Abstract

• Fire plays important role in daily life of the people. Fire can cause either useful or hazard. If the fire is not put into use systematically it could give bad benefits, sometime human’s lives were lost. Therefore protection and prevention of fire is needed. Most of the ancient kingdoms of Myanmar are situated at the centre of Myanmar where the climate is hot and dry. Under the reigns of Myanmar kings, houses were built with bamboo, nipa palms and reed matting, even royal palaces were made of wood. These things are inflammable materials and could make dangerous. Because of the carelessness, fire broke out often and several numbers of dwellings including palaces, houses and monasteries were destroyed. Therefore, Myanmar kings passed the Royal Order to prevent and to extinguish fire. This paper examines and analyses the endeavours of Myanmar Kings to prevent and protect outbreaks of fire. It also evaluates how they could carry out to rescue the victims of fire and their efforts for preventing outbreak of fire were effective or not.