Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9514 Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008

RULE 10 FIRE SAFETY MEASURES

Rules 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Titles INTERPRETATION COVERAGE DEFINITION OF TERMS AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF, BFP BFP REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION FIRE BRIGADES, FIRE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS AND FIRE SAFETY PRACTITIONERS ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE BFP FIRE SAFETY ENFORCERS a. Qualifications b. Functions ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF FIRE SAFETY MEASURES FIRE SAFETY MEASURES PROHIBITED ACTS FIRE CODE TAXES, FEES/CHARGES AND FINES ADMINISTRATIVE COURSES OF ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ANNEXES (FORMS)

9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

CHAPTER 1 COVERAGE CHAPTER 2 FIRE SAFETY IN BUILDINGS CHAPTER 3 FIRE SAFETY FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CHAPTER 4 FIRE SAFETY FOR HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS CHAPTER 5 MISCELLANEOUS a

DIVISION 1 SCOPE DIVISION 2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS DIVISION 3 CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY DIVISION 4 HAZARDS OF BUILDINGS DIVISION 5 MEANS OF EGRESS DIVISION 6 FEATURES OF FIRE PROTECTION DIVISION 7 BUILDING SERVICE EQUIPMENT DIVISION 8 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 9 EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 10 HEALTH CARE OCCUPANCIES

DIVISION 11 DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 12 RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 13 MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 14 BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 15 INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 16 STORAGE OCCUPANCIES DIVISION 17 MISCELLANEOUS STRUCTURES DIVISION 18 OPERATING FEATURES DIVISION 19 SPECIAL PROVISION FOR HIGHRISE BUILDINGS DIVISION 20 AERODOME FACILITIES

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4

Scope Fire Safety Clearance General Requirements Specific Requirements STORAGE AND HANDLING FIRE PROTECTION FIRE CLEARANCE

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4

Scope Fire Safety Clearance General Requirements Specific Requirements SOLID

Sec. 10.3.4.1

Sec. 10.3.4.1.1 - Cellulose Nitrate Plastic (Pyroxylin) Sec. 10.3.4.1.2 - Combustible Fibers Sec. 10.3.4.1.3 - Combustible Commodities Sec. 10.3.4.1.4 - Matches Sec. 10.3.4.1.5 - Magnesium

Division 1 Division 2

Scope Fire Safety Clearance

Division 3
Division 4

General Requirements
Specific Requirements LIQUID

Sec. 10.3.4.2

Sec. 10.3.4.2.1
Sec. 10.3.4.3 Sec. 10.3.4.3.1 Sec. 10.3.4.3.2 Sec. 10.3.4.3.3 Sec. 10.3.4.3.4

- Flammable and Combustible Liquids

GAS - Cryogenic Fluids - Medical & Related Compressed Gases - Liquefied Petroleum Gases - Compressed Natural Gases as Vehicle Fuel

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4

Sec. 10.3.4.4

Scope Fire Safety Clearance General Requirements Specific Requirements

OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS CHEMICALS Scope Oxiding Materials Radioactive Materials Potentially Explosive Materials Organic Peroxides Nitromethane Ammonium Nitrate Highly Toxic Materials Poisonouos Gases Corrosive Liquids &

Sec. 10.3.4.4.1 Sec. 10.3.4.4.2 Sec. 10.3.4.4.3 Sec. 10.3.4.4.4 Sec. 10.3.4.4.5 Sec. 10.3.4.4.6 Sec. 10.3.4.4.7 Sec. 10.3.4.4.8 Sec. 10.3.4.4.9 Sec. 10.3.4.4.10

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7

Scope Salvage Yards Bowling Alleys Resurfacing and Refinishing Dust Producing Machines Explosives, Ammunition and Blasting Agents Fireworks Application of Flammable Finishes

Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7

Scope Salvage Yards Bowling Alleys Resurfacing and Refinishing Dust Producing Machines Explosives, Ammunition and Blasting Agents Fireworks Application of Flammable Finishes

Division 8 Division 9

Division 10 Division 11 Division 12 Division 13 Division 14

Ripening Processes Fumigation and Thermal Insecticidal Fogging Repair Garages Lumber Yards and Wood Working Facilities Mechanical Refrigeration Motion Picture Projection Oil-Burning Equipment

F/Insp Jan Garry D Lunas, RME, Ph.D.

Division 15 Division 16 Division 17 Division 18

Organic Coatings Industrial Ovens Hotworks Operations Safeguarding Building Construction, Demolition and Alteration Operations

* Construction * Operation * Protection And Maintenance

Division 1 Water and Waste Water Treatment Plants Division 2 Smoking Division 3 Manufacture and Sale Of Fire Extinguishers Division 4 Open Burning Division 5 Incinerators Division 6 Use of Equipment, Appliances, Devices and Vacant Buildings Division 7 Urban And Rural Pre-fire Planning

I - Classification of Occupancy

1. Assembly Assembly occupancies include all buildings or portions of buildings used for gathering together of fifty (50) or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, worship, entertainment, eating, drinking, amusement, awaiting transportation, or similar uses.
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Assembly Occupancy

Examples: 1. theaters; 2. assembly halls; 3. auditorium; 4. exhibition halls; 5. museum; 6. restaurants; 7. drinking establishments; 8. places of worship;

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9. classrooms of 50 persons and over capacity; 10. libraries; 11. internet shops of over 50 persons capacity; 12. dance halls; 13. club rooms; 14. skating rinks; 15. gymnasiums;

Assembly Occupancy
16. cockpit arenas; 17. bowling facilities; 18. pool rooms; 19. armories; 20. passenger stations and terminals of air, surface, underground, and marine public transportation FIRE SAFETY IS OUR MAIN facilities; CONCERN 21. Recreational facilities; 22. piers; 23.court-rooms; 24.conference rooms; and 25. mortuary chapels or funeral homes.

Assembly Occupancy
* Restaurants and drinking establishments with an occupant load of less than 50 persons shall be classified as mercantile occupancies.
Occupancy of any room or space for assembly purposes by less than fifty (50) persons in a building of other occupancy and incidental to such other occupancy shall be classified as part of the other occupancy and subject to the provisions applicable thereto.

I - Classification of Occupancy

2. Educational
Educational occupancies include all buildings or portions thereof used for the gathering of group of six (6) or more persons for purposes of instruction.

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Educational Occupancy Examples: 1. Schools; 2. Universities; 3. Colleges; 4. Academies; 5. Nursery schools; 6. Kindergartens; and 7. Child Day Care facilities.
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I - Classification of Occupancy

3. Health Care
Health care facilities are those used for purposes of medical or other treatment or care of persons where such occupants are mostly incapable of self preservation because of age, physical or mental disability, or because of security measures not under the occupants control.
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I - Classification of Occupancy

4. Detention and Correctional

Detention and correctional buildings are those used to house one or more persons under varied degrees of restraint or security where such occupants are mostly incapable of self-preservation because of security measures not under the occupants control.

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Health Care Occupancy Examples: 1. hospitals; 2. nursing homes; 3. birth centers; and 4. residential custodial care centers such as nurseries, homes for the aged and the like.

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Detention and Correctional Occupancy Examples 1. correctional institutions, 2. detention facilities, 3. community residential centers, 4. training schools, 5. work camps, and 6. substance abuse centers where occupants are confined or housed under some degree of restraint or security.
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I - Classification of Occupancy

5. Residential
Residential occupancies are those occupancies in which sleeping accommodations are provided for normal residential purposes and include all buildings designed to provide sleeping accommodations.
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Residential Occupancy
Examples 1. hotels; 2. motels; 3. apartelles; 4. pension houses; 5. inns; 6. apartments; 7. condominiums; 8. dormitories; 9. lodging or rooming houses; 10. and one- and two-family dwellings

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I - Classification of Occupancy

6. Mercantile
Mercantile occupancies include stores, markets, and other rooms, buildings, or structures for the display and/or sale of merchandise.

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Mercantile Occupancy
Examples: 1. malls; 2. supermarkets; 3. department stores; 4. shopping centers; 5. flea markets; 6. restaurants of less than 50 persons capacity; 7. public/private dry and wet markets; 8. water refilling stations; 9. drugstores; 10. hardwares/construction supplies; 11. showrooms; and 12. auction rooms.

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I - Classification of Occupancy 7. Business

Business buildings are those used for the transaction of business other than that covered under Mercantile, for the keeping of accounts and records and similar purposes.

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Business Occupancy Examples: 1. offices for lawyers; doctors; dentists and other professionals; 2. general offices; 3. City/Municipal halls; 4. internet shops; 5. massage parlors, 6. beauty parlors, 7. barbershops of less than 50 occupants; and 8. court houses;

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I - Classification of Occupancy 8. Industrial

Industrial occupancies include factories that make products of all kinds and properties which shall include but not limited to product processing, assembling and disassembling, mixing, packaging, finishing or decorating, repairing and material recovery
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Industrial Occupancy

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Examples: 1. factories of all kinds; 2. laboratories; 3. dry cleaning plants; 4. power plants; 5. pumping stations; 6. smokehouses; 7. gas plants; 8. refineries; 9. sawmills, 10. laundries; and 11. Creameries.

I - Classification of Occupancy 9. Storage

Storage occupancy includes all buildings or structures utilized primarily for the storage or sheltering of goods, merchandise, products, vehicles, or animals.

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Storage Occupancy
Examples: 1. warehouses; 2. cold storages; 3. freight terminals; 4. truck and marine terminals; 5. bulk oil storage; 6. LPG storage; 7. parking garages; 8. hangars; 9. grain elevators; 10. barns; and 11. Stables.

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I - Classification of Occupancy
10. Mixed Occupancies Refers to two or more classes of occupancies occurring/ located/ situated/ existing in the same building and/or structures so intermingled that separate safeguards are impracticable.

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I - Classification of Occupancy
11. Miscellaneous

This class of occupancy includes buildings or structure which cannot be properly classified in any of the preceding occupancy groups.
Examples: Towers, Windowless and Underground Buildings, Piers and Water-Surrounded Structures and Immobilized Vehicles and Vessels.
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Mixed Occupancy The means of egress shall be sufficient to meet exit requirements for the occupants of each individual room or section, and for the maximum occupant load of the entire building. Fire safety construction, protective and warning systems and other safeguards shall met requirements of the most hazardous occupancy.
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I - Classification of Occupancy
In case of conflict as to the type or classification of occupancy, the same shall be determined by the Chief, BFP or his duly authorized representative.

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II Means of Egress

1. Protective Enclosure
* three storeys or less one (1) hour; * four or more storeys two (2) hours; * any opening shall be protected by an approved self-closing fire resistive door * no exit enclosure shall be used for other purposes

II Means of Egress
2. Capacity of Means of Egress Area Board and Care Health Care, Sprinklered Health Care, Non Sprinklered High Hazards
Stairways (width per person) mm in Level Components and Ramps (width per person) mm in

10 7.6 15 18

0.4 0.3 0.6 0.7

5 5 13 10

0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4

All Others

7.6

0.3

0.4

II Means of Egress

3. Occupant Load
Shall be determined by dividing the floor area by assigned to that use by the occupant load factor

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II Means of Egress

4. Minimum width
The width of any means of egress shall not be less than nine hundred fifteen millimeters (915 mm) except when specifically provided under Division 8 to Division 17 of this Chapter.

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II Means of Egress
5. Number of means of egress
A.

The number of means of egress from any balcony, mezzanine, storey, or portion thereof shall not be less than two (2), except when specifically permitted in Division 8 through 17 of this Chapter. B. When the occupant load for any storey or portion thereof is more than five hundred (500) but not more than one thousand (1000), the means of egress shall not be less than three (3); in excess thereof, the means of egress shall not be less than four (4).

II Means of Egress
6. Arrangement of means of egress Shall be remote from each other as possible, determined as follows: When two (2) exits or exit access doors are required, they shall be located at a distance from one another not less than one-half (1/2) of the length of the maximum over-all diagonal dimension of the building or area to be served, measured in a straight line between the nearest edge of the exit doors or exit access doors.
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II Means of Egress 6. Arrangement of means of egress In buildings protected throughout by an approved supervised automatic sprinkler system, the minimum separation distance between two exits or exit access doors shall not be less than one-third (1/3) the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the building or area to be served.
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II Means of Egress
7. Travel Distance

The travel distance to an exit shall be measured on the floor or other walking surface along the center line of the natural path of travel, starting from the most remote point subject to occupancy, curving around any corner or construction with a thirty (30) centimeter clearance there from, and ending at the center of the doorway or other point at which the exit begins. Where measurement includes stairs, it shall be taken in the place of the tread nosing.

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II Means of Egress

8. Headroom
Minimum headroom shall not be less than 2 meters.

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II Means of Egress Doors * min width 71 cm clear width * max width 122 cm * provision for re-entry mechanism for four (4) or more storeys in height (every 4 storey) *
NO RE ENTRY PROCEED TO _______ FLOOR AND ________ FLOOR

II Means of Egress Stairs

Table 2: DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW STAIRS

Feature Minimum Width Maximum height of risers Minimum height of risers Minimum tread depth Minimum headroom Maximum height between landings

Dimensional Criteria mm See Table 4 180 100 280 2000 7 4 11 80 in

3660

144

II Means of Egress Stairs

Table 3: DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR EXISTING STAIRS

Feature Minimum width clear of all obstructions, except projections not more than 114 mm (4 in) at or below handrail height on each side Maximum height of risers Minimum tread depth Minimum headroom Maximum height between landings

Dimensional Criteria mm 915 in 36

205 230 2000 3660

8 9 80 144

II Means of Egress Stairs

Table 4: NEW STAIR WIDTH

Total Cumulative Occupant Load Assigned to the Stair <2000 persons

Width mm 1120 in 44

>2000 persons

1420

56

II Means of Egress Stairs Smoke-proof enclosures may be by any of the following means: Natural Ventilation Mechanical Ventilation Stairway Pressurization

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II Means of Egress Ramps

Table 5: DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR NEW RAMPS

Feature

Dimensional Criteria mm in

Minimum width clear of all obstructions, except projections not more than 4 in. (114 mm) at or below handrail height on each side
Maximum slope Maximum cross slope Maximum rise for a single ramp run

1120

44

1 in 12 1 in 48 760 30

II Means of Egress
Fire Escape Stairs
PARTICULARS Minimum widths Minimum horizontal dimension any landing of platform DIMENSIONS 60 cm clear between rails 60 cm

Maximum rise
Minimum tread, exclusive of nosing Tread construction

23 cm
23 cm Solid, 13 mm diameter perforation permitted

Winders (spiral)
Risers Maximum height between landings

None
None 3.66 m

Headroom, minimum
Access to escape Level of access opening Discharge to ground Capacity number of persons

2.00 m
Door or casement windows 61 cm by 1.98 m or double hung windows 76.20 cm by 91.44 cm clear Not over 30.50 cm above floor; steps if higher Swinging stair section permitted 45 per unit* access by door; 20 if access by climbing over window rail

II Means of Egress
Ladders

* No ladder shall be used as a fire escape except in single and two family dwellings and residential apartments of not more than three (3) storey provided that the height shall not exceed nine meters (9m). * For purposes of this subsection, mezzanine floors shall be counted as ordinary floor.

II Means of Egress
Illumination and Marking of Means of Egress. * Emergency lighting facilities shall be arranged to maintain the specified degree of illumination in the event of failure of the normal lighting for a period of at least one and one half (1) hour. All emergency lighting systems installed in accordance with this section shall be properly maintained. Maintenance program shall be documented and incorporated in FALAR 3.

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III Features of Fire Protection Protection of Vertical Openings Every stairway, elevator shaft, light and ventilation shaft, chute and other opening between storeys shall be enclosed or protected to prevent the spread of fire or smoke, except openings of building protected by automatic fire suppression system.
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III Features of Fire Protection Protection of Vertical Openings Exemption: In any building with low or ordinary hazard occupancy protected with approved, supervised sprinkler automatic fire suppressions system, up to three (3) communicating floor levels are permitted without enclosure protection between floors, provided all the following conditions are met:
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III Features of Fire Protection

Protection of Vertical Openings

Exemption: a. The arrangement is permitted by the applicable occupancy section of this Chapter. b. The lowest or next to the lowest level is a street floor;
c. The entire area, including all communicating floor levels, is sufficiently open and unobstructed so that it may be assumed that a fire or other dangerous condition in any part will be immediately obvious to the occupants of all FIRE SAFETY IS OUR MAIN communicating levels and areas; CONCERN

III Features of Fire Protection Protection of Vertical Openings Exemption: d. Exit capacity is sufficient to provide simultaneously for all occupants of all communicating levels and areas, all communicating levels in the same fire area being considered as a single floor area for purposes of determination of required exit capacity;
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III Features of Fire Protection Protection of Vertical Openings Exemption: e. Each floor level, considered separately, has at least one-half of its individual required exit capacity provided by an exit or exits leading directly out of that area without traversing another communicating floor level or being exposed to the spread of fire or smoke therefrom; and
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III Features of Fire Protection

Protection of Vertical Openings Exemption:

f.

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All requirements of this Chapter with respect to interior finish, protection of hazards, construction and other features are fully observed, without waivers, except openings in floors of educational, healthcare, and detention and correctional occupancies shall be enclosed as required in Divisions 9, 10 and 11 of this Chapter, respectively.

III Features of Fire Protection

Fire Detection, Alarm and Communication Systems

1. When a required fire alarm system is out of service for more than 4 hours in a 24hour period, the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction shall be notified within 24 hours, and a fire watch shall be assigned until the fire alarm system has been returned to service.
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III Features of Fire Protection

Fire Detection, Alarm and Communication Systems

2. To ensure operational integrity, the fire alarm system shall have an approved maintenance and testing program which shall be developed by the building management in accordance with internationally accepted standards. Records of conducted maintenance and testing should be maintained and submitted together with FALAR 3 when required by the Chief, BFP or his duly authorized representative.
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III Features of Fire Protection

Fire Detection, Alarm and Communication Systems

3.

A positive alarm sequence may be permitted, provided that it is in accordance with NFPA 72.

4. Notification signals for occupants to evacuate shall be by audible and visible signals in accordance with NFPA 72, or other means of notification subject to the determination and approval of the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction.

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III Features of Fire Protection

Fire Detection, Alarm and Communication Systems

5.

Automatic fire department notification through central station accredited by the BFP shall be mandatory to the following types of occupancy: a. All high rise buildings; b. All hospitals; c. All educational institutions, hotels and apartment buildings (condominium) of at least four (4) storey in height; d. All highly hazardous occupancies; and e. All mall buildings.

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III Features of Fire Protection Automatic Sprinklers 1. All automatic sprinkler and standpipe systems required by this code shall be inspected, tested, and maintained in accordance with NFPA 25. Records of conducted maintenance and testing should be maintained and submitted together with FALAR 3.

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III Features of Fire Protection Automatic Sprinklers 2. Where a required automatic sprinkler system is out of service for more than 4 hours in a 24-hour period, the owner shall notify the nearest fire station immediately upon discovery but not later than 24 hours and a fire watch shall be assigned until the sprinkler system has been returned to service.
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III Features of Fire Protection Dry Standpipe 1. All buildings with required enclosed stairway or smoke-proof enclosure shall have at least one dry standpipe outlet connection located at every floor level landing above the first floor of every required enclosure. No point within a building, requiring dry standpipes, shall be more than forty (40) meters (40 m) travel distance from a dry standpoint outlet connection. FIRE SAFETY
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III Features of Fire Protection Wet Standpipe 1. Wet standpipe system extending from the cellar or basement into the topmost storey shall be required in the following: a. Assembly occupancies with an occupant load exceeding one thousand (1,000);

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III Features of Fire Protection Wet Standpipe

b. Educational, healthcare and detention and correctional, business and mercantile, industrial, and hotels and apartments occupancies, four or more storeys in height, and
c. Hazardous storage and business and mercantile occupancies having a floor area exceeding one thousand eight hundred sixty square meters (1,860 m2) per floor.

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III Features of Fire Protection Portable and Wheeled Fire Extinguishers 1. Class A Hazards
Table 9: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASS A HAZARDS MAX. TRAVEL DISTANCE TO EXTINGUISHER (m) MAX. AREA (OPEN AREA) PER EXTINGUISHER (m2)

TYPE OF HAZARD

MIN. EXTINGUISHER RATING

Low

2-A

15

200

Moderate
High

3-A*
4-A*

12
10

100
75

III Features of Fire Protection Portable and Wheeled Fire Extinguishers 2. Class B Hazards
Table 10: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASS B HAZARDS MINIMUM EXTINGUISHER RATING

TYPE OF HAZARD

MAX. TRAVEL DISTANCE TO EXTINGUISHER (m)

MAX. AREA (OPEN AREA) PER EXTINGUISHER (m2)

Low Moderate High

5-B 10-B 40-B

10 10 10

200 100 75

III Features of Fire Protection 3. Class C Hazards Fire extinguishers with Class C ratings shall be required where energized electrical equipment can be encountered that would require a non-conducting extinguishing medium.

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