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[Cites 0, Cited by 0] [Section 47] [Entire Act]

State of Punjab - Subsection

Section 47(2) in Punjab Urban Planning and Development Building Rules, 2018

(2)Classification of risk based industrial building. - The provisions for site inspection of risk based industrial building(s) are as per table given below:
Table 56 Classification of risk basedindustrial building
Category Nature of risk Designated officer for site Inspection
Low risk This subdivision shall include any building inTown which the contents are of such comparative lowcombustibility and the industrial processes or operationsconducted therein are of such a nature that there is hardly anypossibility for any self-propagating fire to occur and the onlyconsequent danger to life and property may arise from panic,fumes or smoke, or fire from some external source. Assistant Planner/Assistant Engineer/Senior Divisional Engineer
Medium risk This subdivision shall include any building inwhich the contents or industrial processes or operationsconducted therein are liable to give rise to a fire which willburn with moderate rapidity or result in other hazardoussituation and may give off a considerable volume of smoke, butfrom which neither toxic fumes nor explosions are to be feared inthe event of fire. District Town Planner/Executive Engineer.
High risk This subdivision shall include any building inwhich the contents or industrial processes or operationsconducted therein are liable to give rise to a fire which willburn with extreme rapidity or result in other hazardous situationor from which poisonous fumes or explosions are to be feared inthe event of a fire. Senior Town Planner/ Senior Engineer.
Hazard of occupancy shall be determined by the competent authority on the basis of the fire loads of the contents, and the processes or operations conducted in the building, provided, however, that where the combustibility of the material, the flame spread rating of the interior finish or other features of the building or structure are such as to involve a hazard greater than the occupancy hazard, the greater degree of hazard shall govern the classification.
(a)For determination of fire loads and fire load density for arriving at the classification of occupancy hazard, guidance on calorific values of some common materials is given at Annexure A of part IV of the National Building Code of India, 2016.
(b)A broad classification of industrial occupancies into low, moderate and high hazard classes is given at Annexure B of part IV of the National Building Code of India, 2016.