BUILDING PLANNING ANDFIRE

SAFETY OF BUILDING

CISF FSTI HYDERABAD

 GOAL

To make participants aware of building

planning and safety of building
LESSON OBJECTIVES
UPON COMPLETION OF THE LESSON
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND
AND DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING
 DEFINITION OF BUILDING
 CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDING
 FIRE PROTECTION IN BUILDING
 WHAT IS BUILDING
 ANY STRUCTURE FOR WHATSOEVER
PURPOSE AND OF WHATSOEVER
MATERIALS CONSTRUCTED AND
EVERYPART THEREOF WHETHER
USED AS HUMAN HAVITATION OR
NOT AND INCLUDES FOUNDATION,
PLINTH,WALLS,FLOORS,ROOFS,VERA
NDAH,BALCONY ETC. IS CALLED
BUILDING.
CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDING

CLASSIFIED INTO NINE GROUPS

RESIDENTIAL (GR—A)
EDUCATIONAL (GR—B)
INSTITUTIONAL (GR—C)
ASSEMBLY (GR—D)
BUSINESS (GR—E)
MERCANTILE (GR—F)
INDUSTRIAL (GR—G)
STORAGE (GR—H)
HAZARDOUS (GR—J)
FIRE ZONES
 THE CITY OR AREA
 UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
AUTHORITY
 SHALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CODE
 BE DEMARCATED INTO DISTINCT
ZONES
 BASED ON FIRE HAZARD
 INHERENT IN THE BUILDINGS OR
STRUCTURES
 ACCORDING TO OCCUPANCY
 WHICH SHALL BE CALLED AS FIRE
ZONES.
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM
 FIRE EXTINGUISHER/FIXED FIRE FIGHTING
INSTALLATIONS PROVIDED

 ALL INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS SHALL BE

PROTECTED BY

 FIRE EXTINGUISHER,WET RISER,DOWN

COMER,AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM,

 HIGH/MEDIUM VELOCITY WATER SPRAY

PROJECTOR SYSTEM,FOAM

 DRY POWDER SYSTEM.

 IN CASE ONE BUILDING IS PROVIDED WITH
ALL FIRE PROTECTED ARRANGEMENTS
AND IT IS SITUATED BESIDE SOME
UNPROTECTED BUILDINGS
FIRE RESISTANT WALL OR WATER
CURTAIN/DRENCHER SYSTEM SHOULD BE
ARRANGED
ON THE WALL FACING THE UNPROTECTED
BUILDINGS
INSTALLATION OF HOSE
REEL HOSE

FIRST AID HOSE REEL HOSE SHALL BE

INSTALLED ON ALL THE FLOORS

BUILDINGS OF 15 MTRS IN HEIGHT OR

MORE

DIAMETER OF THE HOSE REEL HOSE

SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 19 mm.
STATIC WATER STORAGE
TANK
A SATISFACTORY SUPPLY OF WATER FOR
FIRE FIGHTING

SHALL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE IN THE FORM

OF TANKS OR

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF SUPPLY OF 1000

Ltrs/Min.

FOR UNDERGROUND TANKS AND EASILY

ACCESSIBLE TO THE FIRE ENGINE
CONTD…
THE STATIC TANK SHALL BE PROVIDED
WITH A FIRE BRIGADE CONNECTING HEAD
WITH 04 NOS OF 63 mm DIA
INSTANTANEOUS ,MALE INLETS
AND PIPE FIXED TO THE TANK SHALL NOT
BE LESS 150 mm DIA TO THE DISCHARGE
WATER @ 2250 Ltrs/Min.
AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER
 THIS SYSTEM SHALL BE INSTALLED IN
 CAR PARK,STORAGE AREA EXCEEDS
200 Sq. Mtrs AREA.
 SUB-STATIONAC PLANT AND DG SET
 ANY ROOM OR COMPARTMENT OF
BUILDING EXCEEDS 1125 Sq.Mtrs
AREA.
 SHOPS /DEPT.STORE AREA EXCEEDS
500 Sq.Mtrs.
 GODOWNS/WAREHOUSES IF
CONSIDERED NECESSARY.
MULSIFIRE SYSTEM

 AUTOMATIC HIGH
VELOCITY WATER SPRAY
PROJECTION OR MULSIFIRE
SYSREM SHALL BE
PROVIDED FOR INDOOR
OIL COOLED
TRANSFORMERS.
FIXED FOAM INSTALLATION

 IT SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR THE

PROTECTION OF OIL STORAGE AREA.

 HIGH EXPANSION FOAM ARE USED

FOR CABLE TUNNELS AND OHER
CONFINED AREAS.
CARBON DI-OXIDE

 CARBON DI OXIDE FIRE

EXTINIGUISHING SYSTEM SHALL
ALSO BE PROVIDED.
 (CONTD….)
 NOT LESS THAN 02 EXITS SHALL BE
PROVIDED FOR EVERY FLOOR.
 IN ANY ROOM IN WHICH VOLATILE,
FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES ARE USED OR
STORED, NO DEVICE GENERATING A GLOW
OR FLAME SALL BE INSTALLED.
 EVERY BOILER ROOM SHALL BE ADEQUATELY
SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE
BUILDING.
 TRAVEL DISTANCE SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN
22.5 MTRS.
 ALL HIGH HAZARD INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
SHALL HAVE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
VENTING
 THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES OF VENTING
 1) SMOKE AND FIRE VENTING
 2) EXPLOSION RELIEF VENTING
 SPEEDY REMOVAL OF SMOKE AND HOT GASES.
 OPERATE AUTOMATICALLY AT EARLY STAGE AND AS
LOW AS 150 DEGREE CENTIGRADE.
 AUTOMATIC VENTING SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR
MEDIUM HAZARD BUILDING HAVING FLOOR AREA
EXCEEDING 750 SQUARE METER.
 SPACING BETWEEN VENTS----
 LOW HEAT RELEASE ---- 45 MTRS.
 MODERATE HEAT RELEASE---- 36 TO 37 MTRS.
 HIGH HEAT RELEASE ----- 22.5 TO 30
MTRS
CLARIFICATION