What is special about the 200 billion VND fire protection system for 1,400 ancient houses in Hoi An?

A fire hydrant in Hoi An walking street - Photo: BD

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Son, Chairman of Hoi An City People's Committee, with the largest investment ever in fire prevention and fighting, the ancient wooden structures in Hoi An that are 200 - 400 years old will be better protected.

The largest fire prevention and fighting system ever in Hoi An

According to the presentation of the Hoi An Heritage Management and Conservation Center, the unit assigned to implement and manage the project, the 200 billion VND fire protection system for the old quarter includes components such as an operation center and underground water tank, fire alarm - water supply and automatic fire protection system, camera system and information technology components.

The fire prevention and fighting system operator building is built on two floors with a total floor area of nearly 1,000m2 ^. Here, functional rooms are arranged including garage, pump system, energy storage, central control room, data processing communication.

There is also an underground water tank for fire fighting with a construction area of about ^242m2 .

Construction equipment and fire prevention and fighting systems include pumps, lightning protection equipment, data processing communication equipment, central monitoring and control equipment, television, cameras, etc.

Hoi An streets are cluttered with construction sites for fire prevention and fighting systems - Photo: BD

To supply water to each ancient house, the project also arranges technical trenches to run fiber optic cables, water pipes, electricity, cameras... from main roads to the central operating house.

Construction of fire water supply system with pipeline network designed as a ring network combined with a jet network.

The fire fighting water supply for the system is taken from a ^700m3 tank . The water supply connection point is Thanh Ha Water Plant connected to the D160mm pipeline running along Nguyen Truong To Street.

139 monuments installed automatic fire alarm systems

According to Hoi An City, in the current phase, automatic fire alarm systems (address-based fire alarms) will be installed at 139 ancient relics; including 37 special relics, 70 type 1 relics, 20 type 2 relics, and 12 type 3 relics.

The project also provides additional mobile fire-fighting gasoline pumps. In case of fire, these pumps will draw water from the Hoai River to extinguish fires at relics along the river or draw river water into the fire-fighting pipeline system.

The units also arranged 173 lighting positions along the roads to guide fire trucks to the fire scene.

The emergency lighting system for fire escapes in Hoi An ancient town is modernly designed. Each house will be equipped with emergency lighting to provide light for people to escape outside in case of emergency. In addition, the system is also equipped with a chain of cameras, 131 loudspeaker locations...

Houses in Hoi An ancient town are seriously degraded and at high risk of fire - Photo: BD

In addition, the Hoi An ancient town fire prevention and fighting project also invested a large amount of money in the information technology system for operations.

According to Mr. Son, the entire system will initially be assigned to the Hoi An Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation Center, while other units will join in coordinating the operation. The system will be operational by the end of 2025.

1,400 ancient relics in Hoi An will be safer

The Chairman of Hoi An City People's Committee said that the 200 billion VND fire prevention and fighting project (invested by Hoi An City People's Committee) this time is the largest and most fundamental investment in protecting the ancient town space from fire to date.

Currently, Hoi An has about 1,400 ancient relics, 70% of which are privately owned. Most of the buildings are hundreds of years old, with wooden structures and rudimentary fire protection systems.

"We have been pursuing and promoting procedures for this project for 5 years and through many ministries and localities to be able to implement it.

"Because the merger is near, all work and documents must be completed before June 30, so recently the old town has been dug up everywhere, and visitors and residents have complained a lot. We are urging people to work day and night to restore the site soon," said Mr. Son.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/he-thong-chua-chay-200-ti-dong-cho-1-400-nha-co-hoi-an-co-gi-dac-biet-20250522105418013.htm