National Building Code of India (NBC) is published by Bureau of Indian Standards and it is a recommendatory document. However, once incorporated in State Fire Service Acts, National Building Code of India becomes a binding document.
NBC has been continuously amended and revised to adapt and grow with technological advancements, the time line is as under;
The latest edition of code i.e. NBC -2016 contains guidelines related to – Administration, Development Control Rules, General Building Requirements, Fire & Life Safety, Building Materials, Structural Design, Construction Management, Building Services, Plumbing Services, Landscape Development, Sustainability, Asset and Facility Management. Team Firepedia is providing quick summary of NBC parts containing fire safety aspects in below mentioned table:
| Part | Title | Aspects | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 2 | ADMINISTRATION | |||
| Qualifications of building plans scrutinizing and inspecting officials. | ||||
| Building plans and details | ||||
| Part 3 | DEVELOPMENT CONTROL RULES AND GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS | |||
| Minimum road width and turning radius for Fire Tenders. | ||||
| Width and height of entrance gates for fire tenders. | ||||
| Fire tender paths around podium | ||||
| Part 4 | FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY | |||
| Fire Prevention | ||||
| Life Safety | ||||
| Fire Protection | ||||
| Occupancy-wise requirements | ||||
| Part 8 | BUILDING SERVICES Section 2 Electrical and Allied Installations | Location of Electrical Sub-stations and Generating Sets | ||
| Requirement of electrical supply for fire & emergency services | ||||
| BUILDING SERVICES Section 3 Air Conditioning, Heating and Mechanical Ventilation | Modern system of mechanical ventilation for industries, commercial kitchens, underground car-parking, tunnels connecting underground metro stations | |||
| Air Changes Per Hour (ACPH) requirements | ||||
| BUILDING SERVICES Section 5 Installation of Lifts & Escalators | Fire rating requirements of lifts / segregation of lifts | |||
| Requirement of fire lifts as per height of building | ||||
| Fire protection requirements for escalators | ||||
| Part 9 | "PLUMBING SERVICES Section 4 Gas Supply" | |||
| Installation of gas piping, fire stopping | ||||
| Storage/use of LPG/PNG/Medical gases and required fire protection | ||||
| Part 12 | ASSET AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT | Maintenance requirement of fire fighting systems | ||
Click on link given below for more details;
https://bis.gov.in/index.php/standards/technical-department/national-building-code/