Applicable to
Healthcare Units under all schemes of Certification and Accreditation These
guidelines are meant to ensure patient safety and in no way absolve the
organization from fulfilling its statutory obligations with regard to fire
safety.
*NABH
prescribes that Fire & Life Safety Inspection Certificates under NABCB
accreditation issued by NABCB
accredited Type ‘A’ Inspection Bodies for Fire & Life Safety Inspections of hospitals/health care providers shall
be in accordance with the
following:
a.
National Building Code of India
b.
Model
Bill to provide for the maintenance of Fire and Emergency service
for the state (2019)
c.
Respective State Fire Safety Rules
d.
NABH
accreditation requirements for fire safety
and applicable statutes
e.
Any
other applicable statutes.
Such Fire & Life Safety Inspection Certificates shall be accepted in lieu of statutory Fire NOC, only
for consideration for the purpose of NABH accreditation. This does not
absolve the hospitals/health care
providers from complying to Fire NOC requirements/any other extant applicable statutes. It shall be sole
responsibility of hospitals/health care providers to obtain Fire NOC, as applicable.
NABCB-accredited Inspection Bodies shall be required to issue a final Fire & Life
Safety Inspection certificate under NABCB accreditation bearing NABCB Accreditation Mark after the inspection
is carried out and satisfactory corrective action and resolution of
non-conformities, if any.
NABH accreditation requirements for Fire & Life Safety : (in addition
to the above)
1.
Firefighting
equipment like wet risers, hydrants, auto sprinklers, fire alarm systems, fire extinguishers of all types and sizes
should be available as per table below (adapted from NBC 2016).
2.
Operational and
maintenance plan for firefighting equipment including refilling of extinguishers.
3.
Up to date fire drawings to be available. Where applicable, the fire drawings
should also specify
the location of fire
dampers.
4.
Fire detection and
smoke detectors exist across all floors. The detectors shall be tested for functionality at regular intervals,
and records maintained.
5.
Central fire alarm system
is installed at a location
that is staffed
24/7.
6.
Fire exit plan for each floor. The exit door should be openable and free from any materials which will obstruct the way.
7.
Fire
Exit signage on all floors
well illuminated/ self-glowing, as per NBC guidelines.
8.
Emergency illumination system in case power
goes.
9.
Designated place for assembly
of patients and staff in case of fire.
10.
Mock
fire drill records
and schedule of conduct of drills.
Minimum Requirements for Fire Fighting
Installations
|
Type of Hospital |
Wet Riser |
Automatic Sprinkler |
Manually operated electric fire alarm |
Auto detection and fire alarm system |
|
Hospitals less
than 15 meters
in height, with
plot areas up to 1000 square meters
and up to G + 1 floor |
NR |
R |
R |
NR |
|
Hospitals
less than 15 meters in height, with plot
area up to 1000
square meters and
G + 2 floors |
R |
R |
R |
R |
|
Hospitals less than 15 meters in height with plot area more than 1000
square metres |
R |
R |
R |
R |
|
Hospitals 15 meters
and above but not exceeding 24 meters in height |
R |
R |
R |
R |
|
Hospitals above 24 meters
but not exceeding45 meters in height |
R |
R |
R |
R |
|
R = Required NR= Required Sufficient water
storage (underground and/or
terrace) should be provided to ensure fire-fighting |
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