CONFIDENTIAL

Fire Life Safety

Check List – Appendix (6)
Appendix – A IHG Cause & Effect Matrix

Appendix – B Fire Prevention

Appendix – C Fire & Smoke Compartmentation

Appendix – D Detection, Alarms & Notification

Appendix – E Egress, Exits & Signage

Appendix – F Emergency Power & Lighting

Appendix – G Extinguishing Systems

Appendix – H Smoke Control

Appendix – I Other Life Safety

Appendix – A [IHG Cause & Effect Matrix]

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Appendix – B [Fire Prevention]

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Appendix – C [Fire & Smoke Compartmentation]

Examples of fire
dampers & collars

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 Where a fresh air duct passes over
the entry like this, the duct must
be solid metal, not flexible duct as
shown below.

Flexible duct not allowed.

Fire Dampers must be installed

either in or as close as possible to
the wall the duct passes through.
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 Vestibule into emergency escape.

30min self closing

fire door.
Two 30min self closing fire
doors with door selectors.

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 M&E pipe shaft doors 1.5 hr fire rated

Door Closers on all fire

Fire/Smoke Door Drop Seals
doors (non-hold open)
on Guest Room Doors

Door Coordinators for

Double Leaf Fire Doors

Fire Rated Doors

(Guest Rooms 44mm thick,
solid core, 20 min. rated)

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Good examples of Fire Stop; Putty,
Mortar and Fire Collars

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Appendix – D [Detection, Alarms & Notification]
Fully addressable fire alarm,
detection system and
notification system.
Horn type evacuation speakers
for locations with high
ambient noise (Eg Chiller
plant room)
Guest rooms must be fitted with
Sounder Base detectors.
Sound level = 75dB at the bedhead
Evacuation speakers provided
throughout the hotel (with
back covers).
Sound level = 85dB at 3m
One in each guest room.
Small repeater (mimic) panel Sound level = 75dB at the
located in the telephone operator’s bedhead
room (or reception desk for
Holiday Inn Express)
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 Strobe lights, warning bells & manual
break glass stations in public and back of
house areas

Fireman’s Phone slot can be incorporated

with the Manual Break Glass unit

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Class “A” wiring method must be used for smoke
detectors and evacuation speakers.

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Appendix – E [Egress, Exits & Signage)
Horizontal means of escape

A = 60m
Dead-ends are measured to the end of the corridor 120m in a sprinkler protected building
Fire resistant construction
Self-closing fire doors

Example of Secondary Corridor

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Examples of exits

Fire rated doors

Fire resistant construction
Self-closing doors

Rooms opening onto a protected

corridor must not be high risk such
as kitchens or rubbish stores

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2 means of escape is required from
rooms greater than 75sqm or that
caters for more than 50 people

Each exit 1m wide

Exits must be remote from each other

so that a fire will not cut-off emergency
egress (see next page for details)

Exit Exit

Exit Exit
Larger function room showing exits
remote from each other

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NFPA Extract Depicting Remote Exits

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 Exit Stairwells

Exit door with push bar

Exit Stairwell Signage:

Installed inside the exit stairwell.
Good example of stairwell railing
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3 Example of correctly located exit signs

Example of exit sign pictogram

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 Example of an Emergency
Evacuation Instruction Notice

Instruction notices must be on the

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Appendix – F [Emergency Power & Lighting]

Emergency generator to support all

FLS services + minimal operations. Guestrooms:
Enough fuel for 48 hours continuous 1 light in the entry connected to
operation generator power supply

Front & back of house:

Exit & Emergency lighting connected to
generator power supply and with 90 min.
battery back up (from a central battery
bank or by individual battery units)

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Appendix – G [Extinguishing Systems]

Two Main pumps plus Jockey pump

Test line goes back to the
main water tank

Sufficient sprinkler system water

Direct read, test
storage for 60 minutes continuous
flow meter
operation (unless the supply water is
combined with the hydrant system in
which case 120 minutes is required).

Main pumps

Good examples of (dual)

pressure control switches
located near the pumps

Jockey pump

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 Sprinkler system

25mm test valve and 50mm flush valve

after the flow switch on each floor

Fire Hose reel, Hydrant, Extinguisher cabinets

similar to this throughout the hotel

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Typical Schematic of Fire Sprinkler protection Plant with Wet Rising Main

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Typical Schematic of Fire Sprinkler
Distribution – High Rise Sprinklers

Typical Schematic of Fire Sprinkler

Distribution – Low Rise Sprinklers

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Design Schematic of Pre-Action Dry/Wet Sprinkler System

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 High temperature
sprinklers located in
Sauna room

Viking, VK501 dry pendent fast response

fusible element type sprinkler for connection to
a wet sprinkler system.
Suitable for walk-in freezers
Guestroom Sidewall Sprinklers:
Quick response and located 150mm from
the ceiling
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Linen Chute Details

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Kitchen Exhaust System Details

ANSUL type system

installed in kitchen hoods

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Appendix – H [Smoke Control] Diagrammatic Layouts of Stair
Pressurization & Corridor Smoke Control

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Atrium & Multi-Storey Lobbies

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Appendix – I [Other Life Safety]

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 Guestroom balcony secondary child
safety latch

Swimming Pool Signage

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