Fire safety is an essential component of building safety. Measures taken to Prevent and reduce the likelihood of a fire, which may result in death, injury or property damage are Fire Safety measures.
Life and Fire safety systems installed in commercial, industrial and public buildings for the safety of occupants in the event of fire or emergency are the essential fire safety measures.
Buildings shall be planned, designed and constructed to ensure fire safety in accordance with National Building Code of India. The schemes of buildings shall also be approved by the Chief Fire Officer.
Important Fire safety measures are-
Following are the basic fire safety measures required in any multi-storey building as per the National Building Code(NBC):
Even though NBC makes all the above mentioned measures mandatory, majority of multi storey buildings continue to ignore these. Some buildings lack even basic fire safety systems like a fire extinguisher.
These fire safety measures have been violated by many architects due to poor administration by the authorities.
Though the buildings are required to obtain NOC from the fire department, There is no statutory provision for continued verification of adherence to these requirement which leads to malfunctioning in the structure by the builders.
There is no provision for the inspection of buildings for verification of fire safety measures and their functioning in later years. Builders often change the fire safety structure set up at the time of construction to make additions or for new structures.
Those who purchase apartments and occupy them are usually unaware of the provisions regarding fire safety which have to be maintained by the builders as per NBC.
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