Building Code of Pakistan – Fire Safety Provision (2016)
LIST OF SOME BASIC CHAPTERS TO FOLLOW IN RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PREMISES AS PER NFPA (USA) & “Building Code of Pakistan – Fire Safety Provision – 2016
National Fire Protection Associates of Pakistan (NFPAP) is an organization working for improvement of fire & safety culture in Pakistan. For this purpose, NFPAP is working in different aspects with intention to increase knowledge and awareness of fire & safety and provide all kind of support in way of design consultancy, standards knowledge, providing fire & safety products and offer services which are technically as per local and international codes and financially competitive for owners of residential, commercial, industrial premises.
To increase awareness of owners of new and existing premises of residential, commercial and industrial we are sharing some basic and important chapters from Building Code of Pakistan – Fire Safety Provision – 2016” which need to be followed by the owners of above mentioned premises to comply fire & safety codes, rules and standards as by following these chapters owners can make their premises compatible against fire & safety which are directly belongs to loss of property and more importantly human life.
2.2 NFPA Standards/Codes
(This chapter brief about NFPA codes and standards according to subject)
Chapter 9 Fire Protection Systems
(This Chapter covering requirements of firefighting systems like)
9.1 General
9.2 Standpipe Systems
9.3 Automatic Sprinklers
9.4 Fire Pumps
9.5 Water Supply
9.6 Portable Fire Extinguishers
9.7 Detection, Alarm, and Communications Systems
9.8 Non-Listed/Non-approved Fire Protection or Suppression Devices and Equipment
Chapter 10 Means of Egress
(This chapter contain information about Egress/Emergency exits)
10.1 Application
10.2 Definitions
10.3 Separation of Means of Egress
10.4 Interior Wall, Ceiling and Floor Finish in Exit Enclosures
10.5 Headroom
10.7 Impediments to Egress
10.8 Means of Egress Reliability
10.9 Means of Egress Components
10.10 Capacity of Means of Egress
10.11 Number of Means of Egress
10.12 Arrangement of Means of Egress
10.13 Discharge from Exits
10.14 Illumination of Means of Egress
10.15 Marking of Means of Egress
10.16 Internal Staircases
10.17 Pressurization of Staircases (Protected Escape Routes)
10.18 External Stairs
10.19 Horizontal Exits
10.20 Fire Tower
10.21 Ramps
10.22 Fire Lifts
Chapter 12 Fire Department Access and Water Supply
(This Chapter Contain Information for Fire Department Access & Water Supply Arrangements for FD)
12.1 General
12.2 Fire Department Access
12.3 Water Supplies
12.4 Fire Flow Requirements for Buildings
12.5 Fire Hydrants
HOW TO FOLLOW & IMPLEMENT FIRE & SAFETY CODE!
Building Code of Pakistan Fire & Safety Provision – 2016 is Federal Government developed codes, rules and standards for each and every kind of building in Pakistan and apply in all federal and provisional regions. The book contains complete information covering in 14 Chapters but we shared above chapters which are basic requirements for all kind of residential, commercial and industrial buildings which should be follow.
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We hope you will consider these standards and codes and will take initiative to implement these codes and rules at your premises to comply your building not according to International and Government policies and rules but also to make you safe from property losses and loss of human life’s which are always at risk without having installations and following up of fire & safety procedures like all around the world.
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