Document Details
Name of Department/Committee : CED 46
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
Standards to be Revised :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 SP 7: 2016
Standards to be Superseded :
Sl.No. Is No & Year
1 SP 7: 2016


Classification Details
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
Short Commom Man's Title :
ITCHS Code :
Ministry :
  • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Sustainable development Goals :
  • GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING
Degree of Equivalence : Indigenous
Identical/Equivalent Standards :
Organization Type:

Sl.No. Synosis Points
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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1 28-11-2024 28-04-2025 13-07-2025 28-11-2025 S ARUN KUMAR 28-11-2024