A1.   All structural members up to and including the floor of the lowest level of discharge of underground buildings more than 7000 mm below or more than two level below the lowest level of exit discharge (i.e. All High depth Underground Buildings or Structures) shall be at least 2 hours fire rated construction.

A2.   The occupancies or Multiple and Mixed occupancies, facilities, buildings and structures having  total height of occupiable or usable space of more than 23 Meters above the lowest grade or lowest level of Fire Service Access into that occupancy is categorized as Highrise Building.

A3.   The occupancies or Multiple and Mixed occupancies, facilities, buildings and structures having total height of occupiable or usable space between 15 Meters to 23 Meters from the lowest grade or lowest level of Fire Service Access into that occupancy is categorized as Midrise Building.

A4.   The occupancies or Multiple and Mixed occupancies, facilities, buildings and structures having total height of occupiable or usable space up to 15 Meters from the lowest grade or lowest level of Fire Service Access into that occupancy is categorized as Low-rise Building.

A5.   A structure or a building with up to two basements or up to 7 m below the level of exit discharge.

A6.   A structure or a building with more than two basements or more than 7 m below the level of exit discharge.

A7.   The Emergency command centre shall be separated from other parts of the same building by compartment walls and floors having fire resistance of at least 1 hour with fire suppression system. Minimum size shall be 8.9 m².

A8.   Fire pumps shall be located on the ground floor or below grade level with protected dedicated access from the fire engine access level.  

A9.   Where multiple pump sets are required in a Highrise building, Intermediate Fire Pumps and Water tanks shall be located at not more than 90 m intervals from the First Fire Pump located at the lowest level of the structure.

A10.   Separation requirement for kitchen could be exempted when all the cooking facilities in the kitchen are fitted with an approved extinguishing system such as Kitchen hood suppression. Separation requirement for kitchen could also be exempted when an eating establishment is separated from other parts of the same building by walls and floors having fire resistance of at least 1 hour and doors having fire resistance of at least half an hour.

A11.   For a non-sprinkler protected building, the floor area of the kitchen compartment shall not exceed 150 m².

A12.   A theater, cinema or concert hall shall be separated from other parts of the same building, which is of a different purpose group, by compartment walls and floors having a fire resistance of at least 2-hour. If the building is protected by an automatic sprinkler system, the fire resistance rating of the compartment walls or floors can be reduced to 1-hour.

A11.   For a non-sprinkler protected building, the floor area of the kitchen compartment shall not exceed 150 m².

A12.   A theater, cinema or concert hall shall be separated from other parts of the same building, which is of a different purpose group, by compartment walls and floors having a fire resistance of at least 2-hour. If the building is protected by an automatic sprinkler system, the fire resistance rating of the compartment walls or floors can be reduced to 1-hour.

A13.   Each hotel bedroom shall be compartmented from adjoining rooms and other parts of the same building by construction having fire resistance rating of at least 1 hour.

A14.   Each labor accommodation bedroom shall be compartmented from adjoining rooms and other parts of the same building by construction having fire resistance rating of at least 1hour.

A15.   Kitchens are only allowed on the ground floor and shall be enclosed with minimum 1-hour fire rated compartment wall, including ½-hour fire rated door. Kitchen shall be separated by 1 hour fire rating and a protected corridor away from the dormitory sleeping area on the ground floor.  

A16.   A motor vehicle workshop shall be separated from any other part of the same building by compartment walls and floors having fire resistance of not less than 2 hours.

A17.   Areas in which spray painting or other allied processes are performed or carried out, shall be separated from other parts of the same building by compartment walls and floors having fire resistance of not less than 2 hours. Spray painting booths shall have built in vapor extraction system.

A18.   Where a cold room has a floor area exceeding 20 m², a separate outer layer of noncombustible construction, including the door, having minimum 1-hour fire resistance rating (with sprinkler), shall be provided to compartmentalize the cold room enclosure from other areas. Provision of the fire resisting outer layer enclosure, including the fire door to the cold room would not be required if the cold room has a floor area not exceeding 20 m² and is sprinkler protected. The storage materials shall not include highly flammable chemicals. Cold room lesser than 20 m² provided with at least one hour fire rating compartment, need not be provided with sprinklers provided that the storage shall not include flammable materials.