FMT321 TMA02

This assignment is worth 20% of the final mark for FMT321 Fire Safety & Engineering.

The cut-off date for this assignment is 20 February 2026, 2355hrs.

Note to Students:

You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the TMA, SUSS PI No., Your Name, and Submission Date.

This TMA02 aims to gauge your learning in (1) organizing fire safety organization, and (2) developing the required emergency response and evacuation plan for the designated premises.

This TMA02 covers materials studied in Study Unit 1 to 4. 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 and your Turnitin report will be examined thoroughly as part of the marking process. 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 manager of the fire safety and engineering department of the facility management division, you are to demonstrate your ability in (1) organizing the premises’ fire safety organization, and (2) developing the required emergency response and evacuation plan for:

An 8-storey shopping mall, comprising 3 basement levels of car park, 5 levels of retail outlets, restaurants, food court, and a cineplex. The building has 4 designated exit staircases, 2 passenger lifts, 1 fire lift, 1 evacuation lift and a cargo service lift.

Describe how the designated premises should be organized for fire safety within the entire premises including the associated tenants or companies and their business operations.

Conduct a review on the premise’s threat/hazard-scenarios, determine the premise tierlevel 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.

(d) Discuss how the Site-ERP is to be formulated and developing the Site-ERP for the designated premises (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 50% of TMA02.

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:

Tutor-Marked Assignment

Notes:

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 accept ONLY ONE (1) MS-Word file submission. You can

(a) combine your TMA-Report and Site-ERP developed as one file, or
(b) embed the Site-ERP within the TMA-Report. To embed the checklists:

• Place the cursor where you want the checklist-document to be inserted
• From the Insert tab, Text group, click on the down arrow next to Object
• Choose Object, select Create from File
• Click on Browse to select the checklist-document, select Insert ▪ Select Display as Icon, click

FMT321_TMA02_Sample Template 2 – Site ERP_2026 (Use This to Embed in Main TMA-Report).docx

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FMT321 Fire Safety & Engineering Tutor-Marked Assignment January 2026 Submission

1. Executive Summary

An executive summary summarizes (max. 1 page) what you intend to put to the reader/reviewer/marker the full content of this TMA-Report in such a way that reader/reviewer/marker can rapidly become acquainted with a large body of material without having to read the entire TMA-Report.

2. Table of Contents

2. Executive Summary —————————————————————————-2
3. Table of Contents ——————————————————————————-3
4. Introduction of Site Organization Structure & Relationship ——————————X
5. Description of Organization Structure to Manage Fire Safety —————————X
6. Establishment of CERT ————————————————————————X
7. Development of Site-ERP ———————————————————————X
8. Conclusion ————————————————————————————–X
9. Word-count ————————————————————————————–X
10. References —————————————————————————————X
11. Attachment 1: Premise/Building Profile ————————————————-X
12. Attachment 2: CERT Training & Equipment ———————————————X
13. Attachment 3: Site-ERP (SCDF Format) ————————————————–X

3. Introduction of Site Organization Structure & Relationship

o  State and discuss the organization structure of the property ownership and management

o  Executive Structure, Property/Facility Management Structure

4. Description of Organization Structures to Manage Fire Safety

o          WSH & Fire Safety Management Structure

o          IMT, CERT, EWT, EAAT, FAT, General Occupants

5. Establishment of CERT

o State and discussion the Potential Hazard-scenarios & Impacts

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

6. Development of Site-ERP

o  State and discuss how the Site-ERP is formulated

o State and discuss challenges faced during the formulation process

Discuss how the premise/building’s ERP is formulated and developed;

Provide details how the scenarios are determined, number of meetings to align the stakeholders’ expectation (You may/add-on the sample Table of Meetings, if required).

7. Conclusion

o Summary remarks of the assignment

8. Word-count

Total word-count for the main report is 1500 words (excluding Executive Summary, References, and Attachments).

9. References

Provide as required;

10. Attachment: Company Profile

Provide if necessary;

11. Attachment: CERT Training & Equipment

Provide if necessary;

12. Attachment: Site Emergency Response Plan (SCDF Format) (MANDATORY)

Provide the completed Site-ERP (Mandatory) here; To reduce similarity index in your report, you can embed the ERP.docx file within the report as follows:

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.