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Bomba Note 4
Bomba Note 4
Bomba Note 4
PARTS 3 and 4
ACTIVE SYSTEMS
And
ACCESS for FIRE FIGHTING and RESCUE
no smaller than……..
no bigger than……..
no shorter than……
no longer than……
or
no less than and no more than.
CONCEPTS OF FIRE SAFETY
1 EVACUATION
2 PASSIVE CONTAINMENT
3 ACTIVE INTERVENTION
Temperature / size
Untenable condition
Time
EVACUATION
Detection and Alarm
Communication
Smoke control
Portable fire extinguishers
Temperature / size Available Safe Egress Time ASET
Untenable condition
detection
alarm
movement
Total
evacuation
ignition Time
Factor of safety:
Required Safe Egress Time RSET RSET < 0.75 ASET
detection
Early detection
Manual detection
alarm
Automatic
Pre alarm
Local / manual
FIRE DETECTION AND ALARM
To
guide the occupants in an orderly manner
during evacuation upon detection of fire.
For
the firemen to communicate with one another
during fire fighting operations.
Active Fire Safety Systems
RELEVANT BY-LAW
Smoke Control
Extinquishment
Manual
Automatic
SMOKE CONTROL
TYPES
Transformer Rooms;
Switch gear Rooms;
Lift Motor Rooms; and
Toilets;
INSTALLATION CONTROL VALVE
Dry
riser to be 100 mm dia. If highest outlet is no
more than 23 m. above breeching inlet.
Dry
riser to be 150 mm dia. If highest outlet is
more than 23 m. above breeching inlet.
5. WET RISER SYSTEMS
UBBL
No protected
lobby required
Protected
lobby
requirement
for building >
18m Protected
lobby
(By-Law 197) requirement Building more than
18m above ground
level
Ventilated
opening
Omission of
No protected
protected lobby lobby
for pressurised required
staircase for Staircase
buildings pressurised
below 45m For building
above
18m but below
No protected
45m
lobby required
Ventilation opening
ii) not less than 2,000mm from adjacent buildings and overhangs.
v) not more than 90m apart from each other (in new buildings adjacent
to existing developments, a new hydrant within 45m radius of the new
building).
No overhangs
Building over hydrants
Pavement
Verandah Hydrant
UBBL 140
Availability of water :
•Hydrants
•Storage tanks
•Lakes, rivers, ponds
Clarity of :
•Type of building and function
•Configuration of building
•Location of fire control panel
•Location of breaching inlets and pump rooms
•Fire Tenders
Internal Systems
Fire Fighting Appliance Breaching Inlet •Sprinklers
on ‘Access Way’ •Hose reels
•Dry/Wet Risers
Vehicles in use by JBPM :
•Motorcycle
•Terrain buggy
•Rapid Fire Rescue Tender
•Fire Rescue Tender
•Turntable ladder
•Hydraulic platform
•Hazmat
Rapid response motorcycles
Terrain buggy
Rapid Fire Rescue Tender
Fire Rescue Tender (medium)
Fire Rescue Tender (light)
HAZMAT tender
Turntable ladders
Pump tanker
Hydraulic platforms
Example of Fire Fighting Access Way
Fire appliance Access Way at upper ground level
access level and
Access Way
13,000 m3 (1/6)
to 28,000 cu m
B
D
Fire appliance
Isolated site/location
X access with no adjacent
property/building.
Pavement
C
In the event the 6 m back lane is accessible by fire fighting appliances and the
building volume exceeds 28,000 m3 but is less than 56,000 m3, then,
A
56,001 cu m to
84,000 cu m D B Access
road
> 18m
C
6m back lane
A accessible to fire appliance
D B
Pavement
C
Access road
12m
A + C => 1/2 (A+B+C+D)
Building volume
84,001 cu m to Fire appliance
A
112,000 cu m access minimum
6m width
D B
112,000 cu m
D B
Minimum 6m width
Fire appliance access
L(13m) min. 6m
W1
d1
W2
(min 6m)
d2
L(13m)
?
Final exit
?
Thank you !