NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF INDIA
PART 4 FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDSCONTENTS
FOREWORD 3
1 SCOPE
2 TERMINOLOGY
3. FIRE PREVENTION
4 LIFE SAFETY 26
5 FIRE PROTECTION 32
6 ADDITIONAL OCCUPANCY-WISE REQUIREMENTS 49
ANNEX A CALORIFIC VALUES OF COMMON MATERIALS AND . 2
‘TYPICAL VALUES OF FIRE LOAD DENSITY
ANNEX B_ BROAD CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND. 6
NON-INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES INTO DIFFERENT
DEGREE OF HAZARD .
ANNEX C FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH RISE. 65
BUILDINGS — 15 m IN HEIGHT OR ABOVE
ANNEX D__ FIRE PROTECTION CONSIDERATIONS FOR VENTING IN n
INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
ANNEX E GUIDELINES FOR FIRE DRILL AND EVACUATION a TT
PROCEDURES FOR HIGH RISE BUILDINGS
(ABOVE 15 m IN HEIGHT)
LIST OF STANDARDS 83
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FOREWORD
This Part of the Code deals with safety from fire. It specifies the demarcation of fire zones, restrictions on
construction of buildings in each fire zone, classification of buildings based on occupancy, types of building
‘construction according to fire resistance of the structural and non-structural components and other restrictions
and requirements necessary to minimize danger to life from fire, smoke, fumes or panic before the buildings can
be evacuated. The Code recognizes that safety of life is more than a matter of means of exits and accordingly
deals with various matters which are considered essential to the safety of life.
Fire protection techniques have to be based on the fie behaviour characteristics of different materials and structural