Fire and Life Safety

FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY

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CONTENT
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 1
General ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1.1
Stakeholders .............................................................................................................................................................. 1.2
Scope and Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 1.3
Source of Information ................................................................................................................................................ 1.4
2. Building Description and Classification .................................................................................................................... 2
Building Description .................................................................................................................................................. 2.1
Building Classification ................................................................................................................................................ 2.2
Construction Classification ......................................................................................................................................... 2.3
3. Building construction Structural Requirements ....................................................................................................... 3
General ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3.1
Balcony Safety ............................................................................................................................................................ 3.2
Construction requirements for windows ................................................................................................................... 3.3
Compartmentation Requirements ............................................................................................................................. 3.4
Fire compartment and fire zoning ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3.5
External walls Fire rating ............................................................................................................................................ 3.6
Facade Approval Requirements ................................................................................................................................. 3.7
Fire Dampers .............................................................................................................................................................. 3.8

4. Means of Egress ....................................................................................................................................................... 4

General ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4.1
Means of Egress Components ................................................................................................................................... 4.2
Doors .................................................................................................................................................................. 4.2.1
Width of Egress Routes .......................................................................................................................................... 4.2.2
Number of Exits ...................................................................................................................................................... 4.2.3
Occupant Load Factor……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……4.3
Number of occupant, exits and egress width capacities ............................................................................................ 4.4
Travel Distance ........................................................................................................................................................... 4.5
5. ACCESS AND FACILITIES FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
6. Fire Protection Equipment ............................................................................................................ …. ……6
General ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6.1
Automatic Sprinkler / Suppression Systems .............................................................................................................. 6.2
Sprinkler operating Pressure ................................................................................................................................... 6.2.1
Combined Wet Riser and Sprinkler System: ........................................................................................................... 6.2.2
Water Tank and Fire Pump Capacities ...................................................................................................................... 6.3
Fire Pump location and Arrangement ........................................................................................................................ 6.4
Portable Fire Extinguishers ........................................................................................................................................ 6.5
Standby Power Supply ............................................................................................................................................... 6.6
Utilities ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6.7
7. Fire Alarm and Detection Systems ................................................................................................................. …… ...7
General ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7.1
General Design Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 7.2
8. Smoke Control requirements .............................................................................................................................. … 8
General ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8.1
Stair Pressurization System Requirements ................................................................................................................ 8.2
Maintenance of pressurization system requirements ............................................................................................ 8.2.1
Corridor smoke control Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 8.3
Elevator machine room ventilation requirements .................................................................................................... 8.4
Emergency command center Ventilation .................................................................................................................. 8.5
Fire Pump Room and LV Room Ventilation ............................................................................................................... 8.6
Car Park ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8.7
9. LPG Requirements ................................................................................................................................................... 9
10. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................... …10
Appendix A .................................................................................................................................................................. ..11
FLS Drawings ................................................................................................................................................................ 11

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. GENERAL
This report presents the concept design fire and life safety strategy to be adopted within the Madinat 1.4. SOURCE OF INFORMATION
Jumeirah Living Phase 4 located in Um Suqeim Third Dubai. The project consists of 4 residential towers This document has been prepared based on the updated information provided by NEC received on
Shared with common ground floor and podium levels. The December 2021 which includes Architectural plans of the building and NEC modifications for Building 12.
The Residential building divided into B+G+9 (B12), B+G+9 (B13), B+G+9 (B14), B+G+9 (B15) and consists of:
• Basement level - Parking, MEP, water tank, and fire pump room This report has been compiled together utilizing the following information presented FLS DRAWINGS to confirm that the
• Ground level – Residential Unit, Parking, MEP, Lobby and Emergency fire command center Architectural layouts confirms to the fire and life safety requirements
• First level – Residential Unit Dictated the UAE Fire and Life Safety Requirement as per the following list:
• Second level – Residential Unit
• Third level – Residential Unit
• Fourth level - Residential Unit
• Fifth level - Residential Unit
• Sixth level - Residential Unit
• Seventh level - Residential Unit
• Eighth level - Residential Unit
• Ninth level – Residential Unit SI NO FLOOR LEVEL DRAWING NO
• Roof level – MEP spaces 1 Basement level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21001
The report highlights the necessary fire and life safety measures required to ensure that the design of 2 Ground level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21002
The Residential building meets the fire and life safety functional requirements detailed within the UAE 3 First level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21003
Fire Life Safety Code 2018 and applicable international codes and standards. 4 Second level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21004
5 Third level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21005
6 Fourth level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21006
1.2. STAKEHOLDERS 7 Fifth level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21007
The main stakeholders involved in the development of the residential building are presented in Table 1: 8 Sixth level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21008
9 Seventh level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21009
DEVELOPMENT OWNER MJL 10 Eighth level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21010
PROJECT MAIN CONSULTANT NEXT Engineering Consultants 11 Ninth level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21011
PROJECT FIRE CONSULTANT NEXT Engineering Consultants 12 Roof level MJL-PH4-O-FLS-21012
Table 2 List of Architectural Drawings
AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION Dubai Civil Defense
Table 1 Development Stakeholders

1.3. CODES AND STANDARDS

Our fire strategy will consider the fire requirements imposed by Dubai Civil Defense, who follow the
Requirements set out in the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code 2018 Edition. The UAE Fire and Life Safety Code
is primarily based on NFPA standards.
Although the basis of the design intent is detailed in the design standards referred previously, this report
also makes reference to the following applicable design standards (latest editions):
Although the basis of the design intent is detailed in the design standards referred previously, this report
also makes reference to the following applicable design standards (latest editions):
• NFPA 1 Fire Code
• NFPA 10 Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers
• NFPA 13 Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
• NFPA 14 Standard for the Installation of Standpipes and Hose Systems
• NFPA 20 Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection
• NFPA 70 National Electrical Code
• NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code
• NFPA 80 Fire Doors and Fire Windows
• NFPA 90A Standard for the Installation of Air-Conditioning and Ventilating Systems.
• NFPA 92 Standard for Smoke Management Systems
• NFPA 110 Emergency and Standby Power Systems
• NFPA 101 Life Safety Code
• NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Life Safety Code

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2. BUILDING DESCRIPTION AND CLASSIFICATION

2.1 BUILDING DESCRIPTION

2.2 BUILDING CLASSIFICATION
LOCATION Dubai, UAE
B+G+9+ Roof – Residential B12 1- Residential
B+G+9+ Roof - Residential B13 2- Parking
NUMBER OF FLOORS
B+G+9+ Roof –Residential B14 3- MEP
B+G+9+ Roof –Residential B15 MAIN OCCUPANCIES
4- Assembly
BUILT UP AREA 70,397.55 m2 (Approx.) 5- Pool
BUILDING HEIGHT (FIRE VEHICLE ACCESS B12- 34.35 meters 6- GYM
LEVEL TO HIGHEST OCCUPIABLE FLOOR B13- 34.35 meters HAZARD OF CONTENT Ordinary Hazard
LEVEL AS PER B14- 34.35 meters SINGLE / MIXED OCCUPANCY Mixed Occupancy
UAE FIRE CODE) B15- 34.35 meters LOW / HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT Mid Rise
MAIN OCCUPANCY Assembly & Residential Table 4 Building Classification – Residential building as per the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code.
BUILDING CLASSIFICATION High rise
MAIN FEATURE Parking, Residential, Assembly & MEP Spaces
Table 3 Building Description
2.3 CONSTRUCTION CLASSIFICATION
B12- 34.35 meters
BUILDING HEIGHT (HIGHEST OCCUPIABLE FLOOR CEILING B13- 34.35 meters
LEVEL) B14- 34.35 meters
B15- 34.35 meters
MAXIMUM FLOOR COMPARTMENT SIZE 17,300 m2
OCCUPANCY Residential
SPRINKLER PROTECTION Yes

Residential - Type II (222) - as the building

categorized as Residential occupancy and height
exceeds 26 and area exceeds 6690m2, however as
per UAE fire code chapter 1 section 2.10.12.9.2 for
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION (UAE FIRE AND LIFE
buildings height 36.6 meters or less Type II (222)
SAFETY CODE CHAPTER 1 TABLE 1.7)
shall be permitted to reduce to Type II (111).
Except column supporting more than one floor
shall be not less than 2-hour fire resistance rated
construction

Table 5 Structural Fire Rating for Residential building as per the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code

Building 12 ht. : 34.35m Building 13 ht. : 34.35m Building 14 ht. : 34.35m Building 15 ht. : 34.35m

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FIRE RESISTANCE
STRUCTURAL MEMBER
RATING (HR.)
Supporting more than one
floor, columns or other
bearing walls
Exterior Walls
Supporting one floor only
Supporting roof only
Supporting more than one
floor, columns or other
bearing walls
Interior Walls
Supporting one floor only
Supporting roof only
Supporting more than one
floor, columns or other
bearing walls
Columns Supporting one floor only
Supporting roof only
Supporting more than one
floor, columns or other
bearing walls
Beams, Girders, Trusses and arches
Supporting one floor only
Supporting roof only
Floor-ceiling assembly All floors
Roof-ceiling assembly All roofs
Interior non – bearing walls
Exterior non – bearing walls
Table 6 Structural Fire Rating requirements
Fire and Life Safety
3. BUILDING CONSTRUCTI ON STRUCTURAL REQUI REMENTS
3.1 General
1 Premature failure of the structure can be prevented by provisions for load bearing elements of structure to have a minimum
standard of fire resistance, in terms of resistance to collapse or failure of load bearing capacity. The purpose of providing the
structure with fire resistance is threefold, namely:
1
• To minimize the risks to occupants
1 • To reduce the risks of firefighters who may be engaged on search and rescue operations
• To reduce the danger to people in the vicinity of the building.
1
3.2 Balcony Safety
1
As per the UAE Fire and Life Safety code guards are required for any space, walking or standing which is elevated 760 mm
1 above the finished grade level.
The height of the balcony, terrace railings, elevated space railings shall not be less than 1.2m, which has been implemented into
the current design.
2
Balusters opening, the separation distance between vertical posts or members, of balcony shall not be more than 100mm. As,
the balcony is predominantly glass, the structural balustrade panels in railing shall be constructed of one of the following:
1
• Single Fully tempered glass
1 • Laminated fully tempered glass
• Laminated heat-strengthened glass
The minimum nominal thickness shall be 6.4mm for glazing in railing in-fill panels and such glass should be able to withstand a
1 load of 0.89kN applied in any direction at any point.
The balcony, handrail, guard assembly should be able to withstand a single concentrated load of 0.89kN applied in any direction
1 at any point.
1 Horizontal elements, bars, climb able features shall not be installed below 760mm.
1
1
0
0
Figure 02: guard Rail requirements extract from UAE Fire and Life Safety Code
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3.3 Construction requirements for windows

Windows shall not be located at a height less than 865mm from the finished floor surface level. The window panel, if open able
shall not create a gap of more than 125 mm from them all when opened.
The window assembly, shall have reinforced glass and shall be able to withstand a single concentrated load of 0.89 KN, applied
in any direction at any point.
There should not be any construction features at the bottom of the window which can be translated into ladder or climbing
feature.

In addition to above; the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code specifies specific areas where Compartmentation
should be in place, this is due to the UAE
Fire and Life Safety Code considers the areas as rooms with higher hazards than the remainder of the building:

Staircases must be constructed of RCC concrete for more than 15m in height. Each Stair shall be separated
with 2-hour fire separation from rest of the building.

3.4 Compartmentation Requirements

Every compartment wall and compartment should form a complete barrier to fire between compartments
they separate and have the appropriate fire resistance when tested in accordance to NFPA 251 Standard
Methods of Tests of Fire Resistance of Building Construction and Materials, dependent on the occupancy and
fire load present within the compartment enclosure.

Any opening or penetration in compartment walls should not breach the integrity of the compartment wall;
therefore, doors in a compartment wall must have an appropriate fire resistance to maintain the integrity of
the compartment wall.

Any building services penetrating a compartment wall would need to be fire stopped or sealed to ensure that
there are no breaches in the compartments they separate.

The compartment wall should form a complete barrier between the compartment they separate, and
therefore needs to continue from slab to slab, including floor and ceiling voids where provided.

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3.5 FIRE COMPARTMENT AND FIRE ZONING

OCCUPANCY AREA CLASSIFICATION
Exits Class A

VERTICAL SHAFTS 2 Hours fire rating Residential Corridors Class A, B

Other Spaces Class A, B
STAIRCASES 2 Hours fire rating with 90-minute doors
Table 7 Main Compartment Requirements
Exits Class A
Assembly Corridors Class A, B
Other Spaces Class A, B
Exits Class A, B
LV ROOM 2 Hours Fire Separation with 90 min fire door
Storage & Industrial Corridors Class A, B
TRANSFORMER ROOM 2 Hours Fire Separation with 90 min fire door Spaces Class A, B or C
Table 10 Interior Finishing Classification– as per the UAE Fire and Life Safety C o d e Chapter 1 Table 1.12
GENERATOR ROOM 2 Hours Fire Separation with 90 min fire door

BMS/SERVER ROOMS 1 Hour Fire separation with 60 min fire door

FIRE RESISTANCE RATING ASSEMBLY MINIMUM FIRE DAMPER RATING
TELECOM ROOMS 1 Hour Fire separation with 60 min fire door
3 hour or greater fire resistance rated assemblies 3
MDF ROOM AND MMR ROOM 1 Hour Fire separation with 60 min fire door
Less than 3 hours fire resistance rated assemblies 1.5
ELECTRICAL ROOMS 1 Hour Fire separation with 60 min fire door
Ceiling of floor-ceiling or roof-ceiling assemblies Same as rating as of assemblies
STORAGE ROOMS > 9.3 M2 1 Hour Fire separation with 60 min fire door
Table11 Fire Rating of Dampers
GARBAGE ROOM 1 Hour Fire separation with 60 min fire door
Enclosures garbage and linen chutes shall be The building height exceeds 23 meters therefore motorized fire and smoke damper shall be provided
GARBAGE CHUTES/ LINEN CHUTES
2-hour fire resistance rated a s per UAE Fire Code Chapter 10 Table 10.1.8
FIRE PUMP ROOM 2 hours Fire Separation with 90 min fire door

ETS ROOM Fire separation not required EXPECTED NUMBER OF PEOPLE MINIMUM NUMBER OF EXITS

GSM ROOM Fire separation not required 50 - 500 2

Table 8 Hazard of Content Compartmentation
500 – 1000 3

>1000 4
Table 12 Minimum number of Exits

DOOR LOCATION DOOR FIRE RATING SMOKE PROOF SELF-CLOSING

BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 1 Hour Fire Separation Residential unit main door 60 minutes Not required Not required

BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND STORAGE 1 Hour fire separation Exit stair 90 minutes Required Required

BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND ASSEMBLY 1 Hour fire separation Exit passageway 90 minutes Required Required

STORAGE FROM ASSEMBLY 1 Hour Fire Separation Exit corridor of 1-hour fire
60 minutes Required Required
rating
RESIDENTIAL UNIT FROM CORRIDOR 1 Hour Fire Separation Garbage room 60 minutes Required Required
Table 9 Separation of Occupancies – as per the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code Chapter 1 Table 1.2
Table 13 Door Requirements

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Note: THROUGH
DIRECTLY TO THE
STAIR NO DISCHARGE LEVEL INTERIOR OF COMPLIANCE
• Doors in bedroom or internal room’s doors shall be not less than 810 mm in width OUTSIDE
BUILDING
• The main exit door for the residential unit shall be not less than 915 mm in clear width
Building 12
• Bathroom doors shall be not less than 710mm, unless they are serving persons with severe mobility
Impairments, where the required width shall not be less than 810mm Stair 1 Ground floor 
• Main door width of a balcony, not used for assembly, shall be not less than 810mm Stair 2 Ground floor 
• Where pair of door leaves provide in single leaf shall be not less than 810mm
Building 13

FEATURE DIMENSION CRITERIA FOR STAIRS (MM) Stair 1 Ground floor 

Stair 2 Ground floor 
Minimum Width 1200
Building 14
Maximum height of risers 180
Stair 1 Ground floor 
Minimum height of risers 100 Stair 2 Ground floor 
Building 15
Minimum tread depth 280
Stair 1 Ground floor  
Minimum headroom 2030
Stair 2 Ground floor 
Maximum height between landings 3660 Table 15.a: Exit discharge

Table 14 Dimensional criteria for stairs The 50% Exit discharge is code complaint. Physical separation shall be provided in ground level from basement.

Note:
• Handrail extensions shall be minimum 305mm in top landing and minimum 280mm in bottom landing
• Handrails in stair shall be not less than 865mm and not more than 965mm
• Guardrails shall be not less than 1200mm high. In case of stair handrail that part of a guard, the height
can be reduced to 1065mm
• Where staircase width exceeds 1.75m, an intermediate handrail shall be provided. (Access stair to
the fire pump room)
3.6 External walls Fire rating
External wall shall have the fire resistance rating as per the table 9 as provided below.
The imaginary line shall be placed at a distance from the facing exterior wall of the building that is equal to the
horizontal separation applicable for that wall based on its fire resistance rating and protection openings.
Where two or more buildings are located on the same plot, the horizontal separation shall be measured from
the exterior wall to an imaginary line or notional boundary drawn between the exterior walls of the adjacent
buildings.

COMPONENT CAPACITY FACTOR (MM) Si No. Occupancy 0-1.5 m 1.5 -3 m >3m -9m
Type
Stairway width per person (mm) 7.6mm 1 Residential 1 hr 1 hr 0
Table 11 : Horizontal Separation
Corridor width per person (mm) 5.0mm
Table 15 Egress Width capacity factor

Figure 06. Measurement of Horizontal Separation

Note: The Main consultant shall ensure that the separation distance maintained from the adjacent building if
any.

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As per UAE Fire and Life Safety Code, Fire dampers shall be required in the following locations:
3.7 Facade Approval Requirements
Core of the facade material shall be tested in exposed form as per test requirement of UAE Fire and Life  Ducts and air-transfer openings penetrating walls or partitions having a fire resistance rating of 2 or more
Safety Code requirements. hours.
 Ducts and air-transfer openings penetrating shaft walls having a fire resistance rating of 1 or more hours.
Façade panel as product shall be tested as per the test requirement of UAE fire and Life Safety Code
requirements.

Façade system as wall assembly shall be tested as per the test requirement of UAE fire and Life Safety Code
requirements. Curtain wall, perimeter joints and fire stopping shall be a listed system. Cavity fire barrier
bands shall be provided in concealed cavities between façade and primary substrate, at every slab. Fire
breaks shall be provided vertically on exterior façade. Exterior sprinklers should be considered for the
balconies having combustible façade. Interior window sprinklers shall be considered for the glazing

Façade installation shall be inspected throughout installation process and certified by consultant or Civil
Defense.
The below table highlights the test standards that the material and wall assembly should be tested to:

3.8 Fire Dampers

Service ducts penetrating a 2 hour or more fire rating compartment wall shall be provided with a fire
damper having a rating 1 ½ hours as required by Ch.1.22 of the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code:

Fire resistance rating of Minimum fire damper rating

assembly
3 hour or greater fire resistance 3
rated assemblies
Less than 3 hours fire resistance 1.5 Same as rating as of
rated assemblies Ceiling of assemblies
floor-ceiling or roof-ceiling
assemblies
Table 11: Fire Rating of Dampers

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4. MEANS OF EGRESS

4.1 General
The general principle to be followed when designing for means of egress is that occupants confronted by
fire within a building can turn away and safely escape.
Therefore, provisions of means of warning and alternative escape/egress routes should be made available
from all parts of the building.
The total capacity of the means of egress must be sufficient for the occupant load to allow for an easy flow
of escaping occupants. The occupant load in any building or portion shall be not more than the number of
persons determined by dividing the floor area by the occupant load factor assigned to that use.
Any door assembly in means of egress shall be of the side-hinged or pivoted-swinging type and shall be
installed to be capable of swinging from any position to the full-required width of the opening in which it is
installed. The force required to fully open any door leaf manually in a means of egress shall not exceed 67
N to release the latch, 133N to set the leaf in motion, and 67N to open the leaf to the minimum required
width.
Door leaves required shall swing in the direction of egress travel unless the door serves an area with an
occupant load of less than 50 people. In these places, such as individual offices, storage rooms, pantries or
toilets, the doors located in egress access passageways may open inwards.

The egress routes shall be continuously maintained free from all obstruction or impediments to provide full Panic exit devices shall be provided on doors that serve more than 100 occupants; this includes staircase
instant use in case of fire or other emergency. No furnishing, decoration, or other objects shall obstruct the final exits, and areas of assembly such as canteens etc.
exits or the exit access.

4.2 Means of Egress Components

4.2.1 Doors
Every door and every principle entrance that is required to serve as an exit shall be designed and
constructed so that the path of egress travel is obvious and direct.
Doors opening in means of egress shall be not less than 915mm in clear width, as per UAE Fire and Life
Safety Code.
Where a pair of door leaves is provided, one door leaf shall provide not less than 810 mm clear width
opening.
Bathroom doors serving a room not exceeding 6.5 m2 and not required to be accessible to persons with
severe mobility impairments shall be not less than 710 mm in door leaf width.
Minimum door width of a balcony, not used for an assembly usage, shall not be less than 810 mm. 4.2.2 Width of Egress Routes
Minimum door width of an exit stair having a width equal to or more than 1420 mm, shall be not less than The clear width of any corridor or passageways serving any occupant load, shall not be less than 1200mm.
two thirds of the required width of stairway. Egress width shall not narrow down in the direction of egress travel.

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4.2.3 Number of Exits

The numbers of exits required by UAE Fire and Life Safety Code are based upon the number of occupants
4.3. OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR
expected to occupy a room or store, these requirements are presented in the following table:
OCCUPANT LOAD FACTOR (M2/PERSON) –
OCCUPANCY
Expected Number of Minimum Number of UAE FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY CODE
People Exits Residential 18.6
<500 2 Parking 27.9
500-1000 3 Industrial 9.6
>1000 4 Swimming pool 4.6 (Water surface)
Pool Deck 2.8
Table 15: Minimum Number of Exits Gym 4.6
Assembly 1.4
Where more than 1 exit are required to serve a portion of building, these exits must be remotely located Retail on ground level 2.8
from each other to minimize the potential that a single fire incident could compromise multiple means of
egress. UAE fire and Life Safety Code reduces this remoteness condition if the Buildings is protected by a Table 16 Applicable Occupant Load Factors
supervised sprinkler system designed and installed in accordance to NFPA 13 to 1/3 of the maximum overall
diagonal length of the area served, as illustrated in Figure 11 below: 4.4. NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, NUMBER OF EXITS & EGRESS WIDTH CAPACITIES
EGRESS EGRESS
NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
FLOOR LEVEL WIDTH WIDTH PROVIDED COMPLIANCE
OCCUPANTS EXITS
REQUIRED (M) (M)
Overall level
Basement 535 6 4.9 8.52
Ground 181 15 4 8.0
Building 12
1st floor 56 2 2.4 2.4
2nd floor 56 2 2.4 2.4
3rd floor 56 2 2.4 2.4
4th floor 56 2 2.4 2.4
Figure 11: The 1/3 exit separation diagonal rule 5th floor 54 2 2.4 2.4
Note: As the residential building is fully Sprinklered, the 1/3 rule shall be followed. 6th floor 54 2 2.4 2.4
7th floor 51 2 2.4 2.4
8th floor 39 2 2.4 2.4
9th floor 24 2 2.4 2.4
Building 13
1st floor 60 2 2.4 2.4
2nd floor 60 2 2.4 2.4
3rd floor 60 2 2.4 2.4
4th floor 60 2 2.4 2.4
5th floor 60 2 2.4 2.4
6th floor 60 2 2.4 2.4
7th floor 59 2 2.4 2.4
8th floor 52 2 2.4 2.4
9th floor 52 2 2.4 2.4

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Building 14
FLOOR LEVEL MAXIMUM TRAVEL DISTANCES RECORDED (M) COMPLIANCE
1st floor 42 2 2.4 2.4
2nd floor 42 2 2.4 2.4 Dead End <15
3rd floor 42 2 2.4 2.4 Basement CPT >30
4th floor 42 2 2.4 2.4 TD <61
5th floor 42 2 2.4 2.4 Building 12
6th floor 42 2 2.4 2.4 Dead End >15
7th floor 34 2 2.4 2.4 Ground CPT <30
8th floor 32 2 2.4 2.4 TD >76
9th floor 24 2 2.4 2.4 Dead End >15
Building 15 1st floor CPT <38
1st floor 49 2 2.4 2.4 TD <61
2nd floor 49 2 2.4 2.4 Dead End >15
3rd floor 49 2 2.4 2.4 2nd floor CPT <38
4th floor 49 2 2.4 2.4 TD <61
Dead End <15
5th floor 47 2 2.4 2.4
3rd floor CPT <38
6th floor 47 2 2.4 2.4
TD <61
7th floor 47 2 2.4 2.4
Dead End <15
8th floor 47 2 2.4 2.4
4th floor CPT <38
9th floor 47 2 2.4 2.4
TD <61
Dead End <15
5th floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
6th floor CPT <38
4.5. TRAVEL DISTANCES TD <61
Dead End <15
OCCUPANCY COMPONENT MAXIMUM TRAVEL DISTANCE (M) 7th floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End 15
Residential Dead End <15
Common Path of Travel 15 8th floor CPT <38
Travel Distance 61
TD <61
Within residential unit to Main door 38 Dead End <15
Assembly Dead End 6.1 9th floor CPT <38
Common Path of Travel 6.1/23* TD <61
Travel Distance 76
Dead End 30 Building 13
Storage Common Path of Travel 30 Dead End >15
Travel Distance 122 Ground CPT <30
Dead End 15 TD >76
Parking Common Path of Travel 15 Dead End >15
Travel Distance 61 1st floor CPT <38
< 50 persons 6.1 meters. > 50 persons 23 meters TD <61
Table18 Travel Distance Limitation (m) Dead End >15
2nd floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
3rd floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
4th floor CPT <38
TD <61

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Dead End <15
5th floor CPT <38
TD <61 Building 15
Dead End <15 Dead End >15
6th floor CPT <38 Ground CPT <30
TD <61 TD >76
Dead End <15 Dead End >15
7th floor CPT <38 1st floor CPT <38
TD <61 TD <61
Dead End <15 Dead End >15
8th floor CPT <38 2nd floor CPT <38
TD <61 TD <61
Dead End <15 Dead End <15
9th floor CPT <38 3rd floor CPT <38
TD <61 TD <61
Dead End <15
4th floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
Building 14 5th floor CPT <38
Dead End >15 TD <61
Ground CPT <30 Dead End <15
TD >76 6th floor CPT <38
Dead End >15 TD <61
1st floor CPT <38 Dead End <15
TD <61 7th floor CPT <38
Dead End >15 TD <61
2nd floor CPT <38 Dead End <15
TD <61 8th floor CPT <38
Dead End <15 TD <61
3rd floor CPT <38 Dead End <15
TD <61 9th floor CPT <38
Dead End <15 TD <61
4th floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
5th floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
6th floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
7th floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
8th floor CPT <38
TD <61
Dead End <15
9th floor CPT <38
TD <61

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5. ACCESS AND FACILITIES FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
ITEM
Access to Buildings
Dimensions of the Access Road
Street Slope
Dead End
Table 20 Access Road Requirements
Fire Vehicle Access from main Road for MJL
Fire Vehicle Access from main Road for MJL-3B
REQUIREMENTS
Maximum Parking distance of fire vehicle to building entrance
shall not exceed 15 meters
The residential building largest floor plate area is 17,300 m2.
Hence the fire vehicle access road required 1/4 perimeter of
the building
Road Width – 6m. Fire vehicle access shall be not less than 2 m
and not more than 10 from the building edge
Vertical Clearance - 4.5m
Shall not exceed 1:10`
Maximum Dead end allowed on fire access way is 45 meters.
Where fire vehicle access way dead end exceeds 45 meters,
a turning facility shall be provided.
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ITEM REQUIREMENTS
As the plot area not exceeds 20,000 m2. Dedicated Private fire
Fire Hydrants hydrant system is not required. Fire hydrant shall be covered as
part of master development
Wet Riser Required Minimum 6.9 bars Pressure
60 minutes. Fire water tank shall be provided with 2
Water Storage Capacity compartments
Fire pump room shall be located at lowest level with in 6m and
Fire pump room visible location from exits of the ground floor.
The primary power supply to main electrical fire pump and the
Power supply jockey pump shall be directly from the power utility company,
in a dedicated distribution board located inside the pump
room.
Fire pump controller shall have approved soft starter
Fire pump capacity Fire pump capacity shall be not less than 2000 GPM.
Breeching inlet shall be provided in 2 separate locations
Breeching inlet remotely located. Fire water tank shall be provided with
separate breeching inlet for water refilling capacity
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6. FIRE PROTECTION AND DETECTION REQUIREMENTS
6.1 General
This section depicts the design requirements of automatic Sprinkler systems in all types of occupancies.
The purpose of sprinkler system is to detect, control and extinguish the fire by discharging water
automatically to provide protection for the occupants’ life and property.
Automatic sprinkler heads are individually heat activated and fixed into a piping network with water under
pressure. When the heat of a fire raises the sprinkler temperature to its operating point, (a variety of
temperature ratings, from 57oC to 260oC) a liquid- filled glass bulb will shatter or a solder link will melt to
open that single sprinkler, allowing water to discharge. The water is directed onto a diffuser or deflector
which is designed to not only break the water into droplets of a specific size, but also to direct the spray to
cover a specific floor and wall area.
The sprinkler system also consists of required control valves, installation Alarm Check Valve (ACV),
Floor Zone Control Valves (ZCV), Civil Defense breeching connections etc. these Madinat Jumeirah Living
Phase 4 Residential Building categorized as super high rise building therefore, motorized zone control valve
shall be provided.
The wet riser system shall be provided with high zone and low zone according to the pressure limitation and
height shall not exceed 45 meters for each zone in height.
6.2 Automatic Sprinkler / Suppression Systems
6.2.1Sprinkler operating Pressure
The minimum operating pressure of any sprinkler for determining the water supply requirements shall be not
less than 0.5 bar (7 PSI) in the light hazard occupancy and 1.0 bar (14.5 PSI) in the ordinary hazard
occupancies.
The maximum operating pressure in a sprinkler system shall not be more than 12 bars.
6.2.2 Combined Wet Riser and Sprinkler System:
The sprinkler water demand shall be calculated based on the hydraulic calculations according to the
occupancy hazard classification, density of water discharge and design AMAO (Assumed Maximum
Area of Operation) of sprinklers as stated in Table 17.
Hand line hose stream water demand shall be added to the sprinkler water demand according to the type
firefighting hose system proposed based on the occupancy classification as specified in the below table.
However, if the fire water supply is combined for both sprinkler and stand pipe wet riser system, the fire
water demand shall be established as follows:
In the buildings fully protected by an automatic sprinkler system, the fire water demand established for the
wet riser system is permitted to serve sprinkler system without adding additional water demand in it.
If the wet riser system demand calculated exceeds the sprinkler system demand including the hose stream
allowance, the larger of the two-demand value shall be proposed depending on the hazard.
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6.3 Water Tank and Fire Pump Capacities
The capacity of the fire pump set at the lowest level of the building shall be at 17bar.
The water tank at the lowest level of the building shall have a capacity of 60 minutes of operation,
complete with low water level detection, dedicated direct breeching inlet and instantaneous refilling
arrangement.
The capacity of the upper level pump sets located at every 90m intervals from the lowest level fire pump
shall be 750gpm if there are 2 standpipes and 2000 GPM if there are more than 2 standpipes, at pressure as
required to satisfy 6.9bar at the most remote landing valve.
The water tank shall be provided for every upper level pump sets. Such upper level water tanks shall be for
30 minutes operation, complete with automatic low water level detection, instant an oeuvre filling
arrangement, pumping and piping to refill tanks from lower levels.
1. The firewater shall be stored in a permanent “fire water tank” having two compartments or in two
interconnected tanks with total effective fire water reserve to cater the pumping demand not less than the
duration required by individual system and occupancies as required by other services.
2. Interconnection between water tank compartments shall be with isolation valves, such that each
compartment is able to be isolated. Such isolation valve shall be locked in normal position.
3. Water tank cleaning or maintenance process shall be allowed one compartment at a time such that the fire
water supply form one compartment shall always be available for the for the fire protection systems.
4. Fire water tanks shall be provided with a filling connection directly from the power utility company with a
float operated valve for an auto refilling.
5. The fire water tanks shall be provided with drain arrangement, overflow connection, access manhole,
ladders, level indicator, low level switch, etc.
6. Fire pumps shall be located on the lowest level with protected dedicated access from the fire engine
access level.
6.4 Fire Pump location and Arrangement
Fire Pumps shall be restricted to a centrifugal or Horizontal Displacement, single stage and multistage
pumps of Horizontal or Vertical Turbine shaft type only.
Fire pumps shall be dedicated to and listed for fire protection service.
All fire pumps, complete with driver, control panel and fuel supply shall be tested as an assembly and
registered and listed by Civil Defense.
The complete fire pump unit shall be field acceptance tested for proper and intended performance.
The net pump shutoff (churn) pressure plus the maximum static suction pressure, adjusted for elevation,
shall not exceed the pressure for which the system components are rated.
A centrifugal fire pump shall be selected to operate at less than or equal to 150% of the rated capacity.
The selection of fire pump shall be such that the pressure in the system it is serving shall not exceed
24bar at any point, at any time with fire pump set to cut-off at 140% of rated operational pressure.
Fire Pumps shall have a permanent steel nameplate clearly showing the name, brand, pressure ratings, flow
ratings and working temperatures etc.
All fire pumps shall have a flooded water supply from the dedicated firewater tank. Where the flooded
positive supply of water to fire pumps is not possible, the vertical turbine-type fire pumps shall be provided
for the negative suction of firewater. The fire pump provided for fire protection shall be a set consisting of:
• Electric Driven Fire Pump,
• 1 Diesel driven fire pump and
• 1 Jockey pump to maintain the system pressure, complete with controllers.
Diesel fire pumps shall have a diesel filtration system to prevent the stagnation and frequent changing of
diesel fuel.
Fire Pump set shall be located at the lowest level of the system in the building, or at the ground floor with
fire access, pumping water upwards into the system.
Elbows and tees with a centerline plane parallel to a horizontal split-case pump shaft shall only be
permitted in the suction line where the distance between the flanges of the pump suction intake and the
elbow and tee is greater than 10 times the suction pipe diameter.
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6.5Portable Fire Extinguishers

As per UAE Fire and Life Safety Code the following shall be met:
Location Type of Extinguishers to be Maximum travel
The wall mount type portable fire extinguishers shall be installed in such a way that the top of the fire
provided as a set distance to nearest
extinguisher is not more than 1.5m above the floor and not less than 300mm from the bottom of extinguisher to
extinguisher set
the finished floor.
Common • Multipurpose Dry powder 1 • Each extinguisher of
Fire extinguishers shall be installed in an easily accessible location, immediate vicinity areas without obstructing
circulation Areas no 4 kg size mentioned serves
the escape path.
Corridors, • and approximately 280 m2
All extinguishers shall be installed in such that the operating instructions are facing towards front side to read
lobbies, • C02, 1 no 5Kg of the area.
clearly.
Passageway • Maximum travel
In the corridor, passage way, lift lobby etc., areas where aesthetic issue raises, the fire extinguishers can be
distance to such an
installed inside the fire hose cabinet, recessed inside the wall. In such case, proper identification signs shall be
extinguisher shall not
placed on the cabinet and the front door shall be of partially wired glass door to view the fire extinguishers. The
be more than 30m.
fire extinguishers placed inside the cabinets shall face towards front side to read the operating instructions
That is from any point
clearly.
of the area, there
shall be one
Fire extinguishers shall not be installed / placed in any areas where the temperatures outside of the listed extinguisher within a
temperature range shown on the fire extinguisher label. Generally, the fire extinguishers are permitted to be distance of 30m.
installed in the areas where temperatures ranging from 4oC to 49oC.
Fire extinguishers cabinets shall not be kept locked in any case with in the facility. While installation, all the fire Electrical • Co2 Type5 Kg1 no Or • Maximum travel
extinguishers shall be fully charged and ready for use in case of an emergency. Rooms/LV distance to such an
Telephone rooms • Clean Agent 5 kgtype1 no extinguisher shall not
Control Rooms be more than 9m.
Switchgear That is from any point
Rooms of the area, there
RMU Rooms and shall be one
other service extinguisher within a
rooms distance of 9m.

• Extinguisher shall be
placed inside the
room next to exit.

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HV room, • Wheeled Co2 • Maximum travel distance
Inspection record shall be maintained at the facility by the management representative or the Civil
Transformer room and type12 kg1 no to such an extinguisher shall
Defense approved fire protection installation and maintenance contractor appointed by the
electrical heavy not be more than 9m. That is
management.
equipment and from any point of the area,
The persons conducting inspections shall maintain the record of all fire extinguishers installed in the facility
machinery there shall be one • Wheeled Co2 type12 kg1 no
including the fire extinguishers which required corrective action and the date of action taken.
extinguisher within a distance
All the fire extinguishers shall be maintained by an approved maintenance company by the Civil Defense
of 9m.
authority.
• Trolley mounted extinguisher
shall be placed inside the
room, next to exit 6.6 Standby Power Supply
Emergency standby power is required to serve the fire alarm system, emergency lighting, and electric fire
pump (where no diesel pump is provided). The system shall be in accordance with NFPA
Diesel • Wheeled type • Maximum travel distance to 70National Electrical Code and NFPA 110 Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems.
Generator Room, foam such an extinguisher shall not
Parking areas extinguishers13 gal
• Multipurpose Dry
be more than 15m. That is
from any point of the area,
6.7 Utilities
All electrical wiring and equipment shall be in accordance with NFPA 72 or an equivalent approved
powder 4 there shall be one
standard. Stored electrical energy systems shall be in accordance with NFPA 111 Standard on stored
extinguisher within a distance
electrical energy emergency and standby power systems.
of 15m.
• Extinguishers shall be placed
7. FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEMS
near the hazard in protected
environment as per 7.1 General
Garbage Dry Powder Type, • Maximum travel distance to An analogue addressable fire and smoke alarm system shall be provided to give comprehensive coverage
Collection Room 6kg such an extinguisher shall not to the whole building in accordance with chapter 8 of the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code 2018 Edition. The
be more than 15m. That is system will be installed, tested and maintained in accordance to NFPA 72 National
from any point of the area, Fire Alarm Code 2016 Edition.
there shall be one Smoke detection and alarm system shall be provided throughout the building.
extinguisher Within a distance Fire Pump, all building fire suppression systems, fire water level, LP gas detection, co monitoring and other
of 15m. interconnected systems like door release, elevator recall, smoke control etc. shall be interfaced with fire
• Trolley mounted extinguisher detection and alarm system, based on building fire strategy.
shall be placed inside the
room, next to exit. Additional sub FACP’s or annunciators complete with all functional features shall be provided at the
Sleeping room shall be provided with detector and sounder base
Main FACP shall be located at the continuously attended location such as emergency command center
Kitchen Multipurpose dry • Extinguishers shall be
or reception or security guard house, as per the building fire strategy. Elevator lobby of the floor or the
powder 2.5kg placed inside kitchen next
mechanical floor at every 45m height of the building and connected to main FACP in a network.
to Kitchen exit door.
Activation of the Fire Detection and Alarm System shall only trigger 5 floors of evacuation alarm, at fire
floor, 3 floors above and at 1 floor below. General fire alarm shall not be required to trigger entire building
Table26: Portable Fire Extinguisher specifications UAE Fire and Life Safety Code. evacuation alarm or general fire alarm. Security or facility management personnel or

Authorized person shall intimate the occupants on voice alarm system/public address system about the
situation.
Positive alarm sequence (Positive Alarm Delay) shall be followed. If the alarm is not silenced by authorized
personnel or FACP is not reset within 15 seconds, or multiple alarms are triggered from
other initiating devices within 180 seconds, then the entire fire floor, entire floors above fire floor and
1 floor below fire floor shall have evacuation alarm. Security or facility management personnel or
authorized person shall intimate the occupants on voice alarm system/public address system about the
situation.
If the alarm is not silenced by authorized personnel or FACP is not reset or multiple alarms are triggered from
other initiating devices within 240 seconds, then the entire building shall have evacuation alarm. Security or
facility management personnel or authorized person shall intimate the occupants on voice alarm
system/public address system about the situation.
Where reliable conditioned commercial power and/or emergency power is not anticipated and in areas
subjected to severe lightning, a UPS must be configured to protect the fire alarm central control
equipment, and peripheral printers and terminals, against brownout and voltage transients. Upon utility
power failure, the UPS must provide power to all connected loads.

All fire extinguishers shall be inspected immediately after the installation and periodically at regular intervals
7.2 General Design Requirements
Fire alarm control panel shall be approved and listed by Civil Defense.
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Fire alarm main control panel installed in all high-rise building shall have high performance and stability,
tested for redundancy (CPU, I/O cards, display etc. should have redundancy features to ensure continuous
operation in case of failure of any of these components and shall have hot-swap features to repair and
replace these components without turning off the main power supply and without compromising
continuation of the fire alarm control panel performance.
FACP architecture shall be such that circuit modules can easily be added to upgrade the capacity of the
Control panel to monitor the additional detectors or additional loops of detectors and desire Output
functions.
FACP shall be multi-functional, having feature to monitor and supervise Fire Detection, Gas
Detection and Fire Suppression activation simultaneously.
Generally, FACP should have spare capacity to add 20% more detectors with additional wiring and
interface modules without adding additional circuit boards (modules) to upgrade, to enable alterations
and up gradation to the facility.
8.
FACP shall be installed in a location which is attended by facility management or designated personnel at
all times, such as reception areas, security guard houses, emergency command center,
8.1
Facility monitoring rooms, etc.
FACP shall be located in a visible and accessible location.
FACP shall not be installed in an unattended room, service rooms, and mechanical rooms.
At least two power supply sources shall be provided for any fire detection and alarm system, one primary
and one secondary, fully supervised by FACP for failure, loss of power, trouble, short circuit conditions.
Each power supply shall be of adequate capacity for the full functionality of the System.
As it is proposed for the Fire Alarm to respond for a simultaneous evacuation, back-up battery system will
also be capable of providing 24 hours of supervisory followed by 5 minutes of alarm.
The fire alarm system shall be sequenced to achieve a phased evacuation system per Buildings
component
Visible notification devises:
The visual notification devices shall be approved and listed by Civil Defense
The flash rate shall not exceed two flashes per second (2 Hz) nor be less than one flash every second
(1 Hz) throughout the listed voltage range for the appliance.
8.2
A maximum pulse duration shall be 0.2 second with a maximum duty cycle of 40%
The pulse duration shall be defined as the time interval between initial and final points of 10% of maximum
signal.
Lights used for fire alarm signaling only or to signal the intent for complete evacuation shall be clear or
nominal white and shall not exceed 1000 cd (effective intensity).
Lights used to signal occupants to seek information or instructions shall be clear, nominal white or other
color as required by the emergency plan.
Visible notification devices shall be located not more than 4.57 m from the end of the corridor with a
separation not greater than 30.5m between visible notification devices.
Wall mounted devises shall be mounted such that the entire lens is not less than 2m and not greater than
2.44 m above the finished floor level.
Where low ceiling heights do not permit wall mounting at a minimum of 2 m, wall mounted appliance shall
be mounted with in 150mm of the ceiling.
Visual alarm signals (flashers) shall be used in areas where audio alarm signal is not effective, not feasible to
type of occupancy (i.e. Noisy parking spaces, extremely noisy environment like engine room and plant
rooms) or in area where audio alarm requires the aid of visual alarm.
Emergency Voice Evacuation system:
EVC control unit shall be next to FACP, at continuously monitored location, which is attended by facility
management or designated personnel at all times, such as reception areas, security guard houses, central
command
Center. Evacuation voice messages shall be preceded and followed by a minimum of two cycles of the
emergency evacuation signal.
Where the system is used to transmit relocation instructions or other non-evacuation messages, a
continuous alert tone of 3 second to 10 second duration followed by a message (or messages where Multi-
channel capability is provided) shall be automatic, and the sequence shall be repeated at least
three times to direct occupants in the evacuation signaling zone where the alarm initiation originated and
8.2.1 Maintenance of pressurization system requirements
other evacuation signaling zones in accordance with the building’s fire evacuation plan.
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Microphone:
Where microphone are provided for the live emergency voice messages to be delivered “usage
instructions” with Detaileds shall be posted next to the microphone with user instructions such as distance
that the microphone to be held from mouth
Speakers:
Speakers for the voice evacuation system shall be dedicated, listed, approved and tested for the
emergency voice evacuation systems. Where speakers are not dedicated, building ancillary function
speakers shall be permitted to be part of the Voice evacuation system provided they comply with voice
message intelligibility, circuit integrity, wiring requirements and addressable etc. basements, plant rooms
and noisy industrial areas.
Where provided, speakers in each enclosed stairway shall be connected to a separate notification zone
for manual paging only.
SMOKE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
General
Smoke control requirements in this section are to accomplish the following.
a. Prohibit smoke from entering stairwells, means of egress, smoke refuge areas, elevator shafts, or similar
areas where evacuees are in the process of egress during fire emergencies.
b. Maintain an environment in smoke refuge areas and means of egress during the time required for
evacuation
c. Prohibit conditions outside the smoke zone and fire area to neighboring zone.
d. Provide conditions outside the smoke zone that enable emergency response personnel to conduct
search and rescue operations and to locate and control the fire.
e. Contribute to the protection of life and to reduction of property loss. Thus, enable the reduction of down
time of the effected facilities and business
Smoke Exhaust: Public area, atrium and guestroom corridor smoke exhaust systems shall be operational
and tested to clear “cold smoke” so that “exit sign” are visible within 10 minutes of activation without
smoke migration to other areas.
Stair Pressurization System Requirements
Internal exit staircases shall be pressurized to comply with the criteria of this section.
Exit stair pressurization systems shall be designed to operate within a pressure difference range. This range is
between the minimum design pressure difference and the maximum design pressure difference. Where
maximum design pressure shall correspond to the maximum allowable door opening force depending on
door size.
The pressure differences shall be of 12.5Pa
Where the system designer has determined that a higher minimum pressure difference is necessary to
achieve the smoke control system objectives, the higher minimum pressure difference shall be used.
The minimum pressure difference for exit stair pressurization systems shall be established at a level that is
sufficient such that it will not be overcome by the forces of wind, stack effect, or buoyancy of hot smoke.
The air velocity at the supply air inlet for the stair pressurization system shall not exceed 5 m/s.
The calculations shall take into account the 2 (two) number of doors to be opened simultaneously, the floor
of fire origin and the exit door at discharge as a minimum. However, pressurization sizing shall be verified by
Computer airflow models.
For exit stair pressurization systems, the orifice equation can be used to estimate the flow through building
flow paths. Total leakage area of the protected space shall be calculated using input data from NFPA 92,
EN 12101-6 standards or other relevant standards.
The flow through open doors shall be calculated based on the pressure difference across the open doors.
The pressure difference across a barrier must not result in door-opening forces that exceed the maximum
force of 133 N.
Staircase pressurization shall be provided with multiple injection since the building height exceeds
30.5 meters
• Maintenance is a combination of all technical, administrative and managerial actions taken with the
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objective of ensuring the specified function of the pressurization system.
• Pressurization system, including the smoke detection system or any other type of fire alarm system used,
the Smoke Control Panel (SCP), the fans, the equipment power supply arrangements and the
automatically operated ventilation equipment, shall be subject to a regular maintenance and functional
testing procedure.
• The Consultant responsible for the design of the system shall provide the Owner/Facility management
with a maintenance check list. Records shall be kept of all maintenance and functional testing by the
facility management.
• The entire pressurization system shall be properly inspected, serviced and if necessary, repaired strictly
• The equipment shall be included in the building services maintenance schedule.
• A maintenance and functional test schedule shall be prepared.
• All unsatisfactory findings or defects found regarding the maintenance of equipment shall be recorded in
the log book and reported to the facility management.
• Maintenance of equipment shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
• Records shall indicate all reports regarding repeated faults that can be deemed to be design faults.
• Weekly Tests
• Each week the pressure differential system shall be actuated. While the system is operating, checks shall
be made that the fans are running satisfactorily, and that the ventilation system has operated.
• Each week the fuel level for the secondary power supply shall be checked so that there is sufficient fuel
to run the generator for the required time, if the secondary power supply is a generator.
Monthly Tests
In addition to Weekly tests, following tests shall be conducted monthly.
• A failure of the primary power supply shall be simulated, and a check made that the system has switched
automatically to the secondary power supply. If the secondary power supply is provided by a diesel
generator it shall energies the system for a minimum of 1 hour.
• A zero-airflow condition shall be simulated, and a check made that the stand-by fans are running if they
are provided.
Yearly Tests
Every 12 months, in addition to the manufacturer's recommendation and monthly tests, the entire
pressurization system shall be tested by following the acceptance test procedures detailed in section 6 of
UAE Fire and Life Safety Code.
Re-tests
The entire pressurization system shall be re-tested, following any modification to the building that could
affect the pressurization system, e.g. alterations to internal partitions, extensions and alterations to the
pressurization system.
Figure 23: Staircase pressurization
8.3 Corridor smoke control Requirements
Corridor and open circulation areas shall be provided with mechanical smoke purge with a mechanical
system capable of achieving a minimum of 6 air changes per hour. The intent of the smoke purge system is
for smoke removal for firefighting operations.
The smoke purge systems shall be automatically activated by the Sprinkler Flow switch and/or smoke
detection systems serving the corridor zone /open circulation area zone. Automatic activation of the purge
system by means of a double knock/cross zoned system (activation of two detection devices) shall be
preferred and permitted. Means for manual operation of the smoke purge system with Smoke
Control Panel (SCP) shall be provided at an approved location, preferably Emergency Command
8.4 Elevator machine room ventilation requirements
Elevator machine rooms that contain solid-state equipment for elevators, having a travel distance
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exceeding 15 m above the level of exit discharge, or exceeding 7000 mm below the level of exit
discharge, shall be provided with independent ventilation or air-conditioning systems to maintain
temperature during fire fighter’s emergency operations for elevator operation.
The operating temperature shall be established by the elevator equipment’s manufacturer specifications.
Communications, elevator machine room cooling, and elevator controller cooling shall be supplied by
both normal and standby power.
Wiring for power and control shall be located and properly protected to ensure a minimum 1 hour of
operation in the event of a fire.
Conveyors, elevators, dumbwaiters, and pneumatic conveyors serving various stories of a building shall not
open to an exit enclosure.
8.5 Emergency command center Ventilation
Smoke control or smoke purge is not required.
Mechanical ventilation shall be provided in accordance with one of the following methods:
• Dedicated AHU for exhaust and supply air with dedicated ductwork
• Shared mechanical ventilation provided with fire and smoke dampers within supply air and exhaust ducts
to mitigate smoke spread from adjacent areas into the command center.
Dampers shall be activated by smoke detection within the ducts.
Mechanical ventilation shall be provided in compliance with the following:
• Smoke and fire from other areas shall not compromise and infiltrate mechanical ventilation system serving
the emergency command center.
• Supply air intake point shall not be less than 5 m from any exhaust discharge openings.
Exhaust discharge shall not be less than 5 m from any air intake openings.
• Where supply air is shared with other systems, a fire and smoke damper shall be provided where the
system interfaces with the emergency command center in order to mitigate fire and smoke spread into the
emergency command center.
• Supply air shall not be drawn directly from adjoining internal enclosed
8.6 Fire Pump Room and LV Room Ventilation
Smoke control or smoke purging is not required.
Smoke and fire from other areas shall not compromise and infiltrate mechanical ventilation system serving
the fire pump room.
Supply air shall not be from underground or car park spaces.
Exhaust shall not be into underground or car park spaces. The Pump Room exhaust shall be directly to the
exterior, through dedicated ducts or shafts.
Fire Pump Room size shall be adequate with 1m clearance around the pump installation for access,
ventilation and maintenance.
Supply air shall be drawn directly from the external and its intake point shall not be less than 5 m from any
exhaust discharge openings. Exhaust discharge shall also be direct to the external and shall not be less
than 5 m from any air intake openings.
8.7 Car Park
The smoke control required for the basement parking shall be a ducted smoke extract system which is
Independent of any systems serving other parts of the building, shall be provided to give a smoke extract
rate of not less than 10 air-change per hour.
The smoke extract system shall be activated automatically by the car park sprinkler activation. In addition,
a remote manual start-stop switch shall be located at fire command center or at main fire alarm panel on
ground floor (where there is no emergency command center in the building). Visual indication of the
operation status of the smoke extract system shall also be provided with this remote control.
Makeup air is not required for the single basement, makeup air can achievable through ramp opening
however this natural opening shall achieve the 85% of the makeup air and shall not be less than 5m from
any air intake openings.
Exhaust ducts shall be fabricated from heavy gauge steel (1.2mm thick) for the basement car park smoke
purging system.
Exhaust fans of the basement car park smoke extract system shall be capable of operating effectively at 400ºC
for 2 hours.
Jet fans shall not be permitted for any enclosed car
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Fire Extinguishers shall be provided as per the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code
Chapter 9.
2.5 kg Multipurpose dry power shall be provided in kitchen
Parking area shall be provided with 13-gallon wheeled type foam
extinguishers and 4 kg Multipurpose dry powder
Fire Extinguishers
Electrical/ Telephone room/Lift machine room/ AHU room/ Mechanical
plant room/ RMU/ Switch gear room -shall be provided with 5kg co2 or 5 kg
clean agent type.
HV room/Transformer room/ Electrical heavy equipment and machinery
shall be provided with 12 kg co2 wheeled type
Sprinkler and wet riser system shall be provided as per the UAE Fire and Life
Safety Code Chapter 9.
Sprinkler system shall be provided throughout the building, Residential - light
hazard sprinkler coverage shall be not more than 21m2. Parking ordinary
hazard sprinkler coverage shall be not more than 12 m2
Wet riser system shall be provided and shall cover any part of the building
within 30 meters
Fire Sprinkler System Wet riser shall be interconnected at high level.
& Wet Riser
Fire hose cabinet shall be provided within in 6 meters from the staircase.
Balcony sprinklers shall be provided.
Sprinkler shall be provided in top of the staircase and below the lowest
Landing
Motorized zone control valve shall be provided for sprinkler system since the
building height exceeds 23 metres
Fire Alarm system shall be provided as per the UAE Fire and Life Safety Code
Chapter 8.
Smoke detection shall be provided throughout the building. Bedrooms shall
be provided with smoke detector and sounder base
Fire alarm control panel shall be located at emergency command centre.
Fire Pump, all building fire suppression systems, Fire Water Level, LP Gas
Fire Alarm and detection, CO Monitoring and other interconnected systems like door
Detection release, Elevator recall, Smoke Control etc. shall be interfaced with Fire
Detection and Alarm System
Activation of the Fire Detection and Alarm System shall only trigger floors of
evacuation alarm, at fire floor, 3 floors above and at 1 floor below. General
Fire Alarm shall not be required to trigger entire building evacuation alarm
or general Fire Alarm
Two-way fire telephone and emergency voice evacuation shall be
provided. Sleeping room shall be provided with sounder base.
Corridor smoke control shall be provided with 6 air changes per hour. Make
Smoke Control
up air shall be located between 300mm to 1000 mm from floor finish level
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Stair pressurization shall be provided with 12.5 pa pressure difference.
Building height exceeds 30.5m shall be provided with multiple injection
Fire pump room and lift machine room. Mechanical ventilation shall be
provided. Mechanical ventilation exhaust mode only.
Lift hoist way pressurization shall be provided, as a one-hour fire rated lobby
has not been provided.
Mechanical makeup air shall be not less than 85% of the extract air.
Make-up air shall not exceed an inlet velocity of 5 m/s.
The mechanical smoke purging system shall be designed to achieve 10 air
changes per hour in a single smoke zone of not more than 3600 m 2,
assuming a single smoke zone is active at any single point in time.
Emergency lighting shall be provided with central monitoring type or
central battery system with dedicated control equipment and computer
Emergency Lighting
interfacing shall be provided. E min. 1.1 lux and E avg. 10.8 lux shall be
provided.
Exit Signage Exit signage shall be provided in the corridor, staircase door and final exit.
Gaseous LV room, MV room, Main Electrical room, Main Telephone room, Emergency
Suppression System command centre area exceeds 10 m2.
Foam system Generator room
Water spray system Transformer room not owned by power utility company.
Fire lift shall be provided in a dedicated RCC shaft. Minimum dimension of
a fire lift car shall be adequate to accommodate an ambulance stretched
610mm by 2134mm with not less than 127mm radius corners, in the
Fire Lift
horizontal, open position.
The fire lift shall have access to every habitable floor within the building
Fire Command Centre shall be a minimum of 19 m2 with minimum
dimension of 3 m on any side.
The entrance to the command centre shall be on the exterior of the
Emergency
building along the Fire Access way. Where such an entrance is not
command centre
feasible, fire command centre shall be at the main entrance lobby of the
building.
Proposed emergency command centre location is acceptable,
9. LPG REQUIREMENTS
NO LPG System, as all cookers are electric.
10. CONCLUSION
NEC have prepared fire and life safety drawings using the latest architectural backgrounds and updated
layouts that have been issued Schematic Design package and confirm that provided that the requirements
highlighted within this report are implemented, the building would be classified as code complaint with regards
to the UAE Fire and Life Safety code 2018 Edition, DCD submission will be prior to Final Design DDA Submission.
11. Appendix Markup Drawings
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