16-01-2014, 12:15 PM
Commentary on National Building Code (Part 4) – Fire and Life Safety
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This part covers the requirements for fire
prevention, life safety and fire protection of
buildings. The code specifies construction,
occupancy and protection features that are
necessary to minimise danger to life and property
from fire.
Automatic Sprinkler System:
Automatic sprinklers have the unique properties of
automatic detection of fire (since they incorpor te
thermo-sensitive devices), control and extin-
guishment of fire by automatically releasing
water of activation in specific patterns and quanti-
ties over designated areas. The system has come
to be universally recognised as the most effective
fire protection installation for the building/premises,
which need protection. Large area, high rise,
assembly,hotels, warehouses, manufacturing facili-
ties and such other buildings, will benefit substan-
tially by its provision.
Building, Height of:
The vertical distance measured in the case of
flat roofs, from the average level of the ground
around and contiguous to the building to the
terrace of the last livable floor of the building
adjacent to the external wall; and in the case of
pitched roof up to the point where the external
surface of the outer wall intersects the finished
surface of the sloping roof, and in the case of
gables facing the road, the mid point between
the eaves level and the ridge. Architectural
features serving no other function except that of
decoration, shall be excluded for the purpose of
measuring heights