Department of Delhi Fire Services
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi

Yes, but only for the buildings covered under rule 27 of Delhi Fire Service Rules 2010 and Bye–Law 2.8 of UBBL 2016. The fire safety guidelines/ recommendations clearly specify as to what type of fire and life safety systems are to be installed in the building.

For buildings more than 24 meters in height, the refuge area as per bye-law 9.3.6 of UBBL-2016  is required to be provided.

The list is as under;

1. Residential buildings (other than hotels and guest houses) having height more than 15 meters or having ground plus four upper stories including mezzanine floor.
2. Hotels and guest houses having height more than 12 meters having ground plus three upper stories including mezzanine floor.

(3) Educational buildings having height more than 9 meters or having ground plus two upper stories including mezzanine floor.

(4) Institutional buildings having height more than 9 meters or having ground plus two upper stories including mezzanine floor.

(5) All Assembly buildings.

(6) Business buildings having height more than 15 meters or having ground plus four upper stories including mezzanine floor.

(7)  Mercantile buildings having height more than 9 meters or having ground plus two upper stories including mezzanine floor.

(8) Industrial buildings having covered area on all floors more than 250 square meters.

(9) Storage buildings having covered area on all floors more than 250 square meters.

(10) All Hazardous buildings having covered area on all floors more than 100 square meters. 

(11) Underground Structures.

Helipad is required to be provided on the terrace of those buildings which have height more than 200 meters as per bye-law 8.6 of UBBL-2016.

For the buildings specified under Rule 27 of DFS Rules 2010, NOC is required at two stages.

a) The first stage is prior to construction of building wherein building plans are approved and fire safety recommendations are issued.

b) The second stage is after the construction of building before commencing of occupancy, when all the recommended fire and life safety measures have been provided/installed. These shall be verified and Fire Safety Certificate (FSC) shall be issued.

The rate of replenishment shall be 1000 liter per Minute.

Normally the buildings plans are required to be submitted through /referred from the concerned building sanctioning authority i.e. concerned Municipal Corporation of Delhi, DDA, NDMC, Delhi Cantonment Board, DUSIB etc. However if the layout plan is approved by the concerned civic agency than the building plans can be directly submitted under simplified procedure as per clause 3.1.3 of UBBL 2016.

The documents required are as per clause 2.8 of UBBL 2016 i.e. Smoke ventilation arrangement plans along with calculations, Automatic Sprinkler system arrangement plans along with hydraulic calculations and fire & life safety measures as covered under rule 33 of Delhi Fire Service Rules 2010. These shall be as per NBC part 4(fire and life safety) /clause 9.3.9 of UBBL 2016.

As per the requirement of the built in environment above systems can be used but the fire safety systems recommended at the time of approval of building plans cannot be compromised.

The fire safety recommendations once issued are valid till there is no addition/ alteration or revision in approved plan.

International Codes of practices normally not considered however if Indian codes are not explicit with reference to the built in environment than whole scheme of the fire safety systems shall be prepared as per the said International Codes of practice. The whole design scheme/project report along with a copy of code shall be provided with plans.

The Fire Safety Certificate issued under RULE 35 unless sooner cancelled shall be valid  for a period 5 years for residential buildings (other than hotels)and 3 years for             non- residential buildings including hotels from the date of issue.

The capacity of the pumps shall be determined by the actual discharge requirements as per IS 15105/ NBC part 4. The higher value shall be considered.

No, the FSC's are to be renewed after a period of 5 years for residential buildings (other than hotels) and 3 years for non-residential buildings including hotels from the date of issue.At least six months prior to the expiry of FSC, application for renewal of Fire Safety Certificate shall be made to the Director inFORM ‘I’as mentioned in First Schedule of DFS Rules 2010 along with a copy of the Fire Safety Certificate.

The basement having area more than 200 SQM shall be required to provide automatic sprinkler system.

The onus lies on the owner/ occupier of the building. Delhi Fire Service does                 not authorize any person/ vendor for the said purpose

Delhi Fire Service does not authorise any person/vendor for the sale/purchase                of any fire and life safety systems. The systems should be as per BIS standards and can                 be  procured from anywhere.

Any loss due to non-functional fire safety systems shall be borne by the                               owner/occupier of the premises including the legal proceedings.

Delhi Fire Service follows UBBL-2016/ National Building Code of India  2005.

The number of staircases normally depends upon the requirement of the travel distance and further this shall be ensured by the provisions of Bye law 7.10.

The basic parameters are the type of occupancy as per bye-law 1.4.75 of UBBL-2016, height of the building and the floor area of the building.