WHAT ARE FIRE

DETECTION SYSTEMS? NBC Main Types

Fire Detection System are of
designed to alert us of an
emergency so that we can Detectors
take action to protect
ourselves, staff and the Heat
general public.

COMPONENTS
FIRE RESISTANT BUILDING
Smoke
Stucco
Stucco is a highly fire-resistant
FIRE ALARM building material.
INITITATING It is made of portland cement, CO
DEVICES sand, limestone, water, and other
additives. None of these
Activates the ingredients are flammable which
system when a leads to the same being true for Multi Sensor
fire occurs stucco as a whole
A 1-inch layer of stucco can easily lend a one-
Manual - Pull
stations, break
hour fire rating to a wall or ceiling
Alarm
Brick
glass stations or As bricks are made in a fire Systems
buttons Automatic - heat, flame and smoke detection kiln, they're already highly
well marked, resistant to fire.
accessible, easy FIRE NOTIFICATION Strobes Depending Conventional
to identify and
use. DEVICES on the
Notify building occupants construction
when a fire is detected. and thickness, a brick wall
Chimes can achieve a one-hour to Addressable
four-hour fire-resistance
rating.
Horns
Concrete
Concrete is not Intelligent
Bells only fire
FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL resistant but is
also non
When an initiation device is combustible Wireless
triggered, a signal is sent to the due to its low
control panel and the control panel thermal
activates the notification devices conductivity.
Used to
PRIMARY POWER SUPPLY reinforce and
Typically 120- or 240-volt AC power sources. protect steel
structures from
PRIMARY POWER SUPPLY fire.
6- or 12-volt batteries to keep the system
running in the event of a power failure FIRE RESISTANT MATERIALS

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 FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEMS NBC DESIGN GUIDELINES
Wet Riser Dry Riser
FOR FIRE PREVENTION
Dry Risers and Wet Risers
A typical building normally has WET RISER IN FIRE HYDRANT SYSTEM Fire Dampers
two or more shafts, which travel Passive Fire Protection
from the lowest level of the
building to its terrace. Such
shafts are normally used to carry Non-combustible Materials
the piping for the wet-riser Building components like floors,
systems. beams, walls, columns, roofs, shafts,
COMPONENTS etc.
Fire Fighting Pumps & Staircases & Lift Lobbies
Accessories 1. External enclosing walls of the
Piping
Panels staircase shall be of brick or RCC
Landing Valves construction.
Hoses 2. All enclosed staircases shall have
Couplings access through self closing doors of
Hose Reel min. 1 hour fire resistance.
Branch 3. There shall be no glazing or glass
Pipes & Nozzles bricks in any internal closing wall of
Fire Brigade Connections, the staircase.
Wiring & Instrumentations and 4. Walls of lift enclosures shall have a
Maintenance Valves
fire resistance rating of 2 hours. Lifts
shall have a vent of area not less
than 0.2 sq m.
5. Landing door in lift enclosures should
have a fire resistance of min. 1 hour.
It consists of a vertical Fire Escapes or External Stairs
DRY RISER IN FIRE pipe with a water inlet
HYDRANT SYSTEM on ground level located 1. All fire escapes should be directly
on an external wall and connected to the ground.
outlets known as landing 2. Entrance to the fire escape should be
valves, which are usually separate and remote from internal
located in a dry riser staircase.
cabinet on each floor.
The dry risers are 3. Handrails should not be more than
usually located in the 100cm.
fire fighting shaft.
Air Conditioning
COMPONENTS 1. Fire escapes like staircases,
corridors, lift lobbies, etc should not
External Outlets be used as return air passage.
Vertical Pipework 2. The ducting should be constructed
Landing Valves with metal.
Internal Outlets

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