Technical report: Introduction Draft 1
Implementation of centralized home fire defense system in residential housing. 1.0 Introduction This report provides innovative solutions in response to the call for implementations and provides the improvements that could be made to the current HFAD system in Singapore's residential housing. 1.1 Background Singapore, a tiny country that is home to approximately about 5-6 million people, is also one of the most densely populated countries in the world. With that, public housing has become one of the special icons of Singapore. With more than 1 million flats across 24 towns and 3 estates, the Singapore brand of public housing is uniquely different compared to other countries (Housing Development Board (HDB), 2020). However, in recent years, fire outbreaks in these public homes are common and on the rise. As these public housing spells home to about 80% of Singapore’s resident population, it will be a major concern towards their safety within the flats (HDB, 2020). For the past