This document provides a study of the fire services for a university polytechnic building. It includes floor plans, construction details, and fire safety equipment for the building. The building is 5 stories tall with typical occupancy of 300-350 people per floor. Fire safety equipment includes smoke detectors, sprinklers, fire extinguishers, hydrants, extractors, alarms, and stairwells. The document also notes some additional fire services that are necessary but not present, such as call boxes, a control room, non-combustible materials, and drenchers.

1. BUILDING SERVICES
STUDY ON FIRE SERVICES…
PRESENTED BY-
Aiman Naseem
Sundus Hussain
M.Raghib
Bilal Khan
Hamzah Meraj

2. CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Floor plans
3.Entrance
4.Corridors
5. Classrooms
6.Lift
7.Staircase
8. Basement
9. Fire Extinguishers & Refuge Area
10. Fire Alarm Control Panel
11. Illumination & Sign boards
12. Fire Hydrant Chamber & Fire Hose Reel
13. Fire Extractors
14.Water Tanks
15. Construction
16. Other fire Services

3. UNIVERSITY POLYTECHNIC
Approach- Main road- M.M.A Johar Road, JMI
Height of the building- 26m
Numbers of floors- 05
Occupancy per floor- 300-350 persons

4. FLOOR PLANS
I. Typical Floor Plan
II. Terrace Plan
III. Service Plan

5. Classrooms
Classrooms
Classrooms
FHC
FHC
Lift
Classrooms
FHC
Classrooms
Entrance/Exit
Fire Staircase
Corridor
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

6. 17m
4.5m
2m
4m
9m
4.5m
2m
9m
Smoke detectors in
Classroom
Smoke detectors in
Lecture hall

7. BASEMENT
1.Basement floor plan
2.Services

8. Branch
Sprinkler pipe25mm dia
Main Sprinkler
pipe-65 mm dia
Ramp for
Exit
Smoke
Extractors
BASEMENT SERVICE PLAN
Fire Exit

9. 14m
9m
1.5m
3m
3m
1.5m
9 Sprinklers are provided in
area of 9x9m
18 Sprinklers are provided
in an area of 14x8m

10. • Openable windows on external walls
are fitted with such locks that can be
opened by a fireman’s axe.
• Sprinklers are provided in the
basement.
• Mechanical extractors for smoke
venting system are provided.

11. • Fire Extinguishers provided & Signage
available.
• Fire Hose reel provided in the basement.
• Fire Alarm located on the service core
and at regular system.

12. Fire tank
Water tank
Lift
TERRACE PLAN

13. 1.Lecture Hall
• 17x8m- 140students
• No of smoke detectors-8
2. Classroom
• 9mx9m for 70 students.
• No of smoke detecators-03
• Smoke Detectors are
provided on the ceiling.
• Exit signs on the doors are
pasted, but without
illumination.
• No fire extinguisher present
within the Hall.
•
Smoke Detectors

14. CORRIDORS
• 2500mm wide corridor
• Corridors are fitted with
Smoke Detectors But no
Sprinklers provided.
• Fire alarm is provided.
• ‘Panic button’ with breakable
glass is provided in the
corridors.
• Signage at regular interval
provided for exit.

15. LIFT
• No Fire Lift Provided.
• Lift floor area -2400mmx2100mm
• Has a loading capacity of 545kg(10
persons)
• Width of door.-1000mm
• Communication facilities are provided
in lift cars.
• A sign is been pasted and maintained on
the lift indicating that in case of fire
occupants shall use the stairs.
• Lifts are installed in a common
enclosures having individual lift
separated by walls

16. STAIRCASE
I. Normal Stairs
II. Fire Stairs

17. 1. Normal Staircase
•
Width of the Stair-1500mm
•
Stair type- Circular & Winder
2.Fire Stairs
•
Width of Stair-2000mm
•
Fire Exit Signage provided near
to staircase.
•
Height of riser-150mm

18. Fire extinguishers
&
Refuge Area

19. • Type of fire extinguishers-ABC with ISI certification
mark.
• 2 extinguishers for every floor is been provided.
• 1 fire extinguisher each in lab, near to electrical
installation & generator room is been provided.
• Refuge area has been provided on the 4th Floor.

20. FIRE ALARM CONTROL
PANEL

21. • Fire control panel is provided on each
floor of the building.
• The panel receives information from
environmental sensors, such as heat
detectors or smoke detectors designed
to detect changes associated with fire.
• In fire condition, the fire alarm
control panel indicates where the fire
originated.

22. Illumination
&
Sign Boards

23. • No Emergency lights provided in
the staircase and corridor.
• Sign boards ‘Fire Exit’ over the Lift
and near to stairs are provided.
• Sign posted without illuminated sign
for, all exits and direction of travel
to each exit.
• No Fire plan for each floor showing
the locations of the stairways.

24. FIRE HYDRANT
CHAMBER(FHC)
&
FIRE HOSE REELS

25. • Chamber area- 0.7mx1.3m
• A hose reel, 30m long and fitted with
19mm diameter nozzle at the end of it.
• One Fire Hydrant Chamber on each
floor of the building is provided.

26. FIRE EXTRACTORS
& FIRE DAMPERS

27. • Fire Extractors provided only in the
basement area.
• Fire Dampers are located in return air
ducts.
• Fire Dampers in fire prevent the spread
of smoke inside the ducts.
• When a rise in temperature occurs,
the fire damper closes, usually
activated by a thermal element which
melts at higher temperatures.
FIRE DAMPERS

28. WATER TANKS
I.
II.
Fire tank.
Domestic water tank.

29. • Fire tank capacity- 25klts
• Area-16.9sqm
• Domestic water tank capacity- 20klts
• Area-15.3
Fire water supply Pipes
Domestic water supply Pipes

30. CONSTRUCTION
1.Comustibility
2.Material

31. 1.Comustibility Properties
• All materials of constructions in load
bearing elements, stairways & corridors and
facades are non-combustible.
• The internal walls & staircase are of brick
& somewhere with reinforced concrete with
a minimum of 2h fire rating.
• Facade treatments is non combustible
because of the use of exposed brick.

32. 2. MATERIALS
Flooring materials
•Terrazzo
•Marble
•Tiles
Materials for walls
•Tiles
•Cement plaster
Tiles as a flooring material
Terrazo as a flooring material

33. OTHER FIRE SERVICES
Facilities Which are necessary to be provided in case of fire which were not
present in our CASESTUDY.
1.Call box
2.Control Rooms
3.Materials (Non Combustible0
4.Denchers

34. 1.CALL BOX
A callbox is a box containing a special-purpose direct
line telephone.
Call boxes should be
I. Located at each floor.
II. One or more should be provided on the floor.
III. Accessible within 22.5m.
IV. Call boxes shall be wired in a close circuit.
V. At a height of 1m from the floor level.

35. 2.CONTROL ROOM
• There shall be a control room on the
entrance floor of the building with
communication system to all floors.
• Details of all floor plans along with the
detail of fire fighting equipment and
installations shall be maintained in the
control room.

36. 3.Materials
Fire proofing material for walls
•Gypsum plaster
•Cementetious plaster
•Fibrous plaster
•Intumescent fire proofing
Fire proofing material for floors
•PCC
•Terrazo
•Tiles

37. 4.DRENCHERS
• A drencher fire control system provides a
discharge of water over roofs, walls and
windows to prevent fire spreading from
or to adjacent buildings.
• Drencher systems provide the necessary
curtain of water for protection against
internal and external exposure to fire.

38. THANK YOU