Roles and applications of Mechanical Services in Defining the

massing and form of the building.

Introduction
Passive Fire Protection (PFP), an integral component of the components of structural that allow a fire to
act upon the system itself, to compartmentalize and contain the fire to save lives and to protect the
structure, such as by fire-resistant walls, floor, and doors. Passive Fire Protection must be considered at
the planning design stage of a building project. In accordance with UBBL 1984 Part VIII that focuses on
passive containment, emergency evacuation and fire fighting access.
Diagram as shown below summarizes the Passive Fire Protection System of PAM Centre Bangsar. The
system groups are basically divided into Passive Containment, Evacuation and Fire Fighting Access.

Passive Containment
The passive containment system is described to be consists of interconnected cells within the building
and can control the situation all by themselves while without any actively involved. It avoids fire spread
and prolongs time for safe evacuation of the building occupants, thereby it must be considered at the
planning stage in a building project.
Fire Fighting Access
Firefighter access to enable firefighters to gain access from external to rescue any people trapped in the
building and to allow firefighting from the outside of building.
Passive Containment
Passive containment can control the situation all by themselves while without any actively involved
because it acts as components of structure to confine a fire to the zone of origin, avoid fire spread and
leaving more time to safe evacuation for occupants of the building.
Compartmentation
In accordance with by-law UBBL 1984 Clause 133, compartmentation means any part of a building which
is separated from all other parts by one or more compartment walls or floors or by both and shall also
include any room space above such part of the top storey. At the same time, it limits of compartment

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sizes to prevent fire travel far to another spaces as determined under by-law UBBL 1984 Clause 136.
The purposes of dividing into smaller compartment are limiting the spread of fire, smoke migration to
confine it to the fire area itself and providing clear and safe evacuation routes during fire. Besides, fire
compartments are divided by compartment walls and compartment floors made out of a fire-resisting

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