1. NATIONAL BUILDING CODE 2016
M.V. Deshmukh
Director Govt. Affairs, Fire Safe India Foundation

2. What is National Building Code About
Deals with building features to enhance Life and Fire safety.
Provides elaborate clauses with regard to Life safety and appropriate fire fighting capabilities.
Exits in Building versus Importance of Life Safety.
Involvement of Qualified building professionals and Trained Fire Protection Engineers from inception of any project.
Deals with Potential Panic Hazard and measures to minimize Panic and hence control on accidents and also provisions for disaster control.

3. What is National Building Code About (contd)
Flexibility V/S Rigidity i.e. where one shall be rigid and where one can be flexible without diluting the purpose
Limitation of Height and areas of Building for Occupants Safety.
Fire protection systems in place according to the hazards
Requirements of fire safety professionals and staff in readiness at any building to combat fires.

4. EXISTING ANNEXURES – 2005 A - CALORIFIC VALUE OF COMMON MATERIALS
B - CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES
C - FIRE RATING OF BUILDING COMPONENTS
D - FIRE DRILLS AND EVACUATION PROCEDURES
E - ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH RISE BUILDINGS

5. ADDED ANNEXURES 2016 F – ATRIUM G - COMMERCIAL KITCHENS
H - CAR PARKING FACILITIES
J - FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY FOR METRO STATIONS
K - FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY FOR METRO TRAINWAYS
M - FIRE PROTECTION FOR VENTING IN INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

6. Revision of NBC, Part 4
Part 4 of the National Building Code deals with safety from fire and explosion. It specifies classification of buildings and the necessary requirements to minimize danger to life from fire, smoke and fumes or panic before the building or area is evacuated.

7. Classification of Buildings
Group A Residential
Group B Educational
Group C Institutional
Group D Assembly
Group E Business
Group F Mercantile
Group G Industrial
Group H Storage
Group J Hazardous

8. ABSOLUTE SAFETY FROM FIRE IS NOT ATTAINABLE IN PRACTICE
The objective of this part is to specify measures that will provide that degree of safety from fire which can be reasonably achieved.
The Code endeavors to avoid requirements that might involve unreasonable hardships or unnecessary inconvenience or interference with normal use and occupancy of buildings, insist upon compliance with minimum standards for fire safety necessary in public interest.
It is desirable to use such equipment/installation duly certified under the BIS Certifications Marks Scheme.

9. LIFE SAFETY General Exit requirements Occupants Load
Capacities of Exit
Arrangement of Exits
Number of Exits
Doorways
Corridors/Passage ways
Horizontal Exits
Internal Staircases
External Staircases
Pressurization of escape routes
Ramps
Refuge Area
Fire Lifts/Fire Tower
Emergency escape lighting/ Illumination
Fire detection and Warning
Evacuation Procedures

10. Fire Protection Extinguishers Small Bore Hose Reels Dry Riser
Wet Riser
Down comer
Yard Hydrant system
Automatic Sprinkler Installation
Manual Fire Alarm System
Automatic Fire Alarm System
Underground Storage Tank
Terrace Tank
Ground level Pumps
Terrace level Pumps

11. PASSIVE SYSTEMS Sealing Openings in Separating walls and Floors
(for all types of construction)
Fire Stops/Enclosure of Openings
Air-conditioning/Ventilation (Dampers)
Surface of Flame Spread definitions
Glazing/Skylights (Wired Glass)

12. Reaction to Fire & Fire Resistance
Reaction to fire is a material characteristic.
To reduce the probability of an outbreak and consequent growth in fire, where it is not possible to segregate all possible known ignition sources from combustible material, the contents and room lining should be such that they are not easily ignitable and, even if ignition occurs, the ensuing fire will not develop rapidly.

14. TABLE 1 FIRE RESISTANCE RATING OF STRUCTURAL AND NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS

15. Fire Resistance Rating of Structural Elements Clauses 3.3.1 and 3.3.2

16. The Concept of Fire Compartmentation

18. Stack Effect

19. Smoke Effect in the Atrium

29. Proposed Roadmap
Specific norms pertaining to each application area in the revised National Building Codes.
Enforcement of the norms, by regulatory authorities such as Planning Authorities, Fire & Emergency Service.
Acceptance of worldwide test standards, besides British Standard (BS) and American Standard of Testing of Materials (ASTM), by regulatory bodies, like Bureau of Indian Standards and Fire Service.

30. Proposed Roadmap(contd)
Continuing awareness campaign to increase knowledge on the applications, the problems associated and the solutions.
Educating the future Architects, Civil Engineers by incorporating the concept in syllabus of Architectural and Civil Engineering colleges.
More testing institutes in collaboration with international testing institutes.

31. Thank You