| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立聯合大學 === 資訊與社會研究所 === 103 === ABSTRACT
Developing a sound approach to risk-preparedness for cultural heritage in recent years has increased noticeably. The fire prevention plan of heritage buildings have progressed tremendously. Heritage buildings, such as traditional Hakka temples in Taiwan, magnificent or not, are a precious cultural asset to our society. As time elapses, their roles as the comforters in times of illness and distress for the locals have persisted to this day. Besides, temples, like churches in the west, also serve as centers of social activities for formal(most informal) gathering, burning incense, providing food offerings for the resident deities, discussing controversial political issues, plus shooting the breeze. Owing to their elaborate but fragile and not fire-retardant adornments all over the structures, the multi-purposed places easily become vulnerable to fire. Whereupon, many temples, such as Castle Palace and Peitien Temple in Taiwan, have fallen victims to the god of fire caused by careless use of electricity, burning incense, golden paper, just to name a few. Even worse, a big fire even broke out at Na Tcha temple in Macau, one of the world heritage buildings. Consequently, it is essential that some urgent preventive measures be adopted immediately to avoid the reoccurrence of the above mentioned man-made disasters. For years, many studies concerning temples have been done mostly focusing on the management of financial resources allocation or pilgrim processions but short of the maintenance of building safety of temple it self, personnel training as well as the enhancement of public fire awareness. Based on the premise of protecting temples as historical cultural assets, this study investigates and assesses the potential fire spots from the changes of the following 3 factors： The influence of environmental change of temples surroundings; Temples excessive use of electrical equipment and; the change in management attitude of the temples use. The above potential fire spots are further integrated and organized into the following four potential fire risk issues： Indoor environment, outdoor environment, use of electrical equipment and usage management attitude. This study with a view to adding readers’ understanding of fire-pool temple structures, fire prevention planning and firefighting expertise, takes Hakka temple in Miaoli as a case to see and to exam whether its buildings can resist accident fires, and, more importantly, its staff are able to copy with the uninvited misfortunes. Participatory action research is an approach to research in organizations that emphasizes participation and action. This study adapted the participatory action research as the research method to implement the fire prevention plan of heritage buildings. This study emphasizes collective inquiry and experimentation grounded in risk preparedness. On top of that, the study also provides proper and rational guidance to the public as well as no hind-sighted suggestions to the authorities concerned in the hope of setting up a sound fire-fighting circuit linking the temple staff, the general public and the authorities so as to ensure that people in Taiwan have a safe place to go where they can request deities for help or just to laid-back. It also provides a guide for developing policies and procedures incorporating fire prevention and protection features into the heritage buildings and Hakka temples.
Keywords： Fire Prevention Plan, Heritage Buildings, Hakka Temples, Risk Preparedness, Participatory Action Research
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