Section 101(21) in Andhra Pradesh Fire Prevention And Safety Measures For High-Rise Hospital Buildings Rules, 2011
21.0Fire Management - (a) Fire Control Room:- Fire control room shall be established on the ground floor, near the entrance and shall be manned round the clock.[Prior to its substitution it read as below:"Fire Station: The builder shall provide a Fire Station on a suitable plot measuring 1000sq.y with (i) onetime Non-Recurring cost of Building, Water Tender & Equipment and a Hydraulic platform with 54.0 meters. Working height and (ii) Recurring cost of salaries, POL, etc., for 5 years as processing fee".[(b) (i) The world class integrated building management system (BMS) shall have to be established with most modern automatic fire safety and life safety systems and equipments.(ii)The builder has to contribute 25% cost of the establishment and strengthening of the jurisdiction of Fire station under private and public partnership model.(iii)The Fire Service and Disaster Management Department will evolve a public private model code within 2 months on ratification by the Government of Andhra Pradesh it will be part of this clause and will be binding on all Hospitals.](c)Fire Officer and Crew:- A Fire Officer with experience of not less than 3 years in Government / public Sector undertakings / corporate Sector in the rank of Station Fire Officer or above shall be available on the premises along with security personnel trained in firefighting and rescue for purposes of maintaining fire safety systems in trim working condition at all times and to conduct training in first aid firefighting and fire drills. The Fire Officer with trained fire personnel shall respond to all emergency calls in the Hospital round the clock(d)Fire Safety Plan:- (NFPA 101 (18.7.2.1) - Fire Safety plan should be developed by the management and should be approved by the Director General of Fire and Emergency Services before occupancy. The following shall be provided in the written Fire safety Plan to train response teams, maintenance staff, nursing staff and fire wardens.(i)The use of alarms(ii)Staff response to alarms(iii)Fire Confinement(iv)Occupant evacuation of the immediate area(v)Occupant evacuation of Individual smoke compartment(vi)Total building evacuation(vii)Fire extinguishment.(e)Building Evacuation Supervisor:- The Owner/Occupier shall appoint a Building Evacuation Supervisor for conducting and documenting results of periodical Fire Drills for compliance of timed egress provisions in the NBC.(f)Fire Drills:- Fire drills shall be conducted once in every month and shall include the employees and staff members of all shifts. Fire Drills shall include assignment of staff to close doors where necessary to prevent spread of smoke or fire, to search the lavatories or other rooms, to account for all occupants, to achieve prompt, quiet, orderly evacuation of the building or relocation to area of refuge, (refer Annexure - E part - 4 of NBC of India, 2005).
