section 18
Liability of owner or occupiers for approval of fire fighting scheme
The Haryana Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2022General202256 sections
Statutory text
- (1) In compliance of the provisions of Part IV of the National Building Code of India, 1983 as revised from time to time, Haryana Building Code, 2017 and any other State law or bye-laws, as applicable on relevant premises, the owner or the occupier of a building, who is responsible either individually or jointly shall-
- (i) provide fire fighting installations and life safety measures;
- (ii) maintain the fire prevention and life safety measures in operational condition at all times.
- (2) Any person proposing to construct a building as mentioned in clauses
- (a) and
- (b) hereunder, after approval of building plans from the officer competent to approve the same under the relevant law, shall apply for approval of the fire fighting scheme confirming to the provisions of this Act and Part- IV of the National Building Code of India, 1983 as revised from time to time, to the Director or any officer authorized by him in this behalf, in such form, alongwith such fee, as may be prescribed, namely:-
- (a) all high rise buildings (except residential buildings upto height of 16.5 mtrs); and
- (b) special buildings including-
- (i) hotel, educational, institutional, business, mercantile, industrial, storage, hazardous and mixed occupancies, where any of these buildings have floor area more than five hundred square meter (500 square meters) on any one or more floors;
- (ii) educational buildings having height of nine meters (9 meters) and above;
- (iii) institutional buildings having height of nine meters (9 meters) and above;
- (iv) all assembly buildings;
- (v) buildings, having area more than three hundred square meters (300 square meters) of incidental assembly occupancy on any floor; and
- (vi) buildings with two basements or more, or with one basement of area more than five hundred square meters (500 square meters) unless otherwise mentioned specifically in the provisions.
- (3) Any officer duly authorized by the Director in this behalf may take cognizance of any application and shall scrutinize the application with regard to the requirement of Haryana Building Code, 2017 and Part-IV of National Building Code, 1983 as revised from time to time. The Director or any officer authorised by him in this behalf, after scrutiny may grant the approval of fire fighting scheme which shall be valid for a period of five years for the buildings mentioned in clause
- (a) of sub-section
- (2) and for a period of two years for the buildings mentioned in clause
- (b) of sub-section
- (2) or reject the said application after recording reasons within such time, as may be prescribed: Provided that the Director or any other officer authorized by him in this behalf while approving the Fire Fighting Scheme may impose any additional conditions/fire safety measures, which he deems fit, for the safety of people and safety of the building depending upon the ground situation.
- (4) In case of approach road/ abutting road on which building is to be constructed and set backs or open space around such building to be constructed, the parameters laid down under the Haryana Building Code 2017, shall be applicable.
- (5) The maximum height of the storage building shall be permissible up to twenty one meters (21 meters) subject to the condition that no regular/continuous human habitation shall be accessible for general public beyond fifteen meters (15 meters) in height. In case of classes of occupancy or building for which fire prevention and fire safety measures are not mentioned in the provisions of Part- IV of the National Building Code of India, 1983 as revised from time to time and separate guidelines are not issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards or Oil India Safety Directorate, the Director or any officer authorized by him in this behalf may require the owner or occupier of such occupancy or building or premises to provide fire prevention and fire safety measures in accordance with the parameters laid down by the National Fire Protection Association Institution (U.S.A.).
- (6) The maximum travel distance of the building shall be such as specified in the Haryana Building Code, 2017 as revised from time to time.
- (7) The maximum height of the industrial building shall be permissible up to thirty meters (30 meters) for low and moderate hazard buildings (except high hazard buildings) subject to the condition that no regular/continuous human habitation is permitted beyond eighteen meters (18 meters) in height for low and moderate hazard buildings. In case of classes of occupancies or buildings or premises for which fire prevention and life safety measures are not mentioned in the provisions of Part-IV of the National Building Code of India, 1983 as revised from time and time and separate guidelines are not issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards or Oil India Safety Directorate, in such cases, the Director or any officer authorized by him in this behalf, may require the owner or occupier of such occupancy or building or premises to provide fire prevention and life safety measures in accordance with the parameters laid down by the National Fire Protection Association Institution (U.S.A.).
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