Fire zone by national building code of india 2005
- 1. FIRE ZONE BY NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF INDIA PART 4 - FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY BY NAYANA DEVAN
- 2. INTRODUCTIONbased on the fire hazard inherent in the buildings and strutures according to the occupancy , city or an area can be demarcated into different zones called “fire zone”.
- 3. NUMBER AND DESIGNATIONS OF FIRE ZONES number of fire zones in a city depends on 1. excisting layout 2. types of building construction 3. classification of excisting building by occupancy 4. excpected future development of the city In large cities - 3 zones necessary In small cities - 1 or 2 necessary
- 4. ZONE 1 area having, residential buildings (group A) educational buildings (group B) institutional buildings (group C) assembly buildings (group D) small business (sub division E 1) retail merchantile (group F) or areas which are under development for such industries
- 5. ZONE 2 these shall comprise: Business (E1-E5) industrial buildings (subdivision g1 and G2) or areas under development for such occupancies
- 6. ZONE 3 these shall comprize areas having high hazardous industries(subdivision G3) storage buildings (group H) buildings for hazardous use(group J) or areas under development for such occupancies
- 7. restriction on type of construction building erected in Zone 1 shall conform to Type 1,2,3,or 4 building erected in Zone 2 shall conform to Type 1,2, or 3 building erected in Zone 3 shall conform to Type 1 or 2
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