Life Safety

1. General Exit requirements

2. Internal Staircases
3. Occupants Load
4. External Staircases
5. Capacities of Exit
6. Pressurization of escape routs
7. Arrangement of Exits
8. Ramps
9. Number of Exits
10.Refuge Area
11.Doorways
12.Fire lifts/Fire tower
13.Corridors/Passage ways
14.Emergency Escape lighting/ Illumination
15.Horizontal Exits
16.Fire detection & Warning

FIRE PROTECTION (Components)

17.Extinguishers
18.Manual Fire Alarm System
19.Small Bore Hose Reels
20.Automatic Fire Alarm System
21.Dry Riser
22.Underground Storage Tank
23.Wet Riser
24.Terrace Tank
25.Down Comer
26.Ground Level Pumps
27.Yard Hydrant System
28.Terrace Level Pumps
29.Automatic Sprinkler Installation

Passive Systems
1. Openings in Separating walls and Floors (for all types of construction)
2.
3.
4.
5.

Fire Stops/Enclosure of Openings

Air-conditioning/Ventilation (dampers)
Surface of Flame Spread definitions
Glazing/Skylights (Wired Glass)

Internal Staircases (Min. Width)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Residential buildings (dwellings) - 1.0 m

Residential hotel buildings - 1.5 m
Assembly buildings like auditorium, theatres and cinemas - 2.0 m
Educational buildings up to 30 m in height - 1.5 m
Institutional buildings like hospitals - 2.0 m
All other buildings - 1.5 m

Table 22 TRAVEL DISTANCE FOR OCCUPANCY AND TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION (Clause

4.4.1, 4.5.1 and 4.5.2)

Group of occupancy Maximum travel distance

Construction Construction
Type 1&2
Type 3&4

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Residential(A)
Educational(B)
Institutional(C)
Assembly(D)
Business(E)
Mercantile(F)
Industrial(G)
Storage(H)
Hazardous(J)

30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
30.0
45.0
30.0
22.5

22.5
22.5
22.5
30.0
30.0
30.0
22.5
22.5
22.5

Table 22 Travel distance Contd Contd.Note:

1.
For fully sprinklered building the travel distance may be increased by 50 percent of the
values specified.
2.
Ramps shall be protected with automatic sprinkler system and shall be counted as one of
the means of escape.
3.
Construction of type 3 or 4 is not permitted.