COMPANY NAME

FIRE LOAD, OCCUPANT LOAD & EXTINGUISHER DEMAND CALCULATION

MANUFACTURING BLOCK NAME
FIRST FLOOR MEDIUM HAZARD
FIRE LOAD CALCULATION
Floor Area Estimated Mass Fire Load Density
Material Calorific values (Kcal/Kg)
(m2) (Kg) (Kcal/m2)
500 n-Hexane 5148.3 10687 110037
500 Paper 20 3224 129
500 Plastic Cables 500 9790 9790
Total Fire Load (Kcal/m2) 119956
Note: n-Hexane considered because it has the higher calorific value of all the solvents

OCCUPANT LOAD (CLAUSE 4.3 of NATIONAL BUILDING CODE)

Group of Occupancy Group E & G -Business & Industrial buildings

Occupant Load (Floor area in m2/Person) 10 Occupant Load 50 No's

RECOMMENDED SCALE OF EXTINGUISHERS TO BE INSTALLED AS PER IS 2190

Class & Type of Occupancy Group G - Industrial buildings Class of Fire Class B

Nature of Occupancy MH

Workshops, painting shops, large kitchens, industrial canteens, generator rooms, heat treatment shops, tread rubber
Example
manufacturing units, petrol bunks, tubes and Haps units, etc

Extingusihers to Two 9 litre foam extinguisher, mechanical type, or 5/6 kg dry powder extinguisher ( or one of each type) for every 200
be provided m2 area with minimum of four extinguisher per compartment. Extinguisher should be available within 15 m radius.

EXTINGUISHERS DETAILS

Mobile
Agent
Mech
Foam

Clean

Foam
TYPE

CO2
DCP

ABC

WFM
QUANTITY 4 5 6 9 10 75 150 2 4.5 6.8 9 50 135 5 10 150 2 200
50
REQUIRED 5

PROVIDED

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