General instruction for the Fire Fighting Floor Plan
(Approval of Fire Safety Plan and Issuance of NOC)
Required Documents:
Fire Fighting Floor Plan; Four (04) sets in book format (The Plan must be prepared by enlisted engineering firms in FSCD, and
The undertaking in Treasury Stamp of BDT 300/- stating that the building shall be constructed by following Bangladesh National Building Codes (BNBC) and Fire Prevention & Extinction Act, 2003.
General Instructions:
1. Factory Forwarding Letter in the company’s latter head pad with the seal and representative sign.
2. Each letter & dimension as well as drawing should be visible.
3. The drawing cover page shall include Factory Name, Address, FSCD Enlisted Engineering Firms name & Address
4. The Undertaking given by the Owner of the enlisted Consulting Firm on the prepared Fire Safety Plan for approval of Fire Safety Plan
5. Each page of Fire Fighting Floor Plan to be sealed and signed by the following designated person:
I. Factory owner II. Owner of the enlisted engineering Firm. III. Engineer and Architect. (Fire Fighting Floor Plan shall be signed by the same architect who is signing on the proposed drawing for building approval) IV. Fire Professional.
N: B- The Fire Professional shall be considered who has completed minimum three-year service in Fire Service and Civil Defiance and he must be the first-class officer.
The Items to be included in the Fire Fighting Floor Plan
1. Basement Floor Plan:
• Basement floor shall not be used as a store/warehouse except car parking
• Ventilation must be included in Basement Floor Plan
• Generator, Switchgear, Substation, Boiler Room shall not be kept in the basement except Pump Room
• Ramp Slop of the basement must be 1:8
• Basement stair must have 20 meters consecutively
• Separation system must have in case of exceeding basement floor area 750 sqm
• Adequate lighting in the basement and automated sprinkler must have for each 100 square feet
2. Ground Floor Plan:
• Generator, Switchgear, Substation and Fire Control Room must be in the ground floor
• Generator, Switchgear, Substation and Fire Control Room must be separated with 4 hours fire rated wall and 2 hours fire rated door and the size of the room along with KVA must be stated in the Plan
• Generator, Switchgear, Substation Room must be protected with F.M-200 Suppression System
• Fire Brigade connection at the ground floor having diameter (63 millimeter)
• All stairs shall be started from the ground floor and opened at the top floor
3. Other Floor Plans:
• One portable Fire Extinguisher for the floor size of 1000 sq. feet and exceeding 1000 sq. feet one additional portable Fire Extinguisher must be kept in each floor
• Portable Fire Extinguisher shall be kept on the place of emergency way and the easily accessible location
• The ration of DCP and CO2 shall be 70:30 inside the portable Fire Extinguisher
• Smoke/heat/multidetector must be installed in each floor
• Sprinkler Head must be installed 1 in each 100 sq. feet floor area and additional 1 for exceeding 100 sq. feet floor area
• Sufficient no. of emergency light, strobe light, alarm bell, manual call point and exit signage arrangement must be installed in each floor
• One 38 mm hose reel connection for each 10000 sq. feet floor area and additional one 38 mm hose reel connection must be installed for exceeding 10000 sq. feet
• Internal hydrant connection of having 63 mm dia along with Landing Bulb in the lobby of stair in each floor
4. Roof Plan:
• Drainage slop of rooftop rainwater shall be 1:200
• Lightning Arrestor management must be on the roof (20 meters consecutively)
• Aviation Light must have in case of exceeding 150 feet
• Lift Machine Room and the marking way of entry alongside overhead water reservoir on roof 5. Safety Lobby:
• 4 hours fire rated wall with all fire stairs and fire lift and protected safety lobby with 2 hours fire rated door must have. All safety lobby must have Positive Air Pressurized 6. Pump Room:
• 1 main, 1 standby and jockey pump must be in the Pump Room • Pump GPM must be stated in plan
• The Pump Suction and Positive Suction must have in the Pump Room 7. Fire Stair:
• All fire stairs are protected with 4 hours fire rated wall and 2 hours fire rated door and Positive Air Pressure
• The wide of the fire stair shall not be less than minimum 1.5m
8. Raiser Diagram:
• Standpipe Raiser Diameter must be included in the plan
• The area and capacity of the reservoir of the underground and overhead water Page 38 of 41
• Pump layout, fire brigade connection with ground floor, hose reel 38 mm at every floor and internal hydrant point of 63mm must be included 9. Boiler Room:
• Boiler Room must be outside of the building and must be protected with 4 hours fire rated RCC wall and 2 hours fire rated door 10. Road:
• The wide of front road of the building must be minimum 9 meter and minimum 4.5- meter-wide road must be surrounding the building. 11. Assembly Area:
• Assembly area must be identified in the Fire Fighting Plan N.B. Plan Scale shall be 1:100, A-2 size paper. Each building shall be named individually in case of more than one building (like: Building no.-1, Building no.-2, Building no.-3 etc.) and the showing of the plan of the first building from basement to roof top then the plan of the 2nd building and subsequent.