COMMAND STATION:
•Command
station on the ground floor shall be provided with a detailed floor plan of the
entire building including detailed locations of all first aid fire fighting
equipment and other pertinent information.
•Command
stations shall be adequately illuminated.
FIRE
DRILLS:
•Fire
drill shall be conducted quarterly (4 times a year) in existing buildings as
detailed under the Fire Safety Plan for the first two years from the data of
enforcement of this Code.
•For
new buildings, the period of 2 years shall be counted from the beginning of
occupancy of the building. After this initial period of 2 years, fire drill
shall be conducted twice a year in all buildings.
•All
occupants of the buildings shall participate in the fire drill and the building
service employees including fire warden and his/her staff shall actively help
the inmates in the process of drill.
•A
record of such drills shall be kept in
writing for at least 3 years for the inspection of fire brigade whenever called
for.
Fire Safety Plan:
A fire safety plan shall be developed and
must have the approval of the local Fire Department regarding its adequacy.
Once the plan is accorded after approval
by the Fire Department, the plan shall be distributed to all the employees.
All major changes in the safety plan
shall be promptly reported to Fire Department for their approval.
Fire Safety Plan elaborates the purpose
and objective of the plan with details of personnel and their duties and fire
drilling and evacuation plan.
Fire Safety Plan starts with the
location, address of the building with telephone number and details of any
other communication facilities available within the building.
Purpose of the plan is to explain details
of systematic safe and orderly evacuation of a part or whole of the building by
its occupants in case of fire/emergency in the shortest possible time to a safe
area through the safe means of egress.
It also details out the use of in-built
facilities of fire warning and fire fighting like fire alarm, first aid hose
etc. to safeguard the lives of the inmates of the building.
Objective of the plan is to provide
continued education to the inmates and the fire command personnel and keep the
people oriented to the in-built equipment in readiness to act in the event of
fire. The plan shall be rehearsed through fire drill and the written plans
containing instruction shall be updated if needed and use of the in-built
equipment along with initiating fire safety procedure to safeguard life in case
of fire until the fire brigade arrives.
Fire command crew may be composed of
personnel like Fire Safety Director, Deputy Fire Safety Director, Fire Wardens
and Deputy Fire Wardens. Number of these people shall be dependent on the size
and number of inmates living within the building.
FIRE SAFETY DIRECTOR:
Qualifications and experience: Depending on the size and complexity of
the building, the Director shall be a person of proven capability, having good
training and schooling with adequate experience in dealing with fire.
Preference may be given to retired Fire Department personnel.
Duties of Fire Safety Director: shall
primarily include but not be limited to the following:
1.Shall be well conversant with the written
fire safety plan for the fire drill and evacuation procedures.
2.Shall be in charge of selecting qualified building service
employees for the fire command and
engage in organizing, training and supervising the works of command crew.
3.Shall be responsible to conduct fire and
evacuation drill.
Shall be responsible for the availability
and state of preparedness of fire command crew during emergencies.
Shall be responsible for the assignment
and training of Fire Warden on floor supported by adequate number of Deputy
Fire Wardens as detailed out in the fire safety plan.
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