DEFENCE AGAINST FIRE: TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL OF INNOVATIVE GRILL LADDER FOR TERRACE HOUSES

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the acceptance of the usage of innovative grill ladder by terrace house owners at Taman Subang with reference to the community acceptance towards innovative grill ladder, their practices and attitude towards fire safety. Sample size calculation was done using sample calculator. With the confidence level of 95 % and confidence interval of 15 of 400 population size, a sample of 39 required for this study was revealed. 40 house owners were then chosen using systematic sampling. The approach that was used for this study was interviewer-based questionnaire uploaded into google form which had Cronbach Alpha value of 0.89 which meant that the questions were reliable. Collected data were analysed using SPSS version 20. The results proved that majority of the community of Taman Subang agreed towards the usage of innovative grill ladder. However, most of them did not agree to the commercialised price of the grill ladder, which is RM 1,500. They suggested that the price will be affordable if it lies below RM 1,000. On the other hand, most of the participants were lacking practices towards fire safety but they still have positive attitude towards fire safety.