Building Risk Management in Secondary School

Abstract

School is a type of buildings used for instructional activities. Regardless of the building risk management as required by laws, school is required to have an institute or professional in building risk management in order to prevent and reduce the hazard as well as the lowest level of impact

            This research aims to 1) to study the safety risks which can be occured in secondary school; 2) to study the guidelines for the security risks management operating by school; 3) to develop / improve the guidelines for security risks management in accordance with the physical of the building. Research was conducted by using the simple random as a sampling method and divided the data into 2 phases:  phase 1, using the survey form as a checklist of the physical characteristics of the building. Phase 2, using the In-depth interviews to school administrators to confirm the results of the study, Including comments about the results of the study to lead to the summarizing and discussing research results.

               The study shows that there are 3 safety risks; accident, casualty, and safety in building use. The guidelines are currently implemented. There are 2 aspects; improvement and maintenance, and security care. As for the development / improvement. There are 9 steps; 1) Executive training; 2) Jointly to set policies; 3) appointing the committee determining the scope and duties; 4) surveying  the building; 5) Risk Analysis; 6) creating projects and action plans for the approval of budget; 7) promoting the campaign and training; 8) rehearsing emergency plans every year; 9) reviewing and improving various plans. The research results show that building Risk Management is related directly to people’s lives and property. Officers should be encouraged to have extensive knowledge and the youth awareness for their common practice towards the importance and the loss which can happen. It is vital that government sector must give the top priority and support all of actions in terms of budget and professionals in training and making plans immediately.