CODE OF PRACTICE FOR FIRE PRECAUTIONS IN BUILDINGS 2018 SINGAPORE CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE NnPs re itd Al rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by means, electroni mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Singapore Civil Defence Force. 1 edition : 1974 24 edition : 1982 3+ edition : 1991 4 edition : 1997 5% edition : 2002 6* edition : 2007 7 edition : 2013, ‘8h edition : 2018 cae Sng Ort ens oe & SMF Seppe oe? hup:/www.sedf gov.sg824 CHAPTER 08 Fire Command Centre Provision AFCC shall be provided in any building, with the exception of buildings under PG I and II (PG II building having not more than two basement storeys used ‘solely for ear parking), which requires any of the following installations: ) Fire tin. (2) Emergency voice communication system, (3) Engineered smoke control system. Size, A FCC shall he of adequate size to house all the terminals and supervisory! ‘control equipment, etc. ofthe building’s fire protection detection systems and a free working space (unobstructed by door swing) of at least 6m*. “ocation (1) The FCC shall be located at the same level a the fire engine accessway or fire engine access road and its entrance shall be located in the following order of priority: (a) It shall be within Sm from entrance of the fire lift lobby at the designated storey of the building. (b) Inthe case where there is no fie lift lobby, it shall be located within ‘vicinity of the fire engine accessway or fire engine access road and within Sm from the entrance of one of the protected stairs serving all storeys of the development (©) Itshall be at any other location as may be designated by the SCDF. In the case of a site consisting of more than one building which required FCC in accordance with C1.8.2.1, there shall be more than one FCC. For ‘such cases, the SCDF shall be consulted. ‘Construction The construction of enclosure, facilities and lighting of a FCC shall comply with the SS 546, Air-conditioning and/or mechanical ventilation Air-conditioning and/or mechanical ventilation where required for the FCC shall be provided with secondary power supply and shall have ductworks independent of any other ductwork serving other parts ofthe building. Emergency Lighting & Voice Communication Systems 293«@ CHAPTER 09 ‘of breathing apparatus. ‘buggies shall be provided at each level to facilitate firefighting and rescue ‘operations. The requirements for buggies are as foll (a) 2 buggies per level. Each near the room storing firefighting ‘equipment (b) 4 seaters: (©) able to mount | stretcher; (@)_electrically-operated; (e) the sizeof the buggies shall be of approved type by the SCDF; and (© the buggies can be used by in-house fire and security personnel provided the buggies are driven back to the holding area during. ‘emergency. firefighting system, detection and alarm o @ eo @ oO ‘The underground development shall be protected with an automatic sprinkler system. Wet risers shall be provided such that every part of the underground development is not more than 38m from the nearest wet riser landing valve. The wet riser pipes are allowed to run horizontally but the landing. valves shall be located within the protected corridor. Breeching inlet shall be installed at one of the vertical access shafts at ‘ground level. It shall be located near the FCC. At least two fite lifts shall be provided for each exit shaft. The fire lift ‘Shall have access to every habitable floor and shall be adjacent and ‘accessible to an exit staircase and be approached by a firefighting lobby at each storey. The fire lifts shall home to the ground level (i.e. top of ‘shaft) during activation of alarm and power failure. All passenger lifts shall be double up as evacuation lift and shall be located within the fire lift lobby. They need not be fie lifts but shall be installed with evacuation switch, connecting to the emergency backup ‘supply, and shall home to ground level in an emergency. The use of these lifls for emergency evacuation shall be supervised by the emergency responders, ‘The fire ift car shall have a clear area/space of not less than 2m (depth) x 1.5m (width. ‘Water mist system can be permitted as substitute of automatic sprinklers provided that the requirements are in accordance with CI.6.4.6, bbe located at ground level. It shall be located beside one ofthe protected shat “Additional Requirements For Each Purpose Group 397