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Appendix B................................................................................................................................................. 42
Appendix C................................................................................................................................................. 45
Grading of house and rooms according to the fire and explosion danger .................................................. 45
Appendix D ................................................................................................................................................ 49
Appendix E................................................................................................................................................. 53
Appendix F ................................................................................................................................................. 57
Appendix G ................................................................................................................................................ 82
Appendix H ................................................................................................................................................ 91
The Requirement Of The Limit Floors (The Limit Height) And Fire Area Of The Building.................... 91
QCVN 06: 2010/BXD prepared by the Institute of Building Technology Science, submitted by
Department of Technology Science and Environment, issued by the Ministry of Construction
together with Circular No. 07 /2010/TT-BXD dated 28 /07/2010. This Regulation is revised and
replaced Chapter 11, Part III, episode II, Vietnamese Construction Regulation issued together
with Decision No. 439/BXD-CSXD of Minister of Construction on 25/9/1997.
1. GENERAL REGULATIONS
1.1.2. Section 3, 4 and 5 of this regulation are not applied to building with particular function
(production or storage of explosive substances and facilities, oil depots and oil
products, natural gas, repository of toxic chemicals, military works, underground of
subways, mining projects, ...).
1.1.3. Standards and requirements of fire prevention, fire protection of materials in
construction standards must be based on the requirements of this regulation.
Along with the application of this regulation, it must also comply with the specific
requirements of fire prevention in other documents that are prescribed to each kind of
house and building. When there is not standards specified as requirements of this
regulation, it is allowed to use specific regulations in the current standards until such
regulations are revised, as well as it it allowed to use current standards of foreign
countries on the principle of ensuring the requirements of this regulation and the laws
of Vietnam in the application of foreign standards on fire protection and application of
foreign standards in construction activities in Vietnam.
In current standards related to fire prevention, fire protection for houses and buildings,
if there are provisions, technical requirements with level of fire safety lower than the
rules and requirements of this regulation, this regulation will be applied.
1.1.6. For houses without fire prevention & fire protection standards, as well as houses of fire
hazard group on the features F 1.3 (1) with a height greater than 75 m (2), houses of fire
hazard group on the other features with a height greater than 50 m, houses with over one
basement, especially complicated and unusual houses, it must comply with this
regulation and also other additional technical requirements and solutions suitable to
specific characteristics of fire prevention of theses houses on the basis of current applied
standards. Theses requirements and solutions must be approved by authorized Police
Department of fire and rescue.
1.1.7. In some particular cases, Ministry of Construction only allow to reduce some
requirements of this regulation for specific projects, when a feasibility study is
submitted to the Ministry of Construction with additional measures, replacement; and
this feasibility study must be appraised and approved by the Police Department of fire
fighting and rescue.
1.1.8. When there is a change of function or change of planning and structure of existing
house or separate rooms of that house, it must apply this Regulation and current
standard documents suitable to these changes.
1.1.9. For individual houses with 06 storeys or less, it is not required to apply this Regulation,
but comply with specific guidance which is appropriate to each kind of houses and
residential areas.
1.3. Definitions
The terms and definitions in this Regulation are set out in Annex A.
1.4.1. For houses, design must include solutions of structure, planning of space and technical
of buildings to ensure that when fire occurs:
- Everyone in the house (not dependent on age and health status) can be evacuated to
outside into the safe areas (hereinafter referred to outside) before it happens risk of life-
2.2.5. According to ability of arising smoke, flammable construction materials are classified in
3 groups:
SK1 (low smoking ability);
SK2 (moderate smoking ability);
Fire resistance of a structure is represented by its limit of fire resistance. Fire hazard of a
structure is represented by its level of fire danger.
2.3.2. Limit of fire resistance of structure is determined by a period of time (in minute) since
starting of fire test under standard temperature until an appearance of one or some
continuous signs of limit state specified for structure as follows:
Loss of load capacity (load capacity is symbolic by letter R);
2) Required fire resistance limit of structure is specifically prescribed in this Regulation and in technical standards
for each type of project. Required fire resistance limit of structure is symbolic by REI, EI, RE or R together with
corresponding time index affected by fire in minute. For example: structure with fire resistance limit REI 120
means that structure must retain 3 capacities: load, integrity, heat insulation during period of fire of 120 minutes;
structure with fire resistance R60 means that structure must maintain load capacity during 60 minutes, heat
insulation capacity and integrity are not required.
3) Construction structure is considered as meeting requirements of fire resistance if it is satisfied one of two
following conditions:
a) Composition of structure with specification similar to test of fire resistance; and this test shows fire resistance
limit not less than required fire resistance of this structure.
b) Composition of structure with specification suitable to structure mentioned in Annex F; and corresponding
nominal fire limit in this Annex is not less than required fire limit of this structure.
NOTE: 1) Level of fire hazard of construction structure is determined by testing according to Vietnam's current
standards or equivalent.
Fire resistance limit of doors and fire valves in fire prevention part is stipulated in Table
2.
Fire resistance limit of parts of fire chamber (partition, slab, door and fire valve) at doors
and fire valve in fire prevention part must be accordance to regulations in Table 3.
Fire prevention part Type 1 must be belonged to fire hazard grade K0. In particular cases,
it is allowed to use grade K1 in fire prevention parts type 2 to type 4:
Fire prevention 1 EI 45 2 1
partition 2 EI 15 3 2
1 REI 150 1 1
4 REI 15 4 2
Table 2 Fire resistance limit of door and fire valve in fire prevention parts
Door and fire valve in fire Type of door and fire valve in Fire resistance limit, not
prevention parts fire prevention parts, less than
2 EI 45*
Window 1 E 70
2 E 45
3 E15
Curtain 1 EI 70
NOTE: * Fire resistance limit of door in lift opening is allowed to be not less than E 45.
Table 3 Fire resistance limit of parts of fire chamber at door and fire valve in fire
prevention parts
Type of fire Fire resistance limit of parts of fire chamber, not less than
chamber
Chamber walls Chamber floors Door and valve of
chamber
1 EI 45 REI 45 EI 30
2 EI 15 REI 15 EI 15
2.6.2 Building and fire chambers are classified by fire-resistance grade as Table 4.
Load-bearing parts of building include load-bearing columns and walls, struts, solid
partitions; slab parts (beam, bar, plate) participated in the guarantee of general stability
and shape non-variation of building in case of combustion.
Load-bearing elements that are not participated in the guarantee of general stability of
building must be instructed in specification of building by the designer.
There is no regulation of fire resistance limit for sealed parts of clearance hole (doors,
gates, windows, manholes, skylight), except doors, fire valve inside fire prevention parts
and in particular cases.
In case of minimum fire resistance limit of required element is R 15 (RE 15, REI 15), it is
allowed to use uncoated protection steel structure without depending on its actual fire
resistance limit, except the cases when fire resistance limit of load-bearing parts of
building according to test result is less than R 8.
In staircase boxes that are not affected by smoke N1 type, staircase plates and landings
are allowed to use with fire resistance R 15 and belongs to the fire hazard grade K0.
IV R 30 E 15 REI 15 RE 15 R 15 REI 30 R 15
V No regulation
NOTE: 1) Inside the buildings with fire resistance grade I, II, III, the floor and ceiling of the
basement, half-basement must be made from non-flammable materials and has fire
resistance limit at least 90 minutes. Flooring of 1st floor and top floor must be made
from materials with combustibility not less than the Ch1.
2) In the buildings with fire resistance grade IV and V, the floor of basement or half
basement must be made from materials with combustibility not less than the Ch1 and
has fire resistance limit not less than 45 minutes.
3) In the rooms with the production or storage of flammable liquids, the floor must be
non-flammable materials.
4) Walls, wall partition and floor of the lift box and machine room of lift located inside
house of any fire resistance grade must be made from non-flammable materials with
fire resistance limit not less than 60 minutes. If the lift is located outside, the fire
resistance limit of stated parts not less than 30 minutes.
5) Wall, cover of the middle corridor of the house with fire resistance grade I, must be
made from non-flammable materials with fire resistance limit at least 30 minutes and
the house with fire resistance grade II, III and IV must be made from non-flammable
materials or weak combustion (Ch1) with fire resistance limit at least 15 minutes.
Particularly, the house with fire resistance grade II of production D, E class, can be
covered up the corridor with glass walls.
2.6.3 According to the structural fire hazard, building and fire chambers that are classified by 4
grades S0, S1, S2, S3 as in Table 5 are called the structural fire hazard grade of building.
There is no regulation of fire hazard for doors, gates, windows, manholes in cladding
structures of building except particular cases.
S0 K0 K0 K0 K0 K0
S1 K1 K2 K1 K0 K0
S2 K3 K3 K2 K1 K1
S3 No regulation K1 K3
2.6.4 When applied to actual construction of structures or structural system without defining
their fire resistance limit or fire hazard grade based on standard fire resistance tests or
based on calculation, it is necessary to carry out the fire resistance test for samples similar
to real structure of those parts as requirement of current regulation on fire resistance test.
2.6.5 Building and parts of building (rooms or group of rooms with relevant usages) are
classified by usage fire hazard groups depending on the feature of use, the threat level to
safety of people in case of happening flame that allow for: age, physical condition, the
ability of having persons to sleep, groups of users on the main functions and the number
of that group. Categorization of usage fire hazard is stipulated in Table 6.
Building and room used for production or storage are classified by fire and detonating
combustion hazard depending on the number and detonating combustion hazardous
nature of substances and materials contained inside, allow for feature of productive
technological procedure. The classification is stipulated in Annex C.
House for living regularly or temporarily Rooms in this building are usually used
F1
(in which living all day and night) for both day and night. Group of people
which can include a lot of ages and
Kindergarten, nursery school, function different physical condition.
F1.1 house for senior citizen and handicapped Characteristic of these buildings are
people (not apartment), hospital, block of included the bedroom.
houses of boarding schools and of schools
F4 Schools, designing and science Rooms in these buildings are used for
organizations, management agencies. the certain times in a day, there is fixed
group of people inside rooms,
acquainted with condition in place with
defined age and physical condition.
F.4.1 High schools, training institutions outside
the high schools, professional schools,
vocational schools;
F5 Buildings, works, rooms used for These rooms are specified by the
production or warehouse. presence of group of people that work
fixedly, include working all day and
night.
3.1.2. Escape is the organized self-moved process of people to go out from the rooms, where
the hazardous factors of flame may impact on them. Escape is also the lost self-control
movement of group who is less likely to mobilize and carried out by the service staffs.
Escape is executed on the exit routes through by the escape exits.
3.1.3. Rescue is the compelled movement of people to go out when they are affected by the
hazardous factors or when appearing the direct hazard of these effects. Rescue is
executed self-control with the supporting of the fire fighting forces or the staffs are
trained professionally, including the use of the rescue means, escape through by the exits
and the emergency exits.
3.1.4. The people protection on the escape routes must be ensured by a combination of the
space planning solutions, facilities, structures, engineering technique and organization.
Escape routes within the room must ensure the safe escape through the escape exit from
that room without allowing for the smoke protection and fire-fighting means in this room.
Outside the room, we must allow for the protection of the escape routes from the safe
escape conditions for people that is mentioned to the usage fire hazard of the rooms on
the way out to escape, number of people escape, fire resistance grade and structural fire
hazard grade of the building, number of exits from a floor and escape from the entire
house.
Inside the room and on the escape route outside the room, it must limit the fire hazard of
construction materials of the structure surface layers (finishing layer and facing)
depending on the usage re hazard of the room and house, allow for the other solutions for
the protection of the escape routes.
3.1.5. When arranging the escape routes from the room and the house, it is not allowed for the
methods and means to rescue, as well as the exits do not meet the requirement of the
escape exit as specified in Section 3.2.1.
Do not allow to arrange the room belong to group F 1.1, F 1.2 and F 1.3 in the basement
or half-basement.
NOTE: 1) Basement is the floor which over the half of its height is under the ground level of the construction
according to the approved Urbanism planning.
2) Half-basement is the floor which the half of its height is upper or horizontal the ground level of the
construction according to the approved Urbanism planning.
3.1.7. To ensure the safe escape, it must discover the fire and fire alarm in time. Building and
parts of building must be equipped with the fire alarm systems according to the current
regulations.
NOTE: The basis requirements about the fire alarm system arrangement are stipulated in TCVN 3890: 2009.
3.1.8. To protect the escape for people, the escape routes of the house or the part of the house
must be protected against the penetration of smoke.
NOTE: The basis requirements about the smoke protection of the house are stipulated in Annex D.
3.1.9. The effect of measures to ensure the safety for people while fire can be assessed by
calculation.
3.2.1. The exits are considered the escape exits (also called the escape routes) if:
a) To be connected from the rooms of 1st floor to go out according to one of following
methods:
- To go out directly;
- To corridor;
- To entrance (or waiting room);
- To staircase;
- To corridor and entrance (or waiting room);
- To corridor and staircase;
b) Starting from rooms of any levels, except level 1, into one of the following places:
The emergency exits from the basement and half-basement which have rooms of class
C, D, E, going into rooms of class C4, D and E and going into the hall on level 1 of the
group F5 when satisfying the requests of 4.24;
Emergency exits from the waiting room, locker-room, smoking room and sanitary
rooms on the basement or half-basement of building group F2, F3, and F4 going into
the hall of level 1 through private walking staircase class 2;
Intermediate space, including double intermediate space on the direct exit way from the
house, from the basement and half-basement.
3.2.3. Exits are not considered as emergency exits if at these exits entrance doors or gates
having sliding or folded up wings, rolling shutter, rotating shutter are installed.
Doors having outside opening wings (Hinged doors) as listed above are considered as
emergency exits.
3.2.4. The quantity and width of emergency exits from rooms, levels and houses are calculated
accordingly to the max number of exit people which could get through of them and the
permitted limit distance from the farthest point which may have people (Activities,
working place) to the nearest emergency exit.
NOTE: 1) The max number of exit people from various spaces of the building or building part is calculated
accordingly to the appendix G, article G.3;
2) Apart from common requests as shown in this Code, the quantity and emergency exit width are shown
in the Technical Code applied for each class of construction. Appendix G shows some regulations for
some popular groups of houses.
Parts of houses which are in risk of fire according to various functions and separated by fire-
stopping components have to have private emergency exits.
3.2.5. The following rooms have to have not fewer than 2 emergency exits:
F 5, class A or B when the number of people working in the most crowded shift is
over 5 people, class C when the number of people working in the most crowded shift is
over 25 people.
Basement and half basement have to have nor fewer than 2 emergency exits when the
surface is over 300 m2 or when there are 25 people present at the same time.
In houses having height not higher than 15m, it is allowable to have one emergency exit
from each floor (Or from one part of the floor separated from other parts of the floor by
fire-stopping components) which has fire risk according to function F 1.2, F 3, F 4.3
having surface over 300 m2, with the number of people not over 20 people and when
the emergency exit entering into the walking staircase which has fire-rated door of class
2 (Table 2).
3.2.7. The number of emergency exits from one level is not fewer than 2 of this level has
rooms whose request on the number of emergency exits is not fewer than 2.
The number of emergency exits of a house is not fewer than the number of emergency
exits from any levels of that house.
3.2.8 When there are 2 emergency exits or over, they have to be distributed (Except exit way
from corridors into smoke uncontaminated walking staircase). Min distance L(m)
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between farthest emergency exits (This one to another) is calculated accordingly to the
formula:
In which:
P Room perimeter, m;
n Number of emergency exit;
D Corridor length, m.
If in the room, on the level or in the house which has 2 emergency exits or over, then in
calculation regarding to exit capacity of exit ways it is need to assume that the fire stops
people using those exit ways. The remaining exit ways have to make sure a safe
emergency exit for all people in rooms, on the level or in that house.
3.2.9 Clear height of emergency exit must not smaller than 1,9m , clear width will not be
smaller than :
+ 1,2 m from rooms belonging to group F 1.1 when exit people is over than 15
people, from rooms and houses belonging to fire risk group of other function which
have exit people over 50 people , except group F 1.3;
+ 0,8m For all other cases.
The external doors width of the walking staircase as well as all doors from the walking
staircase into hall will not smaller than the calculation value or the width value of stairs
slab specified in 3.4.1.
In all cases, when deciding the width of an emergency exit it is asked to take into account
of the geometry shape of the exit way through door or door opening in order not to disturb
the movement of stretcher on which there is man.
3.2.10 Doors of emergency exits and other doors on the exit way have to open along the exit flux
from inside to outside.
There is no regulation on opening direction for:
a) Rooms belonging to group F1.3 and 1.4;
b) Rooms containing at the same time not over 15 people, except rooms of class A or B;
c) Storages having surface not over than 200 m2 and there is no place for people
working frequently;
d) Sanitary rooms;
e) Exit way leading to standing of walking staircase class 3.
3.2.11 Doors of emergency exits from level corridors, common space, waiting room, hall and
walking staircase chamber must not equipped with locks so that they could be easily
For staircase chambers, entrance doors have to be equipped with door closers and door
gaps have to be well sealed .Door inside walking staircase chamber, which are directly
open to the outside, are not in need of door closers and it is no need to well door gaps.
Doors of emergency exits from rooms or corridors have to be anti- enforced smoke, they
have to be solid doors and equipped with door closers and doors gaps have to be well
sealed. These doors which may be open for service, then they have to be equipped with
door closers in prevention of fire.
3.2.12 Exits which do not satisfy requests applied for emergency exits could be considered as
urgent exits in order to increase safety level for people in case of fire. Urgent exits are not
taken into account of emergency exit in case of fire.
3.2.13 Apart from cases as shown in 3.2.12, urgent exits also includes:
a) Exits to balcony or loggia, where there is solid wall whose width is not smaller 1.2m
from the balcony edge ( Loggia) to window ( Or glazing door) or not smaller than
1.6m between glazing panels opening to balcony (( Loggia);
b) Exits leading to an intermediate open walk way( Crossing Bridge ) and then to an
adjacent single house belonging to group F1.3 or to an adjacent fire compartment
.This intermediate walk way has to be not smaller 0.6 m in width;
c) Exits to balcony or loggia, where there is an outside staircase connecting balconies or
Loggias of each level;
d) Exits to outside directly from rooms which have finish floor level not smaller than -
4.5m and not bigger than 5.0m through windows or doors having size not smaller than
0.75m x 1.5m, also through trap doors having size not smaller than 0.6m x 0.8m;
In that case at these exits there have to be ladders, slope of these ladders are not
specified;
e) Exits outside house roof which have fire rate of I, II and III belonging to SO and SI
through windows, doors or trap doors with dimension and ladders specified in article
d).
3.2.14 In technical levels it is allowable to arrange emergency exits with their heights not
smaller than 1.8m;
From technical levels in which they are only used for construction technical networks
(Piping, wirings,..) it is allowable to arrange urgent exits through doors with dimension
not smaller than 0.75m x 1.5m or through trap doors with dimension not smaller than
0.6m x 0.8m but no need to arrange emergency exits.
When the technical levels have their surface up to 300m2 it is allowable to arrange one
exit, and with each next surface which is smaller than 2.000m2 then it is asked to arrange
not fewer than one exit.
In underground technical levels these exits have to be separated from other exits of the
building and directly led to the outside.
3.3.1 The emergency exit is a line for continuous moving and could not be interrupted from
any
Points in the building or construction on the way to the outside, Emergency exits have to
be well lit up and properly instructed accordingly to Standards TCVN 3890: 2009 Fire
protection instruments equipped for house and construction, arrangement, testing and
handing.
3.3.2 The allowable limit distance from the farthest point of the room, or from the farthest
working place to the nearest emergency exit, which is measured along the axe of
emergency exit line, has to be limited depending on:
+ Fire Danger group according to function and explosion danger class of the room and
house;
+ The number of exit people;
+ Geometry parameters of the room and the emergency exit line;
+ Structure Fire danger grade and fire rate of the house.
Length of the emergency exit line along walking staircase of class 2 is equal to 3 times of
that staircase height.
NOTE: Request in detail on allowable limit distance from the farthest point to the nearest emergency exit is
shown in Codes applied for each kind of construction. Appendix G shows some regulations for some
popular groups of house.
3.3.3 In arrangement, Design if emergency exit lines it is asked to respect requests of 3.2.1. The
emergency exit line is not composed of lift, rolling elevator and some lines as shown
below:
- Lines through corridors which have exits from lift cabinet, through lift lobby and
intermediated compartment in from of lift, if the covering structure of the lift cabinet,
including lift cabinet door, could not satisfy requests as to fire stopping components;
- Lines through walking staircase chambers when they have a way getting through the
standing of the staircase chamber are a part of the corridor, as well as the way getting
through the room in which a walking staircase of class 2 is installed, and that this
staircase is not the staircase of emergency exit;
- Lines along house roof, except roof which are in use or a roof part which is equipped
specifically for emergency exit purpose;
- Lines along walking staircase of class 2, which connect from and over 3 levels ( Floors)
as well as leading from basement and half basement, except cases as shown in 3.2.2.
3.3.4 On emergency exit lines in buildings belonging to all fire rates and structure fire danger
grade, except buildings which have their fire rate of class V and building belonging to
S3, it is not allowable to use materials which have their fire danger higher than that of
groups as listed below:
- Ch1, BC1, SK2, T2 M To wall finishing, ceiling and suspending ceiling board in
halls, walking staircase chamber and inside lift lobby;
- Ch2, BC2, SK3, T3 or Ch2, BC3, T2- To wall finishing, ceiling and suspending
ceiling board in common corridor, common room and waiting room;
- Ch2, LT2, SK2, T2 To floor covering in hall, walking staircase chamber and lift
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lobby;
- BC2, LT2, SK3, T2- To floor coverings in the common corridor, common space and
waiting room.
The ceiling which is hanged in the rooms and on the exits must be made by the
incombustible material.
3.3.5 In the corridors of the exit as shown on the item 3.2.1, except the cases shown particular
in the specification, it is not allowed to arrange: the equipments which are salient out the
walls surface at the level of less than 2m, the flammable liquid and gas lines, as well as
wall cabinet, excluding communication panel and fire- plug panel.
The corridors as mentioned on the item 3.2.1 must be covered by fire material in
accordance with the specified standards for each building type.
The corridors of more than 60m must be partitioned by fire resistance partitions of the type
2 into the sections which have the length is determined according to the smoke protection
regulations shown in the Appendix D, but not exceeding 60m. The doors at these fire
resistance partitions must comply with the requirements of 3.2.11.
When the doors of the room are salient the corridor, the width of the exit according to the
corridor must be equal the clearance width of the corridor to minus:
- A half of the doors overhang width (for the most overhang door)- when the door is
arranged on one side of the corridor;
- All of the doors overhang width (for the most overhang door) when the door is
arranged on two sides of the corridor;
- This requirement is not applied to the floor corridor ( lobby) located between the door
of the apartment and the door of the stairs room in the units of the group F1.3.
3.3.6 The clearance height of horizontal sections of the exits shall be not less than 2m, the
clearance width of the horizontal sections of the exits and the ramps are not less than:
+ 1.2m for the common corridor used to exit for over 15 peoples from the rooms of the
group F1, for over 50 peoples from the rooms of the fire hazard group as other features;
+ 0.7m for the access go to the single working stations;
+ 1.0m- for all other cases.
In any case, the exits must be enough large, their geometry is also considered, in order to
not obstruct the transportation of stretchers with the wounded people lying on there.
3.3.7 It is allowed to arrange the steps with the difference height of less than 45cm or the high-
edges on the slab of the exit, except the threshold of the door. At step locations must
arrange the staircase step with the step number of not less than 3 or do the slope with the
angle of slopes of not more than 1:6 (the difference height does not exceed 10cm for the
length of 60 cm or a angle which is made by the slope and the plan is not more than 9.50).
It is not allowed to arrange a spiral staircase, a curved staircase in full or in part according
to the layout and it is not allowed to arrange the staircase steps that their height and width
is different on the staircase and the room of staircase .It is not allowed to arrange a mirror
on the exit in order to cause the confusion on the exit.
3.4 Staircase and staircase chamber on the emergency exit
3.4.1 The width of staircase slab to exit , including the staircase slab in chamber staircase, not
smaller than the width of calculation or the width of any emergency exit ( door) on it, and
not less than:
3.4.2 Slope (angle) of staircase s on the emergency exits, which are not over 1:1 (450); the
width of tread is not less than 25cm, and the height of step is not more than 22cm.
Slope (angle) of open staircase going to the single working place, which is allowed up to
2:1(63,50).
It is allowable to reduce the tread height of curved staircase (usually arrange at hall of 1st
floor) at place which is narrowed to 22cm; It is allowable to reduce the tread height to 12
for the staircase only use the rooms having the total number of working place over 15
people ( except the rooms of group F5, class A or B).
The staircase of class 3 must be made by the incombustible material and installed close to
the solid section (no windows or light gab) of wall having the fire hazard group not lower
than K1 and fire- resistance rating not lower than REI 30. These staircases must have the
staircase fly located at the same level of emergency exit, which have the balcony height
of 1,2m and arranged with distance not less than 1m from window gab.
The staircase of class 2 must satisfy the stipulated requirements for the staircase slab and
the staircase fly in the staircase chamber.
3.4.3 The width of staircase fly must not less than the width of staircase slab. And the width of
staircase fly in front of the entrance of elevator( the staircase fly is also the elevator
lobby) for the elevator which has hinged door open to outside, must be not less than the
total width of the staircase slab and half of door width of elevator, but not less than 1,6m.
The intermediate landing in the rectilinear staircase slab must have length which is not
less than 1m.
The doors have door leaf open to staircase chamber, and then opening the door leaf not be
reduced the calculated width of the staircase fly and the staircase slab.
- The device exposed from the wall at a height of less than 2.2 m from the surface of the
steps and landing.
- In the space of the stair chamber, do not allow arranging any function room.
3.4.5. In the space of the staircase chambers, except the smoke non-contamination case, its
allowed arranging not exceeded than 02 passenger elevators down to the first floor only
with the structure of cover of staircase pit is made from the fire resistance material.
The outdoor staircase pit, in case of the cover is needed; it should be made from the fire
resistance material.
3.4.6. Staircase chamber in first floor shall have the directly exit to the next property of
building or through out the hall that separated with the abutting corridors by a class 1
and fire resisting wall which has a door. When arranging the exits from two staircase
chambers passing the common hall, one of them, except the exit leading to hall, must be
opened to the outside directly.
The N1 type of staircase chamber must have an exit opened to the outside directly.
3.4.7. Staircase chambers, excepted the L2 type one, must have the scattered light with the
area not less than 1.2m2 on the outside wall on each floor.
Its allowed arranging not exceed than 50% inside staircase chambers without the
scattered light to be used for exit way, in the following cases:
- Buildings in group F2, F3 and F4: applied with the M3 or N4 staircase chambers
which have the positive air pressure when burning.
F5 - Buildings in group G5 class C with the height up till 28m, class D and E are not
belonged to the height of building: for the N3 staircase chamber which has the
positive air pressure when burning.
- The L2 type of staircase chamber must have the scattered light with the area not less
than 4m2 with the openings width between staircase side is not less than 0,7m or
the light well is along the height of staircase chamber with the section area not less
than 2m2.
3.4.8. Smoke proofing in N2 and N3 types of staircase chambers must follow up to Appendix
D. If necessary, the N2 type of staircase chamber must be separated into box that has
the same height of fire resisting wall class 1 with the passes between boxes that are
outside of space of staircase chamber;
The windows in N2 staircase chambers shall be the sealed one.
- The width of the wall between the door opening of the outside ventilation space and
the nearest window of the room must not less than 2m;
- Walk ways have to have their widths which are not less than 1,2m, with their
handrail heights of 1,2m, the width of the wall between the door opening and the
outside ventilation space must not less than 1,2m.
3.4.10.The L1 type of staircase chamber is allowed arranging in all buildings belonged to the
fire danger group in function that has the height of 28m; meanwhile, building of group
F5 class A or B, the entrance from room class A or B to corridor should be passed a
buffer chamber which always has the positive air pressure.
3.4.11.The L2 type of staircase chamber is allowed arranging in the building which has the fire
rate I, II, II of the structural fire danger S0, S1 and functional fire danger of F1, F2, F3
and F4, with the height not exceeded than 9m. Its allowed increasing the height
building up to 12m if the above scattered light could be automatic opened when having
fire and when the building of group F1.3 has the automatic fire alarm or the
independence smoke detectors.
3.4.14. In buildings which have the fire resistance grade I and II belonged to the fire danger
level in SO structure, thats allowed to arrange the staircase class 2 from the main
entrance to second floor and as follow as the requirements of 4.26.
3.4.15. In buildings which have the height not over than 28m is belonged to the fire danger
group in functions F1.2, F2, F3, F4, with the fire resistance grade I, II and fire danger
level in SO structures allowed to use the staircase type 2, which could connect 02
floors or more, as the exit staircases are applied the requirements of standard and 4.27.
3.4.16.The escalators should be arranged in accordance with the regulations stipulated for
staircase type 2
4.1. Stopping the spreading out of the fire is done by using measures which could limit the
surface on fire, fire intensity and fire duration. That means:
- Using structure solution and space urbanism, in order to stop the spreading out of
dangerous factors of the fire in room space, and among rooms, among groups of
rooms which have fire danger according to various functions, among levels and
singles, among fire compartments, as well as among buildings;
- Limiting the fire danger of construction materials used in building surface,
including: Roof covering, finishing coverings of external walls, rooms and
- Having initial fire stopping equipments, including automatic and manual ones;
4.2. Housing, public constructions, manufacture factory and storage have to satisfy requests
on fire protection of this Code and regulations in the Design Standards applied for those
constructions. Particularly, the number of levels (permit height of the building), fire
compartment surface and limit level for amphitheatre arrangement of some
constructions has to follow regulations shown in appendix H.
4.3. Housing parts (Rooms, technical floor, basement, half basement and other parts of the
house) in which the fire extinguishment is difficult are asked to be equipped with
complementary devices in order to limit surface, intensity and duration of fire.
4.4. The effect of solutions in order to stop the spreading out of the fire may be evaluated by
using economic Technical calculations based on request shown in 1.4.1 regarding to
Limitation of damages caused by direct and indirect fire.
1
LPG is the abbreviation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
4.5. House parts and rooms belonging to fire risk groups according to various functions have
to be separated among them by using separation structure with fire limit and structure
fire risk grade as per specifications or the separation could be done by using fire
stopping components. In this case, the request on this separation structure and fire
stopping components has to take into account of the fire risk according to function of
rooms, value of loads on fire, fire rate and structure fire risk grade of the house.
4.6. In a building when sections which have fire risk according to various functions are
separated by fire stopping components then each of those components has to satisfy
requests on fire stopping the same as those applied for buildings having fire risk
according to corresponding functions.
Selection of the fire protection system of the building has to base on following things :
When all parts of the building which have fire risk according to various functions, then
the fire danger according to function of the whole building may be higher than the fire
danger according to function of any part of that building.
4.8. In basements and half basements, it is not allowed to arrange rooms which use or store
combustible gas or liquid as well as inflammable materials, except some specific cases.
4.9. Construction elements must not be conditions with which invisible fire spreading out is
facilitated.
4.10. Fire rate of connection details of construction elements will not be lower than the
request fire rate of that element.
4.11. Falling structure on floor in audience rooms has to satisfy requests regarding to fire
limit and fire danger as per in Table 4 and 5 as middle floors.
4.12. In arrangement of technical piping, cabling through wall, slab and partition structure,
the contact positions between piping, cablings and these structures have to be well
sealed or well treated on order not to decrease fire technical characteristics as requested
by structure.
4.13. Covering and soaking applied for special fire protection, used on open surfaces of
elements, have to satisfy requests specified in finishing work of those elements.
In technical documents applied for these covering or soaking it is asked to indicate
clearly the replacement period or recovery of theirs and depending on the exploitation
and using conditions.
In order to increase the fire limit or decrease the fire danger of the elements, it is not
allowable to use covering or soaking for special fire protection at positions at which
replacement or recovery of these materials could not be done.
4.14. Effect of fire protection, used to decrease the fire danger of materials, has to be
evaluated by testing on the fire danger of construction materials as shown in part 2
(Technical classification on fire).
Effect of fire protection, used to increase the fire rate of elements, has to be evaluated by
testing on the fire limit of construction materials as shown in part 2 (Technical
classification on fire).
Effect of fire protection, is not accounted when calculating the bearing capacity of metal
elements (Column or beam), it is allowable to evaluate by comparison testings of
dimension reduced scale mock-up of column with height not smaller than 1,7m or beam
mock-up with span not smaller than 2,8m without static load.
4.16. At the intersection of fire stopping components and covering structure of the building,
and even at positions where the building is changed in form and shape, it is asked to
have a solution in order not to let fire spread out to these fire stopping components.
4.17. To fire stopping walls, which are used to separate the house into fire compartment, they
have to be arranged on the whole height of the house and make sure that fire could not
spread out from fire resource to adjacent fire compartment when the building structure
at the section on fire collapses.
4.18. Openings in fire stopping components have to be well closed in case of fire/
4.19. The whole surface of openings in fire stopping components, except covering structure
of lift cabinet, will not exceed 25% of the surface of that fire stopping component. Fire
door and valve in fire stopping components have to satisfy requests shown in 2.4.3 and
requests of this section.
At doors of fire stopping components used to separate rooms of class A or B from other
spaces such as : Rooms whose class is different from A or B, corridors, walking
staircase and lift lobby, it is asked to arrange intermediate space whose pressure is
always positive (+) as per request shown in Appendix D. It is not allowable to arrange
common intermediate spaces for both or over 2 rooms which have their same class of A
or B.
4.21. Fire Door and valve in fire stopping components have to be made from non-
combustible materials
It is allowable to use materials belonging to the fire group which is lower than Ch3 and
protected by non-combustible materials having their thickness not smaller then 4mm in
order to make fire doors, gates, traps and valves.
Door of fire stopping compartments, entrance door, gate, trap in fire stopping
components in rooms in which there is no use and storage of combustible gas,
combustible liquid and combustible materials, as well as there is not any technological
process concerning a creation of combustible dust, are then allowable to be fabricated
from materials belonging to fire group Ch3 with their thickness not lower than 40mm
and without cavity.
4.22. It is not allowable to arrange channels, well and piping which carry combustible gas,
combination of dust-combustible gas, combustible liquid, combustible stuff and
materials to get through walls and slabs of fire class 1.
To channels, well and piping which carry stuffs and materials other than those listed
above then at intersection positions of these fire stopping components it is asked to
install automatic device which could stop spreading out of products on fire along
channels, well and piping.
NOTE : 1) It is allowable to install ventilation piping and chimney in fire wall of the house, public construction
and utilities construction when the min thickness of the fire wall (Minus the piping section) at that
position is not lower than 25cm, and the thickness of the fire wall between the ventilation piping
and chimney is not lower than 12cm.
2) Positions where water drainage of the fire stopping components is installed have to be treated
correspondingly to specification shown in 4.12.
4.23. Covering structure of lift cabinet (Except cabinets shown in 3.4.5) and technical local of
lift (Except local on roof), as well as of channels, cabinets and technical risers have to
respect requests given as to fire partition of class 1 and fire slab of class 3. There is no
specification in terms of fire limit for covering structure between lift cabinet and
technical local of lift.
4.24. Trash chamber, piping and trash collection outlet have to be designed, installed in
respect of Standards, specific technical specification applied for this item and following
requests:
- Trash piping and trash chamber have to be separated with other parts of the house by
using fire stopping components; trash collection outlet on every floors has to be
equipped with automatic well closed fire stopping trap door;
- It is not allowable to put trash piping and trash chamber inside walking staircase
chamber, waiting hall or intermediate spaces which are fire stopping covered and
used for emergency exit.
- Chambers having trash piping or used to contain trash have to make sure that they
have direct entrance way through an outside ventilation compartment or through an
intermediate fire stopping compartment which is frequently well ventilated.
- Door into trash chamber must not be put adjacently to emergency exits or doors
leading to outside of the building or be put near windows of houses.
4.25. In building which belong to any groups of fire danger according to function, except
group F1.3, according to industrial conditions, it is allowable to arrange private walking
staircases for the circulation between the basement or half basement with the level 1.
These walking staircases have to be covered with fire partition class 1 with the fire
intermediate space which has positive pressure in case of fire.
It is allowable to arrange the fire intermediate space as specified for these walking
staircases for house group F5 under the condition that they start from the basement of
half basement which has rooms of class C4, D, E into rooms of the same class on the
level 1.
These walking staircases must not be taken into account in calculation of emergency
exit, except cases mentioned on 3.2.1.
4.26. In arrangement of walking staircase of class 2 from level 1 Hall up to level 2, then this
hall has to be separated from the corridors and adjacent rooms by using fire stopping
4.27. Rooms in which there is walking staircase of class 2 as per 3.4.15 have to be separated
from corridors to which these rooms connect and other rooms by using fire stopping
materials of class 1. It is allowable not to separate rooms which have walking staircase
of class 2 by using fire partitions when:
- An automatic fire protection is installed in the whole building;
- In buildings which have their heights not over 9m and with surface of 1 level not
over 300 m2.
4.28. In basement or half basement, it is asked to arrange fire stopping buffer chamber of
class 1 which have positive pressure in case of fire in front of the entrance way of lifts.
4.29. Selection of building dimension and fire compartments, as well as the distance between
houses has to de depend on fire grade, structural fire danger grade, fire risk group
according to function and fire load value, taking into account of the effect of the fire
protection means in use, the presence, position and provision level of fire
extinguishment units, possible consequences regarding to ecological environment due
to fire.
4.30. In the course of operation, all fire resistance equipments must operate according to the
required regulations.
4.31. The equipping of the automatic fire fighting alarm system must comply with
TCVN3890: 2009
5.1. Buildings and structure shall ensure the fire fighting and evacuation with the solutions:
structure, space planning, engineering - works and organization solutions.
Arranging the lines for a fire truck and the access for fire brigade and equipment,
combining with the roads and walkways according to buildings feature or arranging
particularly.
Arranging the fire escapes outside buildings and other necessary equipments must be
also ensured so that the fire brigades and equipments can come in the buildings floors
and roofs, including the arrange of the elevators with the function is the service of fire
brigades.
Arrange of fire water line to combine with domestic water line or arranging particularly,
Buildings shall be arranged the safety equipments for individual and community if
necessary.
Residential area, industrial park or buildings shall be arranged the fire fighting station
(team) with the necessary fire fighting equipment and employee number which can
satisfy fire fighting conditions on Site in the scope of these stations (teams) operation.
Choosing of the solutions as mentioned above shall depend on fire resistance level, fire
hazard level of structure and fire hazard group according to the buildings feature.
5.2. The road for fire truck shall ensure following regulations:
The width of pavement is not less than 3.50 m per each line. The minimum limit height
of the road is 4.25 m;
Pavement must ensure bearing the load of fire truck as the design requirement and to be
in accordance with the vehicle type of Local Rescue and Fire Fighting Department;
Dead-end road for one road line is not be longer than 150 m, the end of each road should
has the turning circuit area as the regulation of 5.3. If the roads length exceeds 100m,
it should have a space to avoid other vehicles as the specification of item 5.4;
This road could go to the water source for fire fighting work as well as go to the
advantage points for rescue and fire fighting works. Distance from parking to the
breeching inlet is not more than 18 m.
5.3. Design of turning circuit parking must comply with one of the following regulations:
Equilateral triangle with sides are not less than 7 m, a triangles vertex is at the dead-
end road, two other ones are balanced on two sides of the road;
The square with the sides of not less than 12m;
The Circle with the diameter of not less than 10 m;
The rectangle is perpendicular to the dead-end road and balanced on either two sides
of the road, is not more than 5 m x 20 m.
5.4. For the narrow road is only enough for one line, at least 100 m, it must be designed one
expansion section at least the width of 7 m and the length of 8 m so that fire truck and
other vehicles can avoid easily.
5.5. Roads for fire truck for house, public buildings and auxiliary building of industrial park.
To be sure that the road for fire truck going to house and public buildings, a road and
5.6. The road for fire truck follows to buildings and industrial works.
The entire length of the buildings and industrial works, it is suggested to has the access
for fire truck: from one side, if the width of the buildings or Works is less than 18 m
and from both sides, if the width of the building and work is more than 18 m.
For the houses with the construction area of over 10.000 m2 or the width of over 100m
shall has the access for all sides.
When production conditions do not require a road, the access of fire truck is allowed to
arrange the road of 3.5m, the road foundation is reinforced by the materials which can
bear the load of fire truck and to be ensured to drain the surface water.
The distance from the edge of the entrance of fire truck to the wall of the house must
not be more than 5 m for the buildings height of over 12 m, not more 8m for the
buildings height of over 12m to 28m and not more than 10 m for the height of over 28
m.
In case of necessary, the distance from the edge of the road to the external wall of the
buildings and structure will be increased up to 60 m with the condition such as this
building and structure have the dead-end roads, including the turning circuit parking
for fire truck and hydrants. In that case, the distance from the buildings and structure to
the turning circuit parking of fire truck must not be less than 5 m and not more than 15
m and the distance between the dead-end roads shall not exceed 100 m.
LEGEND: 1) The buildings width will be defined according to the distance of layout axes
2) For the water tanks used for fire fighting, should have the access with the courtyard is not less
than 12 m.
3) The hose reels should be located along the road, make sure the distance to the edge of the road
not more than 2.5 m and the distance to the wall of the building not less than 5 m.
5.7. For the buildings height of more than or equal 10m including the roof trims height or
the above edge of the external wall (retaining wall) must have the roof access directly
from the staircases rooms or going through the attic floor, or follow the staircase of the
class 3 or follow the outside fire ladder of the class 3.
Number of roof access and their arrangement must be based on the fire hazard
5.8. In the attic floors, except the group of F 1.4 must have the roof access and go through
the fixed staircase and the doors, lid or window with the size not less than 0.6 m x 0.8
m.
The attic floor or roof access from the staircases room must be located under the
staircases with the landings in front of the exit, go through the fire prevention doors of
class 2 with the size not less than 0.75 m x 1.5 m. The staircases and landings as
mentioned above may be made of steel but have to has a slope (angle) is not more than
2: 1 (63.5 ) and the width not less than 0.7 m.
5.10. In the building which has the under roof floor, it is required to have the access opening
in the protection structure of under roof floor.
5.11. At points which difference the level of the roof is more than 1m (including the points
used to raise the light aperture and louvers) must be fire ladder.
At areas which difference the level of the roof is more than 10 m, if each part of the
roof has the area of more than 100 m2 with the individual floor door meeting the
requirements of 5.7, or the height of the lower roof part, determined by the requirement
of 5.7 not exceed 10 m shall not allowed to arrange for fire ladder.
5.13. Between the staircases and between the balconies and handrails of the staircases must
be a gap with a clearance width shown on the layout not less than 100 mm.
5.14. In each of the combustion chamber of buildings have the height of over 28 m (except the
building belong the group F 1.3) must be arranged the elevators in order to satisfy the
requirements for the transport of fire brigade and equipment.
LEGEND: Specific technical requirement of elevator which shall be ensured to transport fire brigade and equipment
will have the particular standard.
5.15. Inside buildings with the slope up to 12%, the height from ground to the roof trim or the
above edge of the external wall (diaphragm) is more than 10 m, as well as in the
buildings with the slope of more than 12% and the height from the ground to the roof
trim which is more than 7 m shall have balcony, handrail on the roof in accordance with
the current standards. These balconies, handrails must also be arranged for flat roofs,
balconies, loggia, outside corridors, outside open staircases, the staircase and landing
which does not depend on the height of building.
5.16. Fire water supply system for building must be ensured to the fire brigade and equipment
can go and use at all times.
5.17. Supplying the fire fighting water as well as equipping the specialized fire-fighting
equipment, facilities for building and structure must comply with the standards of
TCVN 3890: 2009.
5.18. Fire resistance control room.
B.1 Material will be divided to two types: Fire material and anti fire material according to the
fire testing parameters as follows:
2) Some following materials will be sorted anti fire material group: inorganic materials such as
concrete, clay brick, terracotta, metal, plaster motor
B.2 For fire characteristic, fire material is divided into 4 groups, corresponding with the fire
testing parameters:
Ch2 - Moderate
235 85 50 30
fire
Ch3 Moderate
450 > 85 50 300
high fire
LEGEND:
B.3. Combustible characteristic, fire material is divided into 3 groups corresponding with the fire
testing parameters:
LEGEND: Testing parameters are determined according to the Standard ISO 5657 (Fire
reaction tests testing with the materials combustibility when it is influenced by thermal
radiation) or equivalent standard.
B.4. According to fire spread on surface, fire material is divided into 4 groups corresponding
with the fire testing parameters:
Table B.3 - Schedule B2: Division of fire material based on fire spreading speed
The Group of fire spreading speed on surface Capacity of limited surface thermal
distribution (kW/m)
LEGEND: Testing parameters are determined according to the Standard ISO 9239 (Fire
reaction tests - fire spreading capacity on the floor material surface. Determination of the fire
responses when are affected by radiant heat source) or equivalent standard.
B.5. For smoke formation, fire material is divided into 3 groups corresponding with the fire
testing parameters:
Legend: The testing parameters are determined according to the Standard ISO 5660-2 (Fire
reaction tests level of heat release, smoke formation and weight reduction level - Part 2
smoke formation level) or equivalent standard.
B.6. For toxicity, fire material is divided into 4 groups corresponding with the factor HCL50 of fire
substances as following:
T1- Low toxicity > 210 > 150 > 120 > 90
LEGEND: the calculation and testing parameters of factor HCL50 are determined according to
the regulation of Standard ISO 13571 (the life threat factors of fire - a guide determines the
allowed duration to exit from the figures of fire) or equivalent standard
C1.1 Grading of rooms fire and explosion danger is divided as the Schedule C1:
a) The building is classified to Class A, if in that building, total area of Class A rooms exceed
5% the area of all rooms of house, or over 200m.
It is allowed not to classify the building to Class A if total rooms area of Class A of that
house do not exceed 25% the area of all rooms of house (But not exceed 1000 m) and those
rooms of Class A are also provided automatic fire-fighting equipment.
b) The building is classified to Class B if simultaneously satisfies the following two conditions
- Total area of Class A and B compartments exceed 5% of total area of all compartments of
the building or exceed 200 m2
It is allowed not to classify the building to Class B if total area of Class A and B
compartments in that building does not exceed 25% of total area of all compartments of the
building (but not exceed 1,000 m2) and those Class A and B compartments are equipped
with automatic fire fighting equipment.
c) The building is classified to Class C if simultaneously satisfy two following conditions:
- The building is not belonged to Class A or B;
- Total area of Class A, B and C compartments exceed 5% (10%, if there is no Class A and
B) of total area of all compartments of the building.
It is allowed not to classify the building to Class C if total area of Class A, B and C
compartments in that building does not exceed 25% of total area of all compartments of the
building (but not exceed 3.500 m2) and those compartments are equipped with automatic fire
fighting equipment.
d) The building is classified to Class D if simultaneously satisfy two following conditions:
- The building is not belonged to Class A, B and C;
- Total area of Class A, B, C and D compartments exceed 5% of total area of all
compartments of the building.
It is allowed not to classify the building to Class D if total area of Class A, B, C and D
compartments in that building does not exceed 25% of total area of all compartments of the
building (but not exceed 5.000 m2) and those Class A, B, C rooms are equipped with
automatic fire fighting equipment.
e) The building is classified to Class E if it is not belonged to Class A, B, C or D.
C.2. Some houses and compartments belong to workshops, warehouses, manufacturing
departments are allowed to classify to combustion and detonating combustion danger as
follow:
Liquid pumping stations which have steam flammable temperature from 28oC and
below.
b) Class B
Manufacture and transportation workshop of dust coal, sawdust, detergent stations of
Mazut oil reservoir and other liquids which have steam flammable temperature from
28oC to 61oC;
Crushing and grinding compartment of solid materials, man-made rubber transformation
workshop, sugar manufacture workshop, Mazut storages of the power plant, liquid
pumping stations which have steam flammable temperature from 28oC to 61oC.
c) Class C
Wood fabrication workshop, manufacturing workshop of wooden artistic items;
Weave and garment workshop;
Paper Industrial workshop with dry manufacture process;
Preliminary transforming factory of cotton fibre, jute and other fibres;
Components of granular sieve of grinding factory and grain storage;
Workshop of oil recovery, asphalt distillation, storages containing combustible stuffs and
oil;
Power distribution equipments having power cut-off and electrical equipments with oil
quantity greater than 60Kg for one equipment unit;
Overpass bridge, corridor used for coal and peat transportation;
Close storage containing coal, combination storages, liquid pumping stations having
steam inflammable temperature over 61oC.
d) Class D
Ore yard;
Manufacture factory of NaOH (Except Oven);
Fan station, air-compressor station and non-combustible gas;
Compartment containing carbonic acid and chlorine, cooling towers, non-combustible liquid
pumping stations.
c) From corridors having length over 15m and without natural lighting of manufacture
factory, storage of Class A, B and C having from 2 levels and over, as well as of public
works and multi-function buildings from 6 levels and over;
d) From corridors and common halls using staircases which are smoke uncontaminated of
various functions buildings;
f) From the clear storey halls of houses having height over 28m, as well as from clear
storey halls having height over 15m and from corridors having entrance door or open
balcony which through the space of the above clear storey hall;
g) From the staircase type L2 having open automatic skylight in case of fire at intern
disease treatment establishments;
- Sale stalls;
It is allowed to blow smoke from manufacture rooms of Class having area smaller than or
equal to 200m2 through adjacent corridors.
b) Compartments equipped with automatic fire fighting equipments using air or powder;
c) Corridors or halls, when compartments having door entering these corridors or halls
are directly smoke exhausted.
NOTE: It is no need to separate smoke exhaust for other compartments having area equal to or
smaller than 50m2, when they are situated in main room in which a smoke exhaust system has
been already installed.
D.4. Smoke sucking floe has to be determined by calculation in the following cases:
a) From corridors shown in D.2 a), b), c), d), e) for each length section not bigger than
45m;
b) From compartments shown in D.2 f), g), h), i) for each smoke section having are not
bigger than 3.000 m2.
NOTE: Calculation method of smoke sucking flow must be in accordance with the current
technical standards, taking into account of fire load, temperature, combustible products created,
the outside air parameters, geometry properties and openings locations.
D.5. The design of smoke sucking system for the protection of corridors must be separate from
the smoke sucking system for the protection of rooms.
D.6. Smoke inlet of smoke sucking piping to take some from corridors must be installed under
the corridors ceilings and lower than door. It is allowed to install smoke inlet on branch
piping leading to smoke sucking piping. Length of the corridors needs to be installed a
smoke inlet which is not greater than 45m.
D.7. When sucking smoke directly from compartments having area over 3.000 m2 then it is
needed to divide the zone into many smoke sections having area not greater than 3.000
m2 and must consider to a fire which may happen in one of those sections. Each smoke
inlet is only calculated to serve for one area that do not exceed 1.000 m2.
From zones near windows, with a width up to 15m, it is allowed to exhaust smoke
through small gaps of windows (Louvers) whose the bottom edge of door gap is not
smaller than 2.2m from the ground level.
D.9. Piping and equipments of the smoke sucking system must be fabricated from non-
flammable materials, having fire-resistant limit in conformity with current relevant
standards. When smoke piping is through fire isolated components of combustible
compartments, it has to be equipped with fir isolated valves.
Smoke and combustible products must be rejected outside the building and works, the
smoke exhaust point has to be at least 5m from air supply inlet of the air supply system.
Smoke exhaust into the air has to respect the distance to the surfaces made by
combustible materials and other openings following specifications of specific Design
Standard.
It is allowed to exhaust fume from exhaust piping from the basement and half-basement
through ventilation openings. In this case, the fume exhaust outlet must be installed at a
min distance of 6m from floor level of the ventilation opening (from the building
structure of a min distance of 3m vertically and 1m horizontally) or to exhaust equipment
of wet type, this distance then has to be min 3m from the floor level. It is not allowed to
install smoke valve on these piping.
D.10. Anti-smoke protection has to supply air from outside into the following zones:
a) In lift well (when it is not possible to supply air for buffer chambers in case of fire) of
buildings which have smoke-uncontaminated lift cabinet;
g) In buffer chambers at the close hall entrance and corridors from basements and half-
basement of close hall and corridors as D.2 f).
a) The lower part of lift well when all entrance doors of lift well are well closed at every
level (except the low level);
b) The lower part of all compartments of the uncontaminated staircase type N2, when all
doors along the exit way from corridors and halls on level having fire, which lead to
staircase and from the building to the outside, when all doors from the corridors and halls
on all remaining levels are well closed;
Air supply flow into buffer chamber on one opening door must be calculated when the air
blown through the door has an average speed (but not lower than 1,3m/s), and must
calculated to combination effect of exhausting smoke outside. Calculation of the air
supply flow into a close buffer chamber must be considered to the loss of air through
door gaps.
The excess of air pressure must be compared to the adjacent space with protected
compartments.
D.12. The calculation of the air supply system parameters must be included:
a) The excess of air pressure is not lower than 20 Pa and not more than 50 Pa at the
smoke-uncontaminated lift wells, stairs type N2, in the buffer chambers of smoke-
uncontaminated stair well type N3 in adjacent spaces (halls, lobby);
c) The elevator communication with reference to the stairs and when the elevator doors at
the given floor is opening.
D.13. The pipes and equipment of the air supply system to be made from non-flammable
material having fire-resistant limit in conformity with the requirements of current
relevant standards.
Fire protection distance between houses, public works and auxiliary works of industrial
projects follows Table E.1
Fire protection distance from houses, public works and auxiliary works with fire-
resistance grade of I and II to manufacturing houses and garages with fire-resistance
grade of I and II must be higher than 9m; to manufacturing houses having proof with
insulation of polymer material of inflammable material must be higher than 15m.
Table E.1 - Fire protection distance between houses, public works and auxiliary works of
industrial projects
Fire-resistance grade of the first Distance (m) to second house with fire-resistance grade
house
I, II III IV, V
I,II 6 8 10
III 8 8 10
IV,V 10 10 15
Legend: 1) Distance between houses and works is clear distance between walls or theirs
external structures. In case structures of houses or works made of inflammable
materials protruding more than 1 meter, the distance between these structures is
applied.
2) Distance between walls without hole of windows is allowed less than 20% except
houses with fire resistance grade of IV, V.
3) For the two-story houses with frame structure and panels with fire resistance
grade of V, as well as houses with roof of inflammable material, fire protection
distance must be higher than 20%.
4) Distance between houses with fire resistance grade I and II is allowed less than
6m, if higher walls of the house opposite to the other house are fire walls.
5) It is not specified distance between houses, as well as between house and works
for other activities if total area of construction land (including non-construction area
inside) do not exceed the highest allowed floor area in the limit of a combustion
chamber (see Appendix H, house of group F.1, F.2)
Fire protection distance between houses and industrial works belongs to fire resistance
grade and its manufacture grade is not less than value in Table E.2.
Table E.2 - Fire protection & fire fighting distance between houses and industrial projects
Fire-resistance grade of Distance (m) to second house with fire-resistance grade
the first house
I, II III IV, V
III 9 12 15
IV, V 12 15 18
Legend: 1) Smallest distance between houses and works is clear distance between walls or
theirs external structures. In case structures of houses or works made of
inflammable materials protruding more than 1 meter, the applied smallest distance
is distance between these structures.
a) If total floor area of the 2 houses or more fire having fire-resistance grade III, IV
does not exceed the largest permitted floor area in one combustion chamber
(Appendix H);
b) If wall of the house or building higher or wider turns toward another building
which is fire wall;
c) If houses and works with fire resistance grade III that does not depend on fire
danger level in manufacture grade have opposite walls being solid walls or
perforated walls that are built with glass block brick (or glass wired) with fire limit
not less than 1 hour.
3) Specified distance for the houses and works with fire resistance grade I, II,
manufacture grade A, B, C is reduced from 9m to 6m when meeting one of the
following conditions:
a) Houses and works are equipped with automatic fire fighting system.
E.3 Some cases allow fire distance less than specified ones.
Fire protection distance from a house to houses and surrounding works around, can be
less than specified distances in Item E.1 (Table E1) and in Item E.2 (Table E2) when
obtaining approval of Fire Authority and carrying out as following specifications:
a) Fire protection distance of determined house in this case is distance from the house to
land boundaries of the house (not the distance to another house on adjacent land);
NOTE: land boundaries of the house may be the coincident or parallel line with one sideof the
house or combination with one side of the house one angle of less than 80o.
b) External wall of the house is allowed to have a distance to land boundaries of the
houses from 0m to less than 1,0m; with the following conditions:
+ External wall must be fire wall type 1 (REI 150) for house with fire resistance grade I
and II; and fire wall type 2 (REI 60) for house with fire resistance grade III and IV;
+ Surface of external wall are not formed by materials that are more combustible than the
one of groups Ch1 and LT1.
c) If the external wall of house having a distance more than 1m to land boundaries, it is
allowed to arrange, to form some parts of surface of external wall having fire level less
than specified for fire wall and it is called surface of wall being not protective againts
fire. The maximum permit surface of the non fire-rated protected part of the external wall
is specified accordingly to the distance between this wall to the land boundaries of the
house, and is given in Table E3.
LEGEND: The non fire-rated protected part of the external wall is general as follow:
Doors (doors, windows,) which do not meet requirements are fire doors in fire wall;
Parts of wall have fire resistance limit less than the fire resistance limit of correspondent
fire wall;
The external area of wall composed of materials that are equal or more combustible than
the one of groups Ch2 and LT2.
Table E3 - Distance from external wall of house (or combustion chamber) to land
boundaries is determined according non fire-rated protected surface of that wall
Minimum distance between lateral side of % maximum surface of non fire-
house to land boundary (m) rated protected part compared with
Houses, public works, Houses and industrial total surface area of wall opposite to
auxiliary houses of works, warehouses land boundary
industrial works
1,0 1,0 4,0
1,5 2,0 8,0
3,0 4,0 20,0
6,0 8,0 40,0
LEGEND: 1) when calculating the maximum surface of the non fire-rated protected area
of the external wall, it is possible not to take into account of these zones:
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 Reinforced concrete,
with minimum
thickness of
protection concrete
layer of main bearing
reinforce of 25mm
d)Vermiculite gypsum
plaster of 12,5mm 125 - 75 75 63 63
thickness
2 Aggregate concrete
c
Grade 2 ( ), no-fine
concrete
c)Vermiculite gypsum
plaster of 13mm 150 150 150 150 150 150
a)Non-mortar 200 200 100 100 100 100 170 170 100 100 75 75
d)Vermiculite gypsum
plaster or perlite 100 - 100 100 100 100 100 - 100 100 75 75
gypsum of 13mm
thickness
4 Block wall of
aggregate concrete
b
Grade 1 ( )
d)Vermiculite gypsum
plaster of 12,5mm 100 - 100 100 100 100 75 - 75 62 50 50
thickness
5 Block wall of
aggregate concrete
c
Grade 2 ( )
b)Sand cement mortar - - 100 100 100 100 150 - 100 100 75 50
of 12,5mm thickness
d)Vermiculite gypsum
plaster of 12,5mm 100 - 100 100 100 100 100 - 75 75 75 50
thickness
6 Light concrete block 180 140 100 100 100 100 100 - 62 62 50 50
wall having volume
from 475kg/m3 to
1200kg/m3
a) Built of brick or
100 100 100 100 100 100 75 - 75 75 75 75
clay block, mixed,
concrete or sand-lime
b) Built of brick or
solid/hollow concrete
block, aggregate 100 100 100 100 100 100 75 - 75 75 75 75
Grade 1 (b)
(b) Aggregate Grade 1 means: foamed slag, pumice, furnace slag, fly ashes, broken brick
and clay products, overburning clinker and crushed limestone.
(c) Aggregate Grade 2 means: pebble, granite and all kinds of natural crushed stone except
limestone.
1 Steel frame partition wall with 16mm thickness coating on steel Lati
and masoned inside by steamed aerated concrete block with volume from
480 to 1120 kg/m3 and thickness of:
50 mm
62 mm EI 120
75 mm EI 180
EI 240
2 Steel frame partition wall with external coating of 100mm thick concrete EI 240
block and internal 16mm thick gypsum plaster coating of on steel Lati
3 Steel frame partition wall with external 16mm thick coating and internal EI 60
16mm thick gypsum plaster coating on steel Lati
4 d) The 9.5 mm thick finishing slab by vermiculite gypsum render with the
thickness of:
EI 120
25 mm
10 mm EI 60
5mm EI 30
No render EI 60
f) The 12.5 mm thick finishing slab by vermiculite gypsum render with the
thickness of:
25 mm
EI 120
16 mm
EI 90
10 mm
EI 60
h) The 19 mm thick finishing slab for two layers of the 9.5 mm thick by
vermiculite gypsum rendering with the thickness of:
16 mm EI 120
10 mm EI 90
i) The 12.5 mm thick insulation fiber slab with the 12.5 mm thick gypsum EI 30
render
No render EI 30
No render EI 30
9 The 12.5 mm thick finishing slab plastered by fine gypsum plaster into the EI 90
both sides of the 19 mm thick finishing slab.
10 Three layers of the 19 mm thick finishing slab plastered by fine gypsum EI 120
plaster
11 The 12.5 mm thick wood-fiber slab by cover or render with the thickness
of:
EI 120
75 mm
EI 60
50 mm
12 The 50 mm thick rice husk plate has coupled circuits which covered by EI 30
wooden framing with section 75 mm x 12.5 mm
1 Steel frame wall with outside cover slab is non-flammable material and
a) The 12.5 mm thick rendering layer with cement sand or gypsum on steel EI 240
plate
EI 60
50 mm EI 180
62 mm EI 240
75 mm EI 240
100 mm EI 240
3 Wooden frame wall with the 100 mm thick outside covering layer by brick,
calcined clay block, concrete or sand lime plastered inside by the 16 mm
thick gypsum on steel plate
75 mm EI 180
4 Wooden frame wall with outside covering layer by overlapped edge slabs
9.5 mm thick plywood (a) and lined inside with:
62 mm EI 180
75 mm EI 240
100 mm EI 240
EI 240
NOTE: (a) Must consider the presence of the blocking parts can be flammable in the thickness part of
these structures which do not contribute to their fire-resistance capacity.
NOTE: (a) may have to add extra reinforcement to keep the protective concrete layer
(b) vermiculite / gypsum must have mixture ratio by volume is between 1 to 2:1
NOTE: (a) may have to add extra reinforcement to keep the protective concrete layer
(b) vermiculite / gypsum must have mixture ratio by volume is between 1 to 2:1
NOTE: (a) may have to add extra reinforcement to keep the protective concrete layer
(b) vermiculite / gypsum must have mixture ratio by volume is between 1 to 2:1
(b) Reinforced steel must be the tying wire has the thickness is not less than 2.3 mm or a
steel wire has unit quantity not less than 0.48kg/m2. The distance between reinforced steel
parts, in concrete protection layer, on any dimension not less than 150 mm.
(c) The hollow coating layer means there is a space between protection material and steel.
All hollow protection kinds for column must be sealed effectively at each floor level.
(d) It is necessary to have reinforced slender steel wire with surface space from 12.5 mm to
19 mm except special corner beads are used.
1 Steel plate:
NOTE: (a) The solid coating layer means an outside coat is fastened into steel, not create the gap
between contact surface and all coupled circuits inside that coat is tight and solid.
(b) Reinforced steel must be the tying wire has the thickness is not less than 2.3 mm or a
steel wire has unit quantity not less than 0.48kg/m2. The distance between reinforced steel
parts, in concrete protection layer, on any dimension not less than 150 mm.
(c) The hollow coating layer means there is a space between protection material and steel.
NOTE: (a) The solid coating layer means an outside coat is fastened into steel, not create the gap
between contact surface and all coupled circuits inside that coat is tight and solid.
(b) The hollow coating layer means there is a space between protection material and steel.
All hollow protection kinds for column must be sealed effectively at each floor level.
REI 60 REI 30
NOTES: (a) can add the thickness of glazes or finish coat by anti-fire material
(b) can have to add the auxiliary reinforcement to keep the covering concrete
No. Floor framing The smallest size (mm) to ensure the fire-
resistance rating
NOTES: (a) can add the thickness of glazes or finish coat by anti-fire material
E 60 E 30
NOTES: In the above table, some positions belong to the fire-resistance columns which are no
value that mean glass units as description are not allowed to use that case.
Glass accord with item 1 and 2 in above when is installed in door, window, light aperture,
The fixing is made by wooden or metal batten or by aggregate of glass and details to keep
the corner or clamping with area not exceed 0.372 m2.
Fire rate of Structure Fire Allowable limit distance from the entrance door of
the house danger rate of the the apartment or house room to the nearest
house emergency exit (m)
I S 30 20
I 0
I S 25 15
1
I S 25 15
V 0
S1, 20 10
S2
V No regulation 20 10
G.1.2. For public works
a) The allowable limit distance along the emergency exit from the entrance door of
the farthest room of the public construction (Except the sanitary room, washing
and shower room, and other services) to the nearest emergency exit (exit to outside
of into staircase chamber) has to be as per Table G2.a
Table G 2a - Allowable limit distance from the entrance door of the compartment
to the nearest emergency exit of the public construction
Fire rate of the Distance (m) in case the exit people density (People / m2) is
house
A. From the compartment having exit door placed in the middle of staircase chambers or in the middle of
exits to outside
I, II, III 60 50 40 35 20
IV 40 35 30 25 15
V 30 25 20 15 10
B. From rooms with door opening direct toward short corridor or public lobby
I, II, III 30 25 20 15 10
IV 20 15 15 10 7
V 15 10 10 5 5
Legend: 1) Escape people density is determined by the ratio of the total people has to evacuate from
the emergency exit and the area of that one.
2) It is requested to apply the values of distance in Schedule G 2a as follows: Kindergarten
for column (6); the schools, professional training college and junior colleges, universities for
column (3), the column (5) for inpatient treatment hospital, hotels for column (4), for the
other public utility areas, the escape people density in the corridor is taken specific for each
project.
b) Allowed limit distance from any point of rooms which has different area, have not seat for
audience to the nearest emergency exit must be accordance with Schedule G 2b. When have
a combination of the main emergency exits into the public exit, the width of this public exit
of not less than the total width of the component exits.
Table G 2b - Allowed limit distance from any point of public room has not a seat for
audience to the nearest emergency exit
Using type of room Fire resistance Allowed limit distance (m)
level from any point of to the
nearest emergency exit with
rooms area (1000 m)
More
Up to
than 5 10
5
to 10
V 15 - -
V 30 - -
b) Allowed limit distance in Schedule G3 with the intermediate values of the volume of the
room is determined by linear interpolation
c) Allowed limit distance in Schedule G3 is made for the rooms which has the height is up to
6.0m. When the rooms height is more than 6.0m, this distance will increase as follows: If the
rooms height is up to 12.0m, this distance will increase by 20%, if a height up to 18m,
distance increases by 30%; if a height up to 24m, distance increases by 40% but not more
than 140m for the rooms of Grade A, B and not more than 240m for the room of grade C
Table G 3 - Allowed limit distance from the farthest working station to the nearest
emergency exit of manufacturer
The Room Fire Fire Distance (m) when escape people
volume of grade resistance danger density on the public way
room level of level of
house house
structure
Up to 15 A, B I, II, III, IV S0 40 25 15
III, IV S1 70 40 30
V S2, S3 50 30 20
30 A, B I, II, III, IV S0 60 35 25
III, IV S1 100 60 40
40 I, II, III, IV S0 80 50 35
III, IV S1 110 65 45
III, IV S1 160 95 65
Not belong C4, D I, II, III, IV S0 Not limited Not limited Not limited
the volume
III, IV S1 160 95 65
V Not 120 70 50
specified
Not belong E I, II, III, IV S0, S1 Not limited Not limited Not limited
the volume
LEGEND: Escape people density is determined by the ratio of the total people have to
evacuate from the emergency exit and the area of that one
d) Allowed limit distance from the farthest rooms door with the area is not more than
1.000m of manufacturer to the nearest emergency exit (exit outside or staircase) must be
accordance with Schedule G.4
Table G 4 - Allowed limit distance from the production rooms door has the area of
1.000m to the nearest emergency exit.
Location room Fire Fire Distance go along the corridor (m) from the
of room grade resistance danger rooms door to the nearest emergency exits,
door level of level of when the escape people density go on the
house house public way (persons / m) is
A, B I, II, III, IV S0 60 50 40 35
Go to I, II, III, IV S0 30 25 20 15
short Not
corridor III, IV S1 20 15 15 10
belong
the grade Not
S2, S3 15 10 10 8
specified
a) Width of exit way, from corridor to staircase box, as well as the width of staircase must
be defined in accordance with the number of people who need to exit by that way and the
rate of exited people calculated on 1 meter width of entrance (door). Belonging to the fire
limitation grade of building (excluding the cinema, club, theater, and sported
constructions), this rate does not exceeded the followings values:
- Building with the Fire resistance rate I, II, is not over than 165 persons/m;
- Building with the Fire resistance rate III, IV, is not over than 115 persons/m;
- Building with the Fire resistance rate V, is not over than 80 persons/m;
b) In order to calculate the width of exit way for building of high school, boarding school
and boarding areas of school, its needed to define the largest number of people that can
be present at once on a floor based on the biggest number of people in grade rooms,
training rooms, bedrooms as well as sport compartments, conference rooms, lecture hall
on that floor (see item G.3, Table G9)
c) Width of entrance doors of grade room with number of students over 15 persons is not
less than 0,9m.
d) Width of exit way from the compartments that have no seat for audiences must be
defined according to number of people who need to exit thought out that way as on
following Table G5, but not less than 1,2m for compartments with capacity of over 50
persons.
f) The number of people for 1m wide of the escape way from the stands of the sporting stadiums
and open theater has to be following the Table G.6.
Table G.6 the maximum number of people for 1 m wide of the escape way from the
stands
Fireproof level the maximum number of people for 1 m wide of the escape way from the
of the stands
construction Following the staircases of the Following the exit doors from the
project main ways of the stands main ways of the stands
Downside Upside Downside Upside
I,II 600 825 620 1,230
III,iV 420 580 435 860
V 300 415 310 615
Note: the maximum number of people escaping through 1 exit door does not exceed 1,500
people with the stand of fireproof level I and II. With the stand of fireproof level III, the number
of people escaping will be reduced 30%; and 50% for the fireproof level IV.
The number of people for 1 m wide of the escape way for the intermediate figures of the building
volumes will be determined by the interpolating methodology.
The number of people for 1 m wide of one escape way from the room over than 6m high will be
calculated more as follows: increase 20% when the buildings is 12m high; increase 30% when
the buildings is 18m high; increase 40% when the buildings is 24m high. With the intermediate
figures of the building heights, the number of people will be determined by the interpolating
methodology.
Table G.7 the maximum number of people for 1 m wide of the escape way from a room of
the manufacturer
The room Type of the Fireproof level The grade of the maximum
volume (1,000 room of the building fire damage of number of
m3) the building people for 1 m
wide of the
escape way
from a room
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
To 15 A,B I, II, III, IV S0 45
Table G.8 the maximum number of people for 1 m wide of the escape way from a lobby of
the manufacturer
The highest Fire resistance level The hazardous fire the maximum
hazardous categories of the buildings grade of the building number of people for
of the room in fire structure 1 m wide of the
which has the escape escape way from a
way to the lobby lobby
A,B I,II,III, IV S0 85
C1,C2,C3 I,II,III, IV S0 173
IV S1 120
Not requirement S2, S3 85
C4,D,E I,II,III, IV S0 260
IV S1 180
Not requirement S2, S3 130
G.3. Determining the maximum number of the people in the building or part of the
building:
The maximum number of people in a room, a floor or a building is the number of the people
defined by the approved design. If the design is not determined these numbers, the maximum
number of the people will be divided by the floor area in a room, a floor, or a building over the
floor space figure (m2/people) determined in the Table G.9.
Note: the floor area is not including the areas of the staircase, lift, WC and other utilitites.
H.1.1. Apartment
The allowed height of the building and maximum area of one floor within the flammable
compartment of the apartment building is following the figures in Table H.1.
Table H1-The allowed height of the building and maximum area of the apartment building
Fire resistance level The hazardous fire The allowed The allowed
of the buildings grade of the building maximum height of maximum area of
structure the building (m) one floor within the
flammable
compartment (m2)
I S0 75 2,200
II S0 50 2,200
S1 28 2,200
III S0 25 1,800
S1 15 1,800
IV S0 5 1,000
3 1,400
S1 5 800
3 1,200
S2 5 500
3 900
V No requirement 5 500
3 800
H.1.2. Dormitory
The allowed height of the building and maximum area of one floor within the flammable
compartment of the dormitory is follows:
- To the dormitory with the single block: following the Table H1 (as the apartment
building)
Table H2- the flammable compartment of the dormitory with the common lobbies
Fire resistance level The hazardous fire The allowed The allowed
of the buildings grade of the building maximum height of maximum area of
structure the building (m) one floor within the
flammable
compartment (m2)
I S0 50 2,200
II S0 28 2,200
S1 15 1,000
Table H3-The allowed maximum area of the one floor within the flammable compartment
of some types of the public buildings
Fire resistance level of The allowed maximum The allowed maximum area
the buildings height of the building of one floor within the
(m) flammable compartment (m2)
I,II Following Table H4 2,200
III Following Table H4 1,800
IV 1 1,400
2 1,000
V 1 1,000
2 800
Note: 1) in the building with the fire resistance level of I and II, with the automatic fire fighting
system to be installed, the area of the flammable compartment in the Table H.3 will be allowed
to increase but not excess 2 times.
2) the walls, partitions and ceilings made of wood of building with the fire resistance level V to
be used for the kindergarten, schools, boarding school, outpatient department and clinic, children
healthcare clinic, clubs (except the one floor club with the granite slab walls) to be fireproof.
3) if there is one flammable compartment of the one floor building, there is a mezzanine with the
area not to be exceeded 15% of the one flammable compartment, it can be considered as the one
one floor building.
4) in the passenger stations or equivalent area, if the fireproof partition cant be installed, the
water curtain Drencher can be replaced the fireproof partition. The water curtain will be installed
into 2 strips with 0.5m distance, with the spraying capacity is not less than 1 liter/second for each
of linear meter with both of the strips. The minimum working period of the water curtain is for 1
hour.
5) in the airport terminal with the fire resistance level I, the area of one flammable compartment
can be up to 10,000m2 without the basement; or with the basement (semi-basement) which there
is storage or rooms to be stored the flammable materials (except the locker rooms). At that
moment, the way from the cleaning tool rooms in the basement and semi-basement to the first
floor can be used the open staircases. If the way from the locker rooms in the basement and
semi-basement to the first floor must be used the separate close staircases. The locker rooms
(except the rooms to be equipped the automatic locking machines) are separated with the other
6) in the airport terminal, there is no limit areas among the fireproof partitions if the automatic
firefighting systems are installed.
7) the auxiliary areas of the buildings as the canopy, steps, outdoor lobby, can be taken the fire
resistance lower 01 level than main building.
8) in the competition sporting stadiums, indoor swimming pools (with the chairs or without
chairs) as well as the swimming training rooms, and in the indoor training shooting rooms (
including under the stands or separately built in the public buildings), the flammable
compartment can be increased to 6,000m2 for one floor building with the fire resistance level I,
II; to 5,000m2 for 2 to 5 floor building with the fire resistance level I; and to 4,000m2 for 2 to 5
floor building with the fire resistance level II.
9) in the independent sporting buildings with the fire resistance level I, II, the flammable
compartment can be increased to 10,000m2. These areas can be increased more but not exceed 2
times if the automatic firefighting systems are installed.
10) in the grand halls, receptions and waiting rooms with the areas larger than the figures in the
Table H3, it can be replaced the fireproof walls by the transparent fireproof partitions type 2.
H2.2. Kindergarten, preschool education, maternity hospital, school, cinema, theater, club,
culture house, shops, living service building are the independent works with the maximum floors
to be depended on the project scale and fire resistance level of the building following the Table
H.4.
H3. The highest floor can be arranged for the amphitheatre, conference room, meeting
room, sporting area
The amphitheatre, conference room, meeting room, sporting area in the public buildings, multi-
purposed buildings are only fixed on the highest floor as regulation in the Table H.5.
Table H.5. the highest floor can be arranged for the amphitheatre, conference room,
meeting room, sporting area
The fire resistance Number of seat the highest floor can be
level of the arranged
building
(1) (2) (3)
I, II Up to 300 14
From 300-600 5
Over 600 3
III Up to 300 3
From 300-600 2
IV, V Up to 300 1
NOTE: 1) When determining the highest floor to arrange the rooms with the slopes, the levels of
the floors are determined equivalent with the levels of the first row of seats.
2) the conference rooms in the high schools and day-boarder schools with the fire
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resistance level III will be arranged not over 2nd floor, the type of this floor will be fireproof slab
level II.
Table H.6 The areas of the manufacturing workshop flammable compartment (building
in the F5.1 group)
Grade of the The Fire The maximum area of one floor
manufacturing maximum resistance within the area of the flammable
workshop floors to be level compartment (m2)
allowed 1 floor 2 floor 3 floor
(floor) building building building
up
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
A and B 6 I (*)
A and B (not 6 II (*) 5,200 3,500
manufacturing the
chemical and petroleum)
A (manufacturing the 6 II (*) 5,200 3,500
chemical and petroleum)
B (manufacturing the 6 II (*) 10,400 7,800
chemical and petroleum)
C Not I to II (*)
definition
3 III 5,200 3,500 2,600
1 IV 2,600
1 V 1,200
D Not I to II (*)
definition
3 III 6,500 2,500 3,500
1 IV 3,500
1 V 1,500
E Not I to II (*)
definition
3 III 7,800 6,500 3,500
1 IV 3,500
1 V 2,600
NOTE:
(*) Not requirement for the area of the flammable compartment but the project must follow
strictly the Fire design codes to be applied for such projects;
1) In the manufacturing workshop with the automatic fire fighting systems, the areas between
the fireproof partitions are allowed to increase in the comparison with the figures in Table H.6
but not exceed 2 times.
2) In the manufacturing workshop with the automatic fire alarm systems, the areas between
the fireproof partitions are allowed to increase 25% in the comparison with the figures in
H.4.2. In the storage, the fire resistance level, structural system fire hazardous level, the height of
the storage and the floor area in the flammable compartment indicated in the Table H.7.