BUILDING SERVICES

ENGINEERING I
BCM 503
PROCEDURES FOR
INSPECTION, TESTING &
COMMISIONNING OF FIRE
EXTINGUISHER SYSTEM
GROUP MEMBERS :-

MOHD FAZREN BIN KAMARUDIN

2010779787

MUHAMMAD FADZIL BIN MARZUKI

2010192267
 INTRODUCTION
Definition of fire safety :-
Fire safety is a group of equipment and/or behavior
designed to both reduce the risk of starting a fire and
reduce the risk of injury in the event of a fire.
Additional fire safety measures are designed to protect
private property and even structural integrity.
Conversely, objects that have the opposite effect--i.e.,
increase the risk of both fire and injury--are known as
fire hazards.
 FIRE CERTIFICATE
 Every building which uses fire extinguisher
system should have certificate from parties
which already named.

 In Malaysia, the government used a certificate

of completion and compliance (CCC) to give the
certification for the fire extinguisher system of
the building.
 CERTIFICATE COMPLETION
AND COMPLIANCE

What is CCC.. ?
Completion and Compliance Certification (CCC)
was put on effect on 12 April 2007. It gives full power
to Professional Engineer, Professional Architect and
Building Plan Draftsman to issue CCC and Local
Authorities will not issue any more CFO .
 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM BOMBA

 Bomba is one of the technical departments

involved in the process of application for CCC

 All matters relating to fire safety have to get

permission and approval from Bomba first

 Bomba is responsible for inspecting, testing of

all fire protection equipment installed in
buildings according to requirements UBBL
PROCEDURE TO GET LETTERS OF
SUPPORT FROM BOMBA

DESIGN PLAN
DESIGN PLAN

ARCHITECTURAL
PLAN

MECHANICAL &
ELACTRICAL PLAN

INSPECTION ON
SITE

LETTERS OF
SUPPORT
 PROCEDURE TO GET LETTERS OF
SUPPORT FROM BOMBA

1. Design Plan
 Make application to the Local Authority for
planning approval.

2. Architectural Plans
 submitted by the architect / engineer consultants
(engineers public)
 stating the purpose of the plan
submitted
 Each set of plans shall consist of the following plans:
- Location plan - Site plan - Elevation plan
- Section plan - Floor plan

 Explanations should be equipped with a plan submitted

- Use of the proposed building
- Construction materials used, size and so on.
- Occupancy Load calculation / exit load
- Total floor area and building volume.
- Emergency Response Plan
- Approval from the Department of the Environment
(JAS)
 Any plan submitted shall be signed by the architect /
engineer consultant in charge of the project

 Scale for the plan :-

Site plan …………….not less than 1:1000
Location plan ……….appropriate scale
Building Plan………..not less 1:1000
The architect / engineer consultant shall indicate the
Fire Protection System:
 Site Plan (Facilities for fire fighting)
- Hydrants - Access Road (to be painted)
- Fixed Foam Monitor (if any) and others.

 Passive protection
- Fire resistant door - Roller shutter - Party wall
- Compartment wall - Fire fighting lobby

 Fire warning and active protection.

- Fire alarm - Wet & Dry riser - Internal hydrant
- First aid channel system - Breaching inlet
3. Mechanical & Electrical Plan
 submitted by the Consulting Engineers
registered with the IEM

 The plan shall contain :

- Layout plan - Schematic plan - Floor plan
- Statements and codes of practice standards that are
use
- The calculation of the fire system
- All Mechanical and Electrical plans must be drawn
by
a scale of not less than 1: 200
4. Project Inspection
 Application for inspection only can be made after :-
- Architectural Plan and M & E was approved by the
Bomba.
- Water supply from main pipe of ‘Jabatan Bekalan
Air’ has been connected to the hydrants
- Have access to electricity supply or generator.
- Construction work and all the conditions have
been
complied with the Bomba and the system can
function fully and properly tested.
 All the parties involve must be attend during the
discussion, inspection and testing of the system, they
are :

- Architect
- Consultant Engineer
- Main Contractor
- Fire Contractor
-Suppliers / wholesalers elevators, air conditioning,
power
generator and PA system
- Building owners or their representatives
 PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTION AND
TESTING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHING
SYSTEM

HOSE REEL
 General
- Check the amount of the hose reel is accurate to the
approval plan
- Check pump panel is connected to the main fire alarm
panel.
 Water tank
- Capacity of the water tank is occupied to the UBBL
1984 Table 10
- Painted red
- check whether the tank hose reel is shared with other
systems or domestic
 Technical
- Test the water pressure. Approximate distance of 3
hose reel 20 is opened simultaneously
- Check the hose reel and nozzle (good condition)
- Checked whether the system tap off from any other
system

Testing water
pressure
 Pump
- Testing using manual or auto method
- Auto method :- Drain pipe will be open slowly
- Pressure (Psi) of the duty pump and
standby
pump will be record when the pump cut-in

and cut-off

- Manual method :- Testing through the pump panel

- Duty pump and standby pump will be
recorded whether there is in good
condition or not
 Testing pump

Record pressure
 Pump room
- emergency lamp
- signboard of the room
- flow sign at the pipe
- ventilation of the air

Pump Starter Panel

DRY RISER
 Check position of the breaching inlet > 18m and no
obstacle on between
 The position of the landing valve on the protected
are, at the staircase and also lift lobby is based on
the approval drawing
 Drain valve prepared on the breeching inlet at the
ground floor
 Check Bomba main pipe should not exceeding
more than 12m to the riser pipe
 Glass fronted cabinet is installed at the inlet valve
 Air release valve at the top level also should be
installed
 Check size of the riser pipe, the high of the
building
 Check number of the breeching In-let either
that was 2 ways breeching inlet or 4 ways
breeching inlet.

Wet Riser Vavle

Fixed Gas System ( CO2 System )
 Quantity of the system
 The capacity of the CO2
 The installation of the manual key switch at
the system
 Connection between the system to the main
fire alarm panel
 Warning lamp at the top of the exit door (red
and green)
 Installation of the curtain wall
EXTERNAL HYDRANT
 Nearest external hydrant should not exceeding 91.5 m or 300
feet from the new building
 Type of new external hydrant
 position of the ‘false spindle’
 hydrant chamber base had been concrete
 the flow and pressure of the water come out from the
hydrant
 colour of the external hydrant

Testing Water Flow

AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM
 General Inspection
- type of the sprinkler either that was used the
ordinary hazards or extra high hazard
- design density according to M & E plan
- location of the breeching inlet, rather that was 80
feet from the nearest Bomba main pipe
- glass fronted cabinet at the inlet of the pipe
- condition of the sprinkler head was in the good
condition
- connection between the flow switch and the main
fire alarm panel
Cont’d
- flow switch had installed at every floor of the
building
- isolation valve for each zone
- signage at the pump room and the red colour of
the water tank

 Pump testing
- Each pump shall be made in manual and
automatic
testing
- procedure testing manually :
i. Tested the pump starter panel
ii. Selector switch point to user
iii. Press the starter button one by one according to
type of pump

- procedure testing automatically :

i. Jockey pump
- Selector switch on automatic position
- Open the valve slowly, so that the jockey pump
field work, observe and record pressure
- Close the valve and make sure the test is the original pressure.
ii. Duty pump
- Change the duty pump selector switch on the
automatic position and the position of the jockey
pump manual.
- Open the test valve slowly, watch the fall of
pressure, record the pressure when the duty pump
works
- Close the test valve
- Press the stop button on the pump panel to stop
the pump duty.
- Make sure the pressure readings in the original
position.
iii. Standby pump
- Change standby pump selector switch on the
automatic position and the position of the
duty pump manual
- Open the test valve slowly, watch the fall of
pressure, record the pressure when the pump
Standby function
- Close the test valve
- Press the stop button on the pump panel to
stop the standby pump
- Make sure the pressure readings in the original
position
WET RISER
 breeching inlet that connected to the Bomba main
pipe is not exceeding 80 feet
 install the glass fronted cabinet at the inlet valve
 volume of the hose and nozel should be 2 x 30m x
37m and it will provided at the landing valve
 the capacity of the water tank
 sign of wet riser had at the each one of the landing
valve
 return pipe also should be connected to the water
tank
THANK YOU……