PROJECT REPORT

ON

ELECTRICAL FIRE SAFETY AUDIT

Of
GPMs Ground floor and First floor
&
Case study of Andheri's ESIC hospital
fire

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
DIPLOMA IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Project In-charge:- I N Khuspe sir

Submitted By:-

Sr Name of the students Enrollment NO.

no
1 Sarvesh Andhale FS16EE029
2 Kunal Mahajan FS16EE031
3 Bhavik Chaudhari FS16EE037
4 Vishal Patil FS16EE039
5 Shriraj Pednekar FS16EE043

SUBMITTED TO:
Department of Electrical Engineering
GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC, MUMBAI.
BANDRA (E), MUMBAI 400051
(2018-19)
 CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT FOLLOWING STUDENTS,

Sarvesh Balu Andhale :FS16EE029

Kunal Samadhan Mahajan :FS16EE032
Bhavik Jaybharat :FS16EE037
Chaudhary :FS16EE039
Vishal Tulshiram Patil :FS16EE043
Shriraj Shrikar Pednekar

HAVE SATISFACORILY CARRIED OUT THE PROJECT WORK

ENTITLED

“ELECTRICAL FIRE SAFETY AUDIT

OF THE WHOLE COLLEGE”

Third year of electrical engineering department, GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC

MUMBAI in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of diploma in
electrical engineering is a record of students own study carried under my supervision
and guidance.

Prof. I. N. Khuspe Prof. S. Vishwarupe

(Project Guide) (H.O.D)

Prof. Swati Deshpande

(Principal) (External Examiner)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

 Acknowledgement

The success and final outcome of this project required a lot of guidance and assistance from many people
and we are extremely privileged to have this all along the completion of our project. The project was made
possible only due to such supervision and assistance and we would not forget to thank them.

We respect and thank Hon. Prof. Sandeep Vishwarupe, for providing us an opportunity to do the project
work in whole college and giving us all support and guidance which made us complete the project duly.
We are extremely thankful yo him for providing such nice support and guidance, although his schedule
managing the departmental work.

We owe our deep gratitude to our project guide Prof. Ishwar N Khsupe, who took a keen interest on our
project work and guided us all along, till the completion of our project by providing all the necessary
information for developing a good system.

We are thankful to the Sir/Madam and lab assistant of whole college who permitted us to complete our
project in their classrooms and labs.

We heartily thank our project guide, for his guidance and suggestions during this project work.

We are thankful to and fortunate enough to get constant encouragement, support and guidance from all
Teaching staffs pf Electrical Department who helped us in successfully completing our project work. Also,
I would like to extend our sincere thanks to all staff in laboratory for their timely support.

VISION
INSTITUTE:
 Transform knowledge into work.

DEPARTMENT:
 Develop competent Electrical Technicians and Practising Engineers.

MISSION
INSTITUTE:

We are committed for

 Quality education for lifelong learning.

 Need based educational programmes through different modes.
 Outcomes based curriculum implementation.
 Development and up graduation of standard laboratory practices.
 Promoting entrepreneurial programmes.
 We believe in ethical, safety, environment friendly practices and teaching learning innovation.

DEPARTMENT:

We are committed for quality education through

 Continuous upgradation of faculties and laboratories.

 Development and upgradation of standards, safe laboratory practices.
 Entrepreneurial promotion
 Promotion of renewable energy.
 Serve the society.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
ELECTRICAL FIRE SAFETY
AUDIT
OF
GROUND FLOOR OF
COLL
EGE
SR ANALYSIS ANALYSIS STATUS CORRECTIVE
NO. POINT MEASURES TO BE
TAKEN
1. 001: Principal Temporary Connection to be
office connection to made by proper way
Tubelight by using and permanent.
cello tapes.
Thermocol should be
Computer is placed remove.
on thermocol.
Wires should be
Improper arrange by proper
arrangement of way.
wires of the
computer.
Proper rating of MCB
Air Conditioner is is to be provided.
provided without
CB.
2. Main Office Broken switches Switches and sockets
and sockets. should be replaced.

Open wiring. Wiring should be

enclosed by casing-
caping.

Net cables and

Net cables and electric lines should
electric wires are in be separate.
the same casing
caping.

One tubelight is Insulated base should

connected to be provided to the
metallic grill tubelight.
without any
insulated base.

3. Central Store Open DB. DB should be

provided with proper
enclosure.
4. NAC: 1
Old and faulty SB. SB should replace.

5. Hydraulics Old switch boards, Old switch boards,

Lab wiring. wiring should be
replaced.

Connections are not Due to presence of

safe (open). moisture all electrical
connections should
be shock proof.

6. Rubber Fire hazardous Hazardous material

LAB materials are kept should be placed
near to the away from the
electrical electrical
connections. connections.
 Emergency exit is Emergency exit
blocked should be free.

Passage Hanging Wires Wires should be

placed through
conduits or it should
be hang proper way.

Wires without
Wires should be pass
conduits or
through conduits and
jumbling of wires
there should not be
jumbling of wires

Open switch boards

Switch board should
not be open it should
be close.

Open distribution
board
Distribution Box
should be enclosed
properly.
ELECTRICAL FIRE SAFETY
AUDIT
OF
FIRST FLOOR OF
COLLEGE
SR LOCATION ANALYSIS STATUS CORRECTIVE
NO MESURES TO BE
TAKEN
1 103 Capping is not Capping should be
Library provided. provided.
Switchboard is Switchboard should
not maintained be replaced.
properly.
Extension board
is not placed on
solid ground
2 104 This room is
Mathematics properly
Department maintained
Staff Room
3 105 Damaged Fan Replace the
Mechanical Regulator. damaged fan
Department regulator
Staff Room

4 106 This room is

Switchgear and properly
Protection Lab maintained

5 106B Fuse is not Fuse should be

Electrical provided. provided.
Measurement Distribution box Distribution box
Lab
is kept open. should be shut
close.

SR LOCATION ANALYSIS STATUS CORRECTIVE

NO MESURES TO BE
TAKEN
1 Corridor Distribution Box is It should be covered
not covered with protective
properly covering
 2 Corridor Switchboards are Switchboard should be
open shut close

3 107 Improper Casing Casing Capping should

Science Department Capping be properly provided
Staff Room

4 108 Fuse is absent in Fuse should be

Chemistry Lab the switchboard provided

5 109 Switchboards are not Old switchboards should be

in good condition replaced with new
switchboards

SR LOCATION ANALYSIS STATUS CORRECTIVE

NO MESURES TO BE
TAKEN
1 110 It is maintained
Electrical properly
Staff Room
2 111 Fuse is absent New fuse should be
SYEE in the installed
Classroom switchbox

3 112 Improper Wiring should be

TYEE Wiring maintained
Classroom

45 113 Table fan is The old table fan

CAD-CAM broken but still should be removed
Main
in use which and it should be
creates unsafe replaced with a
situations. new table fan.

3 114 – CAD-CAM Fire It should be placed

Lab Extinguisher in a more
is inaccessible. accessible location

SR LOCATION ANALYSIS STATUS CORRECTIVE

NO MESURES TO BE
TAKEN
1 116 Everything is
Electrical maintained
Computer Lab
2 117 Everything is
Physics maintained
Lab

3 118 Distribution box Distribution box

FYEE is open. should be covered
Classroom
Casing – Casing – Capping
Capping is not should be replaced
properly
maintained

4 119 Distribution box Distribution box

Classroom is not covered should be
properly maintained
properly.

5 120 Switchboard is It should be

Classroom broken. maintained
Properly.

SR LOCATION ANALYSIS STATUS CORRECTIVE

NO MESURES TO BE
TAKEN
1 Exam Cell Fire Fire extinguisher
extinguisher is should be more
in a inaccessible accessible for
location emergency
situations

2 Exam Cell Flammable Flammable material

material such as paper
(Paper) is should not be
placed near placed in such close
electrical outlet vicinity of an
electrical outlet

3 Exam Cell Batteries are Batteries should

placed in a not be placed in
congested such congested
space manner.
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Information of the fire accident from the News and the
Internet:-
The death toll in Mumbai’s hospital
fire shot up to 14, while another 147, mostly
patients and staff, were rescued from a massive
blaze that engulfed the Employees State Insurance
Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Andheri (East)
here on Monday, BMC Disaster Control said.
The number of fatalities is likely to
increase further as several injured persons have
been admitted to various hospitals in serious
condition even as the firemen battled the
conflagration to bring it under control after three
hours.
The fire, caused by
a suspected
short-circuit, was first noticed in
the upper floors of the five- storied building with
a glass facade in the MIDC area -- the industrial
hub in the north- western suburb -- around 4.15
p.m.
At least 12 fire
tenders, 15 water
tankers and other specialized
equipment were rushed to battle the blaze and
those trapped were taken out via ladders from
the third and fourth floors as the flames quickly
spread horizontally and vertically.
Rescue operations were hampered
due to snapping of power supply from the building
as a precautionary measure and by 7 p.m the blaze
was stated to be “under control” with cooling
operations taken up.
Of those rescued, 19 have
been
admitted in Juhu’s Cooper Hospital, including two
brought dead, 40 in Holy Spirit Hospital, 44 in
Seven Hills Hospital including three dead, 39 were
taken to Prabodhankar Thackeray Trauma Care
Hospital, Jogeshwari, three in Hiranandani
Hospital and two in Siddharth Hospital, for
treatment.
Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath
Mahadeshwar, who visited the spot along with
other senior officials, said the fire would be probed
and strict action taken against the guilty if any
lapses found.
Thick dark clouds of smoke were
seen billowing from long distances in the suburbs
and the rescue operations resulted in massive
evening peak-hour traffic jams on the busy
Andheri thoroughfare connecting north-south and
eastern Mumbai.
 those people. This costed the life of 14 persons and
Our actual visit to the location property of the hospital also.
at which incident took place:- After this, we actually visited the hospital
under the guidance of Police officer. Hospital’s in-
charge gave us permission to enter the hospital.
Our project group members visited the location at
And they also guided us to the fire place. Whole
which fire took place, the ESIC Hospital (Andheri)
hospital building was abandoned and only some
with our Department’s HOD Prof. Sandeep
emergency service was provided in small space.
Vishwarupe and our project guide Prof. Ishwar Whole lighting of the hospital was turned off as
Khuspe. They arranged this ………. to inspect the the electrical system was damaged. So there were
place of the accident where fire took place and to total darkness in the whole area. We headed to the
study the causes of such fires and precautions to be location guided by the hospital’s watchmen.
taken to avoid such types of fires.
At the fire place, rubber mats was laying
We first approached to the local Police
around the whole ground in half burnt condition,
station and met the police officer who were
this rubber mats were soft and was used for
handling this case. He approached our college to
insulating the AC duct as a thermal insulator. This
check whether the welding machine which was
rubber mats was the reason of smoke, the mats
responsible for the fire was working or not, so it
were carelessly thrown there, so the other reason
can be presented as the evidence. He told us the
of fire was hospital also.
complete incident of the fire. He said that, the
There was a fire system pipe, connecting to the
workers were welding the pipe on second floor and
whole building from the upper floor to the lower
the sparks from the welding machine fell on the
floor. There was a hole to each slabs for the pipe
rubber insulation mats laying on the ground floor
which was bigger than actually needed for the
and the fire took place as the rubber was
pipe, so there was extra space to each slab around
inflammable. But the rubber mats did not burnt but
the pipe. Before the incident happened the two
started to create smoke and the smoke from this
workers were welding this fire fighting pipe at the
rubber created its way through the Air
second floor, and the sparks falling during welding
Conditioner’s duct which was near the fire place.
fell on the rubber mats present under the working
This smoke from AC duct got spread towards each
place. And the rubber mats started burning and the
room by their AC outlet. And this causes the
whole accident happened.
suffocation of the people who were present in the
hospital and also caused the panic situation in
Snapshots taken in the Hospital during Visit:-

The pipe of which welding was The spot where sparks fell on
carried out by workers. the rubber mats.

The welding machine used for The rubber mats at the fire
welding. accident location.
Fire fighting sprinkler at the Careless hospital authority
place where fire took place.

The fire extinguisher of the hospitals from whose

most them were expired.

Observations:
 In the store room at ground floor of
ESIC Hospital, a mud spattered
mixture of melted sheets of
insulating rubber material was
observed. The ceiling
found to be burned and sprinkler
pipes (sprinklers system under
construction) were hanging.
Three nos. of vertical duct pipes
along the wall were found fitted
in vertical directions from the
ground floor (store room) to the
5th floor and the portion around the
duct pipes was not sealed
completely on any floor. The foul
smell of brunt material was
present in the store room adjacent
rooms of the floor.
 As per the information provided to us,
the melted insulating Rubber
material was found to be of
Aerocell Nitrile Rubber
with class 0.
 On ground floor, PVC conduits along
the floor ceiling were found to be
in molten state which may be due to
heat of the smoke. On all
remaining floors, electrical wiring
system under construction was may
be found without damage.
 The whole fire fighting system of the
hospital was not efficient in the
case of fire, as per our
observation most of the fire
extinguishers fitted in the whole
area were expired before the
date of accident. And the sprinkler
system was not started before the
accident.
 There were no fire exit signs provided
in the accident spot, we don’t
know that they were there
before or not. But
as per building code Emergency Exit
signs must provided in such
buildings.
Conclusion :
 The fire-fighting systems,
including fire alarm, sprinklers and
 1.After the study we came to the wet risers were not functional.
conclusion that any Electrical work Also, the electrical duct that should
carried out should be done by be sealed was left open.
following the Bureau of Indian
standard.
 As per regulation 36 of CEA
(Measures relating to Safety and
Electrical Supply ),Regulation
2010(as amended till date),the
owner or occupier shall ensure that
the electrical installation and work
inside the building should be
carried out such that there is no
danger due to shock and fire
accidents and the installation has to
be carried out as per IS :732-1989.
 As the cables in Transformer
section and Electrical room/control
room were found without any
damage ,Hence the fire caused due
to Electrical causes has been ruled
out .
 The rubber mats used for the AC
ducts have to be properly kept
inside the hospital.
 Here as these is a Hospital
premises there is a need to appoint
a Fire officer who can assist
firemen in case a fire occurs.
 All staircases should have a fire
resistant door, which was missing.
There were fire resistant doors kept
in storage, still to be installed.