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| Name of Department/Committee : | CED 46 | ||||
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| Document Number : | CED 46 ( 26992) | ||||
| Document Title [English] : | National Building Code of India Part 4 Fire and Life Safety | ||||
| Document Title [Hindi] : | भारतीय राष्ट्रीय भवन संहिता भाग 4 अग्नि सुरक्षा एवं जीवन की सुरक्षा | ||||
| Document Type : | Revision | ||||
| Language : | English | ||||
| Priority : | 3 | ||||
| ICS Code : | 01.120: 91.040.01 | ||||
| Date of Project Approval : | 19-01-2024 | ||||
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| Group : | Civil Engineering Design and Construction |
| Sub Group : | Construction practices, measurement and management |
| Sub Sub Group : | NBC of India |
| Aspects : | Others |
| Risk : | High |
| Certification : | Not Certifiable |
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| Degree of Equivalence : | Indigenous |
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| 1 | In this current revision, the following significant changes have been made: a) Table 7 on minimum fire fighting requirements for various occupancies has been reviewed and linked with actual water requirement to be determined as be hydraulic calculations based on the respective Indian Standards. b) Mixed occupancies have been clarified by defining incidental occupancies to main occupancies, in clause 3.11. c) Fire resistance rating of roofs located over 6.7 m has been reviewed , in Table 1, specifying the requirements in cases where services, cable trays, etc run in the intermediate height. d) Occupant load factor for various Assembly occupancy in Table 3 has been clarified, also with respect to the net or gross floor area. e) Requirements of fire exits have been clarified in clause 4. f) Fire protection of commercial kitchen have been elaborated through reference to the detailed Indian Standard, IS 18271. g) A new Annex on Datacentres has been included. | |
| 2 | h) Annex J on Fire and life safety requirements for metro stations has been elaborated. i) Annex K on Fire and life safety requirements for metro trainways has been updated. j) A new Annex N on performance based design is introduced. | |
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