CLASS OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER
CLASS OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER | ||||||
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Sr. No. | Type of Occupancy | Nature of Occupancy | Class of Fire | Typical Example | ||
1 | Residential Buildings | LH LH MH |
Class A Class C Class A |
Lodging or Rooming, One or Two Family houses, Private dwellings, dormitories, apartment houses, flats upto 4 star hotels etc. Small Kitchen having LPG connection, Electrical heaters etc. Multi-storeyed buildings, multi-risk buildings, five star hotels etc. |
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2 | Educational Buildings | LH | Class A | Tutorials, Vocational training institutes, evening colleges, commercial industries | ||
3 | MH | Class A | Schools. Colleges etc. | |||
4 | Institutional Buildings | MH | Class A | Hospitals, sanatoria, homes for aged, orphanage jails etc. | ||
5 | Assembly Building D-1 | HH MH MH LH |
Class A Class A Class A Class A |
Theatres, assembly halls, exhibition halls, museums, restaurants places of worship, club rooms, dance halls etc having seating capacity of over 100 persons. Theatres, assembly halls, exhibition halls, museums, restaurants places of worship, club rooms, dance halls etc having seating capacity of over 1000 persons. Theatres, assembly halls, exhibition halls, museums, restaurants places of worship, club rooms, dance halls etc but having accommodation for more than 300 persons, but less than 1000 Persons, with no permanent seating arrangement. Theatres, assembly halls, exhibition halls, museums, restaurants places of worship, club rooms, dance halls etc but having accommodation less than 300 and those not covered under D-1 to D-3. |
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6 | Business Buildings E-1 | SH MH SH |
Class A Class B Class A |
Offices, banks, record rooms, archives, libraries, data processing centres etc. Laboratories, research establishment, test houses etc. Computer installations. |
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7 | Mercantile buildings | MH | Class A | Shops, Stores, markets, departmental stores, underground shopping centres etc. | ||
8 | Industrial Buildings | LH MH HH MH LH HH HH HH |
Class A Class A Class A Class B Class B Class B Class C Class D |
Small industrial units. Corrugated carton manufacturing units, Paper cane units, packing case manufacturing units, cotton waste manufacturing units. Large number yards, saw mills, godowns and warehouses storing combustible materials, cold storages, freight depots etc. Demonstration chemical plants, small Chemical processing plants, pilot plants etc. Workshops, painting shops, large kitchens, industrial canteens, generator rooms heat treatment shops, thread rubber manufacturing units, petrol bunks, tubes and flaps units etc. Petroleum processing units, chemical plants, industrial alcohol plants, effluents treatment plants etc. Fertiliser plants, petrochemical plants, LPG bottling plants etc. All processes involving use of combustible highly flammable materials, reactive metal and alloys, including their storage. |
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9 | Storage Buildings | MH HH MH HH |
Class B Class B Class C Class C |
Flammable liquid stores, storage in drums and cans in open, paints and varnishes godown Tank Farms, Chemical and petroleum bulk storage depot, large service station, truck and marine terminals, underground LO/furnace oil storage yards etc. LPG distribution godown/office, distribution storage godowns/offices of D, N, H, Argon and other industrial gases. Storage and handling of gas cylinder in bulk, gas plant, gas holder (Horton), spheres etc. |
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Notes 1. LH – Low Hazard. 2. MH – Medium Hazard. 3. HH – High Hazard. 4. SH – Special Hazard. |
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Application per Area
RECOMMENDED SCALE OF EXTINGUISHER TO BE INSTALLED | ||||||
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CLASS - A FIRE | ||||||
Sr. No. | Item Description | Rating | Extinguisher per Area | Quantity | A Type Fire For | Remarks |
1 | 1 KG ABC Stored Pressure Type | 1A 21B | 100 m² | 1 | Such as Wood, Paper, Plastics, Where the cooling effect of water is essential for extinction of fire | Each Extinguisher Should be available in 15 m Radius |
2 | 2 KG ABC Stored Pressure Type | 1A 21B | 100 m² | 1 | ||
3 | 4 KG ABC Stored Pressure Type | 2A 55B | 200 m² | 1 | ||
4 | 6 KG ABC Stored Pressure Type | 4A 144B | 200 m² | 1 | ||
5 | 9 KG ABC Stored Pressure Type | 6A 183B | 200 m² | 1 | ||
OR | ||||||
1 | 06 Ltr Water Stored Pressure Type | 3A | 200 m² | 1 | ||
2 | 09 Ltr Water Stored Pressure Type | 4A | 200 m² | 1 |
CLASS - B FIRE | ||||||
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Sr. No. | Item Description | Rating | Extinguisher per Area | Quantity | A Type Fire For | Remarks |
1 | 1 KG BC Stored Pressure Type | 21B | 100 m² | 1 | Such as Flamable Liquieds, Gasoline, Grease, Liquefiable Solid or the like where a blanketing effect is essential. | Each Extinguisher Should be available in 15 m Radius |
2 | 2 KG BC Stored Pressure Type | 21B | 100 m² | 1 | ||
3 | 4 KG BC Stored Pressure Type/td> | 55B | 200 m² | 1 | ||
4 | 6 KG BC Stored Pressure Type | 144B | 200 m² | 1 | ||
5 | 9 KG BC Stored Pressure Type | 183B | 200 m² | 1 | ||
OR | ||||||
1 | 06 Ltr Mechanical Foam Stored Pressure Type | 3A 89B | 200 m² | 1 | ||
2 | 09 Ltr Mechanical Foam Stored Pressure Type | 4A 144B | 200 m² | 1 |
CLASS - C FIRE | ||||||
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Sr. No. | Item Description | Rating | Extinguisher per Area | Quantity | A Type Fire For | Remarks |
1 | 02 Kg Carbon Dioxide Type | 21B | 100 m² | 1 | For Live Electrical Euipments | Each Extinguisher Should be available in 10 m Radius |
2 | 03 Kg Carbon Dioxide Type | 34B | 100 m² | 1 | ||
3 | 4.5 Kg Carbon Dioxide Type | 55B | 100 m² | 1 |