also, from January to October 2020 a surge to 5355 incidents (representing about 35.6%) domestic rise was reported by Joy Watch.

In a bid to understand high level engineering professionalism, I have come to understand safety to be an integral part of conceptual, detailed design as well as implementation of engineered systems. As a design engineer, codes and standards forms the bedrock of it all and the compliance benchmarks to which such systems are measured.

The Truth of the matter is that nobody needs to get injured while at work, and nobody needs to be answerable for another person getting injured Not-withstanding, truly accidents do occur in the work environment, and individuals do get injured, especially in working environments where there is a higher danger of injury, for example, inside the manufacturing business. Notwithstanding, that doesn’t imply that you would prefer not to attempt to guarantee that you forestall all accidents. All things considered, each time there is an accident, there’s a danger that it will end with genuine ramifications for both the individual influenced and the organization in question.

From the standpoint of NFPA 101, the occupancy type (mercantile) and loading of shopping malls directly make them a high hazardous area as the majority of the items stored are some sort of fuels and inflammable materials, alongside, the oxygen-rich environment and the high traffic of buyers in them. And even with the recent E-commerce trends, some malls have installed data centers for ease of transaction processes. All these considerations make malls a location with a potentially high fire-hazard classification area. With this knowledge of the fire hazard classifications of malls, HSE policies such as RTNs, hazardous signals, age-limit restrictions, appropriate demarcation for highly inflammable materials are to be incorporated into malls to ultimately reduce the risk of damages to HSE and assets, ensuring compliance to standards and regulatory requirements.

Every project is totally different, starting from the square footage and design to the content and production happening within. You can take into consideration these factors while planning an in-depth facility layout for your building project or warehouse. That way, the layout is going to be custom-built to satisfy your precise wants.