FIRE SAFETY

ASSESSMENT
Karachi
REPORT
Contents

2. Assessment Team 3
3. Scope and Purpose of Assessment 4
4. Executive Summary 5
5. industry 6
6. Company Introduction 6
7. Assessment Methodology 6
NFPA 551 7
NFPA 10 7
NFPA 1 8
NFPA 70E 8
NFPA 72 9
8. Assessment Observations 13
8.1 Good Practices 13
8.2 Observations 17
11. Recommendation 39

January 2023

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 1. REPORT DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVAL

Prepared By: __________________________________

Reviewed By: __________________________________

Approved By: _________________________________

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3. Scope and Purpose of Assessment
This assessment was conducted at the ____ Company located at _______by ________ in __________.

Purpose of assessment was to identify the Fire Safety gaps in compliance with applicable Local laws, NFPA standards
and other applicable fire safety laws and recommend for solutions to close the gaps.

Core operations of ____ Industries include Printing Press.

Scope of the project included:

1. The potential ignition sources found in the building/facility and any control measures in place.
2. How any outbreak of fire is likely to develop, taking into account the geometry of the building, the level of
compartmentation, and the degree of fire loading?
3. Identification of fire hazards and the means for their elimination or control
4. Fire risk information on the building/ facility, equipment, the processes carried out in the building, and the
people present, or likely to be present, in the premises
5. Determining the availability of existing firefighting and fire protection measures in the building/facility
6. Determining potentials of smoke and flame spread
7. Suitability of early fire detection, warning, and alarm system
8. Firefighting and ERP team and the nearest local firefighting service stations
9. Availability of suitable life-supporting supplies such as first aid boxes, gas masks & respirators, fire blankets,
portable stretchers, fire retardant clothing, etc.

Standards referred for the Assessment are:

1. NFPA 551 – Guide for evaluation of fire risk assessment
2. NFPA 101 – Life safety code
3. NFPA 1 – Location and placement requirements for portable fire extinguishers
4. NFPA 10 – Standard for portable fire extinguisher
5. NFPA 70E – Standard for Electrical safety
6. NFPA 72 – National fire alarm and signaling code
7. NFPA 230 – Standard for fire protection of storage
8. NFPA 30 – Flammable and Combustible liquids code
9. NFPA 70E – Electrical Safety code
10. NFPA 1616 – Standard on mass evacuation
11. NFPA 54 – National Fuel Gas Code
12. NFPA 80 – Standard for Fire doors and other Opening Protective
13. NFPA 230 – Standard for Fire Protection of Storage
14. NFPA 75 – Standard for Fire protection of Information Technology Equipment
15. NFPA 221 – Standard for High Challenge Fire Walls, Fire Walls, and Fire Barrier walls
16. Building Code of Pakistan 2016 (Fire Safety Provisions)

4. Executive Summary
The Observations were taken in light of applicable legal requirements and NFPA Codes.

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The management and staff were very considerate of the fire safety risks, yet there were some notable observations:

1. Fire Pump and Hydrant System is not available (Requirement of 9.4.1 BCP 2016, FSP 2016)
2. Building Stability test has not been conducted. Acquisition of Building Stability Certificate is also a requirement of
Sindh factories Act 2015 and its importance is increased as a powerful jerk was observed by employees within the
building and few glass walls broke as well. The Building stability test is necessary to gauge the integrity of
structure. Sindh OSH Act 2017 Section 8(X), Form F (Building Stability Certificate Requirement)
3. Gas
S. No. Description Priority

1 Fire Pump and Hydrant System 0%

2 Fire Extinguisher Availability 85%

3 Emergency Response Plan 60%

4 Fire Alarm System 75%

5 Emergency Response Team 60%

6 Emergency Exits 65%

leakage detectors are not available in LPG area and natural gas use areas such as Kitchen.
4. Electrical equipment installed in the areas where flammable solvents are used or stored are not explosion proof
5. Exit path is not isolated from LPG Storage area, it may compromise whole emergency route
6. Automatic actuated Fire Dampers must be installed in ducts to achieve the compartmentation and to stop the
spread of fire ([Link] BCP 2016, FSP 2016)
7. Fire Extinguishers and especially LPG cylinders must be hydrostatically tested after 5 years of its manufacturing as
per legal and NFPA Compliance (NFPA 10, BCP 2016)
8. Smoke Detectors not installed as per NFPA 72

Other observation are mentioned in the Section 8.2 “Observations” in below report

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6. Company Introduction
_____________is an organization established to provide best in class, robust HSE services to the industrial and
commercial sector. Working in the domains of HSE trainings, HSE assessments & inspections, environmental
consultancy, fire systems designing, PPEs and other supplies

7. Assessment Methodology
The assessment was carried out by analyzing the documentations followed be detailed assessment of facility and
practices. The electrical, mechanical, Active Fire and passive fire hazards were identified. Workers were interviewed
regarding safe evacuation and were briefed about the hazards in the area.

NFPA 551:
In the past decade, the world has seen the publication of a number of national, regional, and international standards
and guides for fire risk assessment. In order to make sense of these diverse documents, it is useful to review their
similarities and differences systematically. Some of these documents were discussed in detail in other presentations at
this symposium. For the sake of efficiency, the general framework for describing fire risk assessment standards
presented here is illustrated primarily by standards-making bodies or working groups headquartered in the U.S.
Specifically, these documents are used as examples:
• ISO TS 16732
• SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment
• NFPA 551
• ASTM E1776

Support traditional engineering analysis. An option in ISO TS 16732 is to use simple fire risk analysis methods to identify
a short list of diverse scenarios that collectively represent a large share of total risk. These scenarios are then assessed
through a traditional engineering analysis, focusing solely on the magnitude of consequence (loss) and the
effectiveness of alternative designs to reduce that loss. This use of fire risk analysis is not a fire risk assessment,
because Fire Science and Technology the evaluation is not done in a risk format. This is a popular approach because
many people – engineers and sponsors – are more comfortable if a design can be shown to perform safely under any

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circumstances, and although this is never possible, they are willing to treat performance under a range of scenarios as
an acceptable approximation.

Help officials review proposals. NFPA 551 is designed not to guide the performance of fire risk assessment but rather to
assist responsible officials (called "authorities having jurisdiction" in the NFPA system) to confirm or refute the code
equivalency of a design proposal whose justification is stated in terms of a supporting fire risk assessment. Again, this is
not guidance for those performing a fire risk assessment; it is guidance for those reviewing a fire risk assessment, as
part of a traditional design review and approval.

Compare alternative products. ASTM E 1776 is a guide for people writing guides for fire risk assessment of alternative
products within a product class. This is not a standard for fire risk assessment; it is a standard for fire risk assessment
standards. It is not ready for direct use in assessment but it is available to support the development of guides that can
be used directly. Also, the guides and standards to be developed according to ASTM E 1776 are not documents for the
assessment of buildings, the subject of assessment for all other fire risk assessment standards, but rather the
assessment of products, such as furniture or room lining materials.

Compare alternative designs. ISO TS 16732 and the SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment are guides to fire risk
assessment of a proposed design for a building or similar sized constructed object, such as a bridge or a transportation
vehicle. Such standards are intended to either replace conventional, so-called prescriptive codes or complement them
by providing a standardized protocol for demonstrating equivalency to the conventional code. This is the principal type
of fire risk assessment standard requested by users

NFPA 10:
In 1918 and 1919, the NFPA Committee on Field Practice (predecessor of the present committee) was active in
developing a standard on first aid protection. The earliest official NFPA standard on this subject was adopted in 1921.
Revised editions were adopted by the association in 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1942, 1945,
1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974,
1975, 1978, and 1981. In 1965, the previous editions were divided into two separate texts, one covering installation
and the second covering maintenance and use. The 1974 edition recombined all the information previously contained
in NFPA 10 and NFPA 10A. A new appendix was added to the 1974 edition to include information about the selection of
fire extinguishers for home hazards. Information on selection and distribution of fire extinguishers was added to the
appendix of the 1978 edition. Major revisions to provide simplification and uniformity were made in the 1984 edition.
The standard was revised in 1988, 1990, and 1994. In 1998, NFPA 10R, Recommended Practice for Portable Fire
Extinguishing Equipment in Family Dwelling Units and Living Units, was withdrawn. Information on this topic was
incorporated as an annex of NFPA 10. This standard was revised in 2002. The 2006 edition of this standard was a
complete revision. The 2010 edition of this standard included changes to comply with the Manual of Style for NFPA
Technical Committee Documents by removing unenforceable terms. Annex material was also added to clarify the need
for removing obsolete extinguishers. The 2013 edition of this standard has been revised to better address Class D
extinguishing agents and the phase-out of listed halon extinguishers. The definition of halocarbons has been expanded
to permit the use of any halocarbon agent acceptable under the U.S. EPA Significant New Alternatives Policy program.
The list of NFPA documents that contain additional requirements that supersede those found in this standard was
significantly expanded for easy reference. New travel distances for obstacle, gravity/three-dimensional, and pressure
fire hazards have been added. Chapter 7, Inspection, Maintenance, and Recharging, and Annex E, Distribution, have
been significantly revised and restructured. Instructions for inspection and maintenance of residential extinguishers
have been added to Annex F, Selection of Residential Fire-Extinguishing Equipment.

NFPA 1:
The Life Safety Code had its origin in the work of the Committee on Safety to Life of the National Fire Protection

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Association, which was appointed in 1913. In 1912, a pamphlet titled Exit Drills in Factories, Schools, Department
Stores and Theaters was published following its presentation by the late Committee member R. H. Newbern at the
1911 Annual Meeting of the Association. Although the pamphlet’s publication antedated the organization of the
Committee, it was considered a Committee publication.

For the first few years of its existence, the Committee on Safety to Life devoted its attention to a study of the notable
€res involving loss of life and to analyzing the causes of this loss of life. This work led to the preparation of standards
for the construction of stairways, fire escapes, and other egress routes for fire drills in various occupancies, and for the
construction and arrangement of exit facilities for factories, schools, and other occupancies. These reports were
adopted by the National Fire Protection Association and published in pamphlet form as Outside Stairs for Fire Exits
(1916) and Safeguarding Factory Workers from Fire (1918). These pamphlets served as a groundwork for the present
Code. These pamphlets were widely circulated and put into general use. In 1921, the Committee on Safety to Life was
enlarged to include representatives of certain interested groups not previously participating in the standard’s
development. The Committee then began to further develop and integrate previous Committee publications to provide
a comprehensive guide to exits and related features of life safety from fire in all classes of occupancy. Known as the
Building Exits Code, various drafts were published, circulated, and discussed over a period of years, and the first edition
of the Building Exits Code was published by the National Fire Protection Association in 1927. Thereafter, the Committee
continued its deliberations, adding new material on features not originally covered and revising various details in the
light of fire experience and practical experience in the use of the Code. New editions were published in 1929, 1934,
1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, and 1946 to incorporate the amendments adopted by the National Fire Protection Association.
National attention was focused on the importance of adequate exits and related fire safety features after the Cocoanut
Grove Nightclub fire in Boston in 1942 in which 492 lives were lost. Public attention to exit matters was further
stimulated by the series of hotel fires in 1946 (LaSalle, Chicago—61 dead; Canfield, Dubuque—19 dead; and Winecoff,
Atlanta — 119 dead). The Building Exits Code, thereafter, was used to an increasing extent for regulatory purposes.
However, the Code was not written in language suitable for adoption into law, because it had been drafted as a
reference document and contained advisory provisions that were useful to building designers but inappropriate for
legal use. This led to a decision by the Committee to re-edit the entire Code,

NFPA 70E:
The Standards Council of the National Fire Protection Association announced on January 7, 1976, the formal
appointment of a new electrical standards development committee. Entitled the Committee on Electrical Safety
Requirements for Employee Workplaces, NFPA 70E, this new committee reported to the Association through the
Technical Correlating Committee on National Electrical Code®. This committee was formed to assist OSHA in preparing
electrical safety standards that would serve OSHA’s needs and that could be expeditiously promulgated through the
provisions of Section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. OSHA found that in attempting to utilize the latest
edition of NFPA 70®, National Electrical Code® (NEC®), it was confronted with the following problems:
1. Updating to a new edition of the NEC would have to be accomplished through the OSHA
6(b) procedures. OSHA adopted the 1968 and then the 1971 NEC under Section 6(a) procedures of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970. Today, however, OSHA can only adopt or modify a standard by the procedures of
Section 6(b) of the OSHA Act, which provide for public notice, opportunity for public comment, and public hearings.
The adoption of a new edition of the NEC by these procedures would require extensive effort and application of
resources by OSHA and others. Even so, going through the Section 6(b) procedures might result in requirements
substantially different from those of the NEC, thereby creating the problem of conflict between the OSHA standard and
other national and local standards.

2. The NEC is intended for use primarily by those who design, install, and inspect electrical installations. OSHA’s
electrical regulations address employers and employees in their workplaces. The technical content and complexity of
the NEC is extremely difficult for the average employer and employee to understand.
3. Some of the detailed provisions within the NEC are not directly related to employee safety and, therefore, are of
little value for OSHA’s needs.

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4. Requirements for electrical safety-related work practices and maintenance of the electrical system considered
critical to safety are not found in the NEC, which is essentially an electrical installation document. However, OSHA must
also consider and develop these safety areas in its regulations.

With these problem areas, it became apparent that a need existed for a new standard, tailored to fulfill OSHA’s
responsibilities that would still be fully consistent with the NEC.

The foregoing issues led to the concept that a document be put together by a competent group, representing all
interests that would extract suitable portions from the NEC and from other documents applicable to electrical safety.
This concept and an offer of assistance was submitted in May 1975 to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, who
responded as follows: “The concept, procedures, and scope of the effort discussed with my staff for preparing the
subject standard appear to have great merit, and an apparent need exists for this proposed consensus document
which OSHA could consider for promulgation under the provisions of Section 6(b) of the Act. OSHA does have an
interest in this effort and believes the proposed standard would serve a useful purpose.” With this positive
encouragement from OSHA, a proposal to prepare such a document was presented to the NFPA Electrical Section,
which unanimously supported a recommendation that the NEC Correlating Committee examine the feasibility of
developing a document to be used as a basis for evaluating electrical safety in the workplace. In keeping with the
recommendation of the Electrical Section and Correlating Committee, the Standards Council authorized the
establishment of a committee to carry out this examination.

NFPA 72:
In order to undertake the process of designing a fire system for a building it is necessary to have a sound understanding
of the relevant design standards, the legal framework surrounding building safety legislation and a sound working
knowledge of product application theory. The following system design process is intended to give a reasonable
overview of all the areas of knowledge required for the successful design of a fire alarm system. Due to the complex
nature of legislation and design standards relating to fire alarm system design, this course is not intended to be a
comprehensive to all aspects of fire alarm design but rather a very useful source of background information to which
further application specific detailed information can be added from other sources as required.
Why have a fire alarm system?

The answer to this question depends on the premises in question and the legal requirements. Your local fire marshal
may require a fire alarm system based upon the occupancy of the building. Generally the legal requirement for a fire
alarm system relates to the protection of life. In general fire alarm systems are installed to:
1. To provide for the safety of occupants in buildings, and to make provision for their evacuation or refuge during a fire
or other emergency,
2. To provide fire department with early notification of a fire in a building and to direct them to the area of risk,
3. To reduce loss of property; the property may have considerable intrinsic value and the insurers either require a fire
detection system or may incentives its use,
4. To reduce building damage; the building may be unoccupied for periods where equipment is still powered and the
owner wishes to ensure that if anything goes wrong the fire department is called to the scene in a timely manner.
Sometimes fire detection and alarm systems are used to compensate for structural fire protection shortcomings or to
give special cover for items of high value,
5. To reduce the amount of business lost, and 6. Minimize risk to the public who attend unfamiliar properties. It is often
a mandatory requirement by the Building Codes. Whatever the reason, an automatic fire detection and alarm system
generally provides a network of manual call points, heat and smoke detectors, and alarm warning devices over the area
covered. Once activated, the devices send signals to the fire alarm panel which in turn activates audio and visual
devices including lights and sounders. The system may also send its signal to an off-site monitoring station.

RISK ASSESSMENT

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The first step in the design process is the risk assessment. It underpins the whole system strategy and therefore could
be argued as being the most important stage. Risk assessment is the process of considering each part of a building
from the point of view of what fire hazards exist within an area and what would happen in the event of fire or if
explosion were to occur. This would normally be done when considering the building from the point of view of general
safety. Clearly very small premises only require a first level of fire protection, such as safe construction, clear escape
routes and a fire extinguisher. Equally obviously, large hotels will require a fully automatic fire detection and alarm
system, multiple sets fire protection equipment and adequate emergency lighting and escape signage . The Risk
Assessment process is to help building owners of buildings between these two extremes make adequate and
appropriate provision. Building owners or operators will often want to employ the services of a professional risk
assessor to ensure that the building is considered impartially and in adequate detail. However there are checklists and
technical advice available so that the task can be done ‘in-house’.

CONSULT WITH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

Before embarking on a detailed design, it is highly recommended as a minimum to consult the following agencies so as
to ensure that the fire detection and alarm system meets the requirements of all concerned including:

1. The authority responsible for enforcing health and safety legislation,

2. The property insurer,
3. The building user (where appropriate),
4. The proposed installer
5. Fire engineering specialists (where appropriate)

DESIGN PROCESS

A fire alarm system should be designed to provide early detection and warning of a fire. The designer must consider
the size, complexity and use of the building, and the degree of detection and warning desired. While the design of fire
alarm systems is normally regulated by building codes, the level of protection specified is usually a minimum and the
designer should consider providing higher levels of protection where circumstances indicate the need. Before looking
at the details of the alarm system, it is necessary to understand some of the concepts that are used to assist the system
designer.

Buildings are divided up into sections in three ways as far as fire safety engineering is concerned: fire compartments,
detection zones and alarm zones.

Review of the Building

1. Review the physical properties of the building such as: • Building height • Number of floors • Area of each floor •
Smoke compartments • Sprinkler system, if any
2. What fire alarm equipment is required in this occupancy
3. What locations are fire alarm devices required
4. Determine if there is a special use or occupancy (refer to Model Building Code - Chapter 4, and Life Safety Code -
Chapter 11)

Fire Compartments
A fire compartment is a part of a building that is separated from the rest of the building by a fire resistant structure so
as to limit the spread of fire within the building.
The requirements for designing a building and hence its fire compartments, are defined in building regulations. It is
necessary, however, for the designer of fire detection and alarm system to be familiar with the design of the building,
in particular the position and extent of its fire compartments.

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Detection Zones
Fire detection zones are essentially a convenient way of dividing up a building to assist in quickly locating the position
of a fire. The zone boundaries are not physical features of the building, although it is normal to make the zone
boundary coincide with walls, floors and specifically fire compartments. The size and position of the detection zones
will therefore tend to be dependent on the shape of the buildings, but will also depend on what the building is used for
and to some extent the number of people the building is expected to contain at any one time. Some specific
recommendations with respect to detection zones are:

1. Zones should be restricted to single floors, except where the total floor area of a building is less than 3000 ft².
2. Voids above or below the floor area of a room may be included in the same zone as the room so long as they are
both in the same fire compartment.
3. Zones should not be larger than 20,000 ft² except for manual systems in single story open plan buildings, such as a
warehouse, where up to 100,000 ft² is allowed.
4. Fire detectors in an enclosed stairwell, lift shaft or the like should be considered as a separate zone.
5. The search distance within a zone should be less than 300 ft in any direction (all possible entrance points must be
considered). This can be relaxed when using addressable systems, if the information provided at the control and
indicator equipment would allow fire fighters, unfamiliar with the building, to proceed directly to the location of the
fire. The search distance only relates to the distance from entering a zone to being able to determine the location of
the fire, it is not necessary to travel to the fire.
6. Zones should not cross fire compartments, a fire compartment can contain several zones but a zone should not
contain more than one fire compartment.

Alarm Zones
Alarm zones are only needed in buildings where operation of the alarms needs to be different in certain parts of the
buildings. If the only requirement is to activate all the alarm sounders to provide a single common evacuate signal once
a fire is detected, then alarm zones are not needed as the whole building is considered one alarm zone. For more
complex buildings where it is necessary to operate alarm devices differently in parts of the building, then the building
should be divided into alarm zones such that all of the alarm devices in one alarm zone operate in the same way. Here
are some recommendations for alarm zones:

1. The boundaries of all alarm zones should comprise fire-resisting construction.

2. Signal overlap between alarm zones should not cause confusion.
3. The same alarm and alert signals should be used throughout a building.
4. A detection zone must not contain multiple alarm zones, alarm and detection zone boundaries should coincide. An
alarm zone may contain multiple detection zones. Once the building zones and fire alarm requirements are
determined, install per the applicable standards.

RELEVANT STANDARDS
The design, installation and testing of the fire detection and alarm system shall comply with all state and local codes
with no exception. Standards produced by agencies such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and/or Approved by
Factory Mutual (FM) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) are generally endorsed by relevant building
codes. Often these standards are called up within guidance documents for pieces of legislation and since they
represent best current practice, can be generally be used by building owners to demonstrate that equipment they have
installed is adequate and appropriate.

Fire alarm system requirements are found in:

• NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code
• NFPA 101, Life Safety Code
• Model Building Codes

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NFPA 72 was written to provide requirements for the installation, performance, testing, inspection, and maintenance
of the fire alarm system. If you want to know if a fire alarm system is required for a given occupancy, then NFPA 101,
Life Safety Code and other related codes (building codes) make that determination. The following organizations issue
guidelines and standards that relate to the USA; other countries will have their own standards. NFPA Codes and
Standards NFPA publishes standards for the proper application, installation, and maintenance of automatic smoke
detectors.
The principal codes which should be reviewed before specifying or installing automatic smoke detectors are listed
below: NFPA publishes codes and standards concerning all phases of fire protection. Among those which directly
concern automatic smoke detectors are:

1. NFPA 70 National Electrical Code: • Article 210, Branch Circuits • Article 760, Fire Protective Signaling Systems •
Article 500, Hazardous Areas

2. NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code: NFPA 72 covers minimum performance, location, mounting, testing, and
maintenance requirements of automatic fire detectors.

3. NFPA 90A Standard for the Installation of Air Conditioning and Ventilating Systems

4. NFPA 92A Smoke Control Systems in Malls, Atria, and Large Areas NFPA 90A and 92A provide information on the use
of smoke detectors in ducts of HVAC systems and smoke control systems.

5. NFPA 101 Life Safety Code NFPA 101 specifies the requirements for smoke detection in both new and existing
buildings depending on the type of occupancy.

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8. Assessment Observations
8.1 Good Practices

Team of __ is very competent, co-operative and engaged. They facilitated our team to identify the hazards effectively.
______________ team observed staff have good safety and quality knowledge. During visit staff seemed like a family
and has strong cooperation and working relationship which reflected the reasons behind safety of Industry. The most
important element is that the ____ team is very open minded for new ideas, has good acceptance for compliance and
willingness for learning.

During visit the assessment team witnessed that there’s a culture of safety at the facility and everyone takes his
responsibility in terms of safety. Below are just a few examples of good practices observed during our visit.
- High standards of floor safety are maintained throughout the facility
- Commitment of employees
- Robust training programs are available for the staff
- Training Involvement
- Safety sign boards displayed for visual communication purpose

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 Legends
Immediate
Building No. 1 Need Improvement
No Action Required

Entrance and Backside Aisle

Action
S. No. Observation Picture Recommendation
Required
1 Entrance Door for Door opening direction
building opens inside. must be towards outside

2 Emergency Exit is made Emergency Door must be

of combustible material properly concealed and
and uneven floor, may Fire Rated
cause tripping in case of
emergency evacuation

3 Diesel Pipe passing by in Exit Route must be free

exit path, may contribute from all type of possible
as flammable liquid in hazards
case of fire and can
compromise of
emergency path

4 Penetration of Piping Openings must be closed

Found in Emergency
Exit Route, may cause
accumulation of smoke in
emergency route

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 Action
S. No. Observation Picture Recommendation
Required
5 Combustible Material Exit Route must be free
and Obstruction found in from all type of possible
Emergency Route hazards

6 Electrical Wiring are Must be properly

installed in inadequate conduited and tied
manner, may cause
insulation damage and
ultimately short
circuiting or power
failure

7 Combustible Material Exit Route must be free

and Obstruction found in from all type of possible
Emergency Route hazards

8 Water Line passing under Water Line should replace

the Electrical DB away from Electrical DB

9 Broken Sign Must be replaced with

Emergency Exit Sign with
Direction

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 Action
S. No. Observation Picture Recommendation
Required
10 Outer Placed under Pipe Shelter must be placed or
Line outer should be replaced

11 Pump for Printing Rain Shelter must be

Machine is placed in placed
open area at backside

12 Compressor placed under Must be replaced to

Emergency Exit Stairs, suitable location, away
whole Exit can be from emergency route
compromised

13 Drain line cover broken, Must be replaced or fixed

may cause tripping

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 LT Room

S. No. Observation Picture Priority Recommendation

14 Opening in floor of LT Room, Openings must be closed
Rodent may damage the
insulation of wire or
combustible material can cause
fire in long term basis

15 Exhaust and Light operates by Fan and Light are

same switch recommended to have
separate buttons

16 Rubber mats not appropriate Rubber mats must be

placed as per recommended
thickness and specifications
by NFPA

17 Smoke Detector not placed as Must be replaced as per the

per criteria recommendation of NFPA
72

18 Unnecessary Items stored near Must be stored in Proper

LT Room Storage area

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S. No. Observation Picture Priority Recommendation
19 Nearest Exit from the premises Provision from inside must
is closed from outside be provided

First Floor

S. No. Observation Pictures Priority Recommendation

20 Signage not visible from front Placement Direction must be
changed

21 Electrical Inspection tag not Electrical Inspection must be

placed performed Annually as per
legal compliance

Electrical Hazard signage must

be placed as well

22 Housekeeping issue and Must be stored in proper

Rubber mat not proper size storage area

23 Improper Placement of Must be stored properly at

Clothes on machine, may changing area
cause fire

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 S. No. Observation Pictures Priority Recommendation
24 Combustible material stored Unnecessary item must be
over safety cabinet and within stored properly in storage area
the cabinet, may cause fire

25 Flammable Liquids stored Must be stored in Proper

near Generators Storage area

26 Secondary containment not Secondary Containment must

sufficient for Diesel Tank be 110% of the primary
containment as per the
standards

Second Floor
S. No. Observation Picture Priority Recommended
27 Extinguisher missing from Fire Extinguisher must be
Location 91 placed at designated location.
If extinguisher is on refilling,
refilling card must be placed

28 Unnecessary items stored at Must be properly stored at

Electrical Workstation and storage area
cabinet

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 S. No. Observation Picture Priority Recommended
29 Penetration found between All the penetrations must be
floor, may cause spread route concealed
for fire

30 LPG and Welding cylinders Must be tied with chain and

found. stored at proper storage area

Third Floor
S. No. Observation Pictures Priority Recommendation
34 Separator Sheets Missing from Must be installed, to avoid
Electrical electrocution or direct exposure
to electrical installations

35 Manual Call Point not Must be placed in Exit Route

installed at proper place

36 Penetration in False Ceiling Smoke Detector must be placed

Observed over false ceiling as well

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S. No. Observation Pictures Priority Recommendation
37 Fire Extinguisher not placed in CO2 Fire Extinguisher must be
IT Server Area placed

38 Fire Extinguisher Hydrostatic testing must be

manufactured in 2017 conducted

39 Rain Water shade missing, Rain must to installed

may cause electrocution

Building No. 2
Ground Floor – Prepressing

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S. No. Observation Picture Priority Recommendation
40 Flammable Liquids stored in Must be stored properly in
Prepressing area secondary containment and as
per recommended in SDS

41 Wooden Door, may Must be Fire Rated

compromise Emergency Exit
route In case of Fire

Ground Floor – Impression Department

S. No. Observation Picture Priority Recommendation

42 Fire Extinguisher Signage Appropriate Signage must be
Not appropriate for wall installed
mounted Extinguishers

43 Manual Call Point might be Must be easily accessible

obstruct when door is open

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S. No. Observation Picture Priority Recommendation
44 Fire Extinguisher placed Must be placed within Premises
outside the premise building of building or signage must be
(Not visible) installed for visibility

45 Separator sheet not installed Separator sheet required in DB

in the Electrical Db to avoid electrocution

46 Flammable Paint stored In Must be installed in Proper

Changing area of Workers, storage area, away from
may cause fire in case of hazards
smoking or Minor ignition

47 Open Ducts may provide Fire Dampers must be installed

route to fire for spread with Ducts

48 Smoke Detector Placed over Must be placed as per NFPA 72

conduit, may not work in case Recommendations
of fire

49 Flammable and Corrosive Must be stored as per

liquids found near machines instructions in SDS and within
(Improper Storage) Secondary Containment. PPE;s
must be provided for chemical
handling and usage of PPE
must be kept in practice

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Blank Separation Area

50 Combustible material stored Must be segregated and stored
in Blank Separation Area properly.

51 Electrical DB obstructed by Electrical DB must be kept

Combustible Material and not accessible and unobstructed all
accessible the time

Production Floor

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52 Unnecessary combustible Production floor must be free
items stored behind machine from all type of Unnecessary
combustible items

Ground Floor Stairs

53 Expired Fire Extinguisher Must be stored in properly
Placed under Stairs, may designated area
explode or compromise
whole staircase

First Floor
54 1. Door is made of Fire Exit door must be fire
combustible material rated for 2 Hours atleast
2. Door opening direction
found in wrong direction, All the doors must open
may cause stampede in case towards outside
of an emergency

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55 Aisle blocked with Aisles must be free from all
combustible items type of hazards

56 Penetration in All the Tempering in

compartmentation of First compartmentation must be
Floor Production area and closed,
Office area, may provide
route of fire

57 In Plastic Molding Cabinets, Must be segregated

All type of liquids are stored
together. May become Fire Blanket Must be placed
hazardous if stored with non-
compatible liquids

58 Smoke detector not placed Must be installed as per NFPA

properly 72 Guideline

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59 Exit Door not appropriate Must open outside, must be
concealed

Second Floor
60 1. Door is made of Fire Exit door must be fire
combustible material rated for 2 Hours atleast
2. Door opening direction
found in wrong direction, All the doors must open
may cause stampede in case towards outside
of an emergency

61 Smoke Detector not found Smoke Detectors to be installed

62 Fire Extinguishers not Fire Extinguisher Must be
installed in near Electrical installed as per requirement
DB

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63 Smoke Detector Missing in Must be installed for Early
Canteen Area detection of Fire

64 Gas Detector not installed  Gas Detector must be

installed to detector any gas
Separate Closing Valve not leakages
available  Separate isolation valve
must be installed with easy
access
 Fire Blanket must be
installed
 Kitchen hood suppression
system must be installed

Engineering Store
65 Smoke Detectors not installed Fire Alarm system must be
in Engineering Store installed

66 Penetration in wall due to All the penetration must be

exhaust fan, may provide concealed
route of fire

Warehouse
67 Low lighting, insufficient  Explosion proof lights must
secondary containment and be installed
automatic exhaust system not  Sufficient Secondary
available containment must be
provided

68 Combustible material is used Tempered Glass must be used

for closing of penetration at or Fire Rated Material
Solvent area

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69 Smoke Detector not installed Smoke Detectors Must be

in QC Lab installed
70 Executive Suite Entrance Door Must be fire rated and
door not concealed and made concealed (To avoid the
up of combustible material travelling of Fire and smoke
from one room to another)

71 Fire Extinguisher missing in Fire Extinguisher must be in

executive suite place

72 Glass Wall broken due to Building stability test must be

intensity of Explosion conducted

73 Smoke detector not installed Smoke detector must be placed

properly as per NFPA 72

Artificial roof found, which is Smoke detector must be placed

not concealed. This may in-between space of artificial
provide route to fire from and concrete roof, for early
travelling from one room to detection of fire
another

74 Manual Call point not Manual call point must be

installed in proper location installed in easily accessible
(Not Accessible) areas (Mainly Exit Path)

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75 Smoke detector not installed Smoke detector must be placed
properly as per NFPA 72

Third Floor
76 Window covered with Must be properly closed with
combustible material appropriate material

77 Roof or some part of roof  Building Stability test must

may collapse be conducted
 Limited Access should be
provided
 Helmet must be worn all
time at this floor

78 Fire Extinguisher Placed on Must be placed as per NFPA 10

floor at balcony recommendation (From 4
inches to 5 Feet from floor at
the wall)

First Floor (Office Area)

79 Combustible material stored Electrical room must be free
in Electrical DB Room from all the combustible items

Electrical room is in Fire rated door must be

emergency exit route installed in Electrical DB room,
which may otherwise lead
toward compromise of
emergency exit

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80 Unavailability of Fire FM 200 or Novec1230 Must be
Suppression system in IT installed in IT Server room
server room

81 Shared window in IT Room Window must be isolated from

and Conference Room, may one room to another
cause spread of fire from one
room to another

82 Window is opening in First Must be isolated with a

Floor exit stairs from oxygen concrete wall
cylinder area, may cause
compromise in first floor exit
stairs in-case of fire in
oxygen cylinder

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1. Fire Pump and Hydrant System is not available, it should be installed
2. Building Stability test must be conducted, as the huge jerk was observed by employees within the building and few
glass walls broke as well. The Building stability test is necessary to gauge the integrity of structure
3. Gas Detectors must be installed in LPG Storage area and Kitchen
4. All installed electrical equipment must be Explosion Proof in Solvent area.
5. Smoke detector must be installed in all remaining areas as per the guidelines NFPA 72
6. Separator sheets need to install in all electrical DB’s
7. Third party electrical inspection is recommended on periodic basis
8. All the Emergency exit doors must be fire rated and direction of opening must be toward outside
9. Automatic actuated Fire Dampers must be installed in ducts to achieve the compartmentation and to stop the
spread of fire
10. Exit path must be isolated from LPG Storage area, may compromise whole emergency route
11. Fire Extinguishers and all the other cylinders must be hydrostatically tested after 5 years of its manufacturing as per
legal and NFPA Compliance
12. Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus must be available
13. Vulnerable persons list must be available, for smart evacuation in-case of emergency
14. Compartmentation must be achieved in all areas as to comply with Passive Fire Safety Requirements and NFPA
Standards
15. Advanced Fire Fighting Training required for Emergency Response Team
16. HSE Empowerment program must be in-place for strong commitment of HSE at workplace from employees and
Senior Management

**END OF REPORT**

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