Educational Building
Introduction
Educational Building is a structure specifically designed and constructed to support educational activities. This includes any building used by schools, colleges, or other training institutions for the purpose of instruction, education, or recreation, accommodating at least 20 students.
These Buildings and structures are under Group B shall be further subdivided as follows:
Subdivision B-1
Schools upto Senior Secondary Level
Subdivision B-2
All Others/Training Institutions
Note: If residential accommodation is provided in the schools/ institutions that portion of occupancy shall be classified as a building in Subdivision A-3.
According to the Telangana Disaster Response and Fire Services Department’s circular memorandum,
•A Fire NOC is required for buildings that exceed 15 meters in height but the setback of these buildings must be 6-7 meters as per the supreme court’s order
| Sno: | Type of Building Occupancy | Fire Extinguisher | Fire Hose Reel | Fire Hydrant | Fire Sprinkler | Fire Alarm System (Manually) |
Fire Alarm System
(Automatic)
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| EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS (B) | |||||||
| B-1 |
Schools up to Senior Secondary Level
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| b.1 |
Less than 15m in height with Ground plus one or more storeys
|
R | R | NR | R (*Note 4) |
NR | NR |
| b.2 | 15m and above but not exceeding 24m in height | R | R | R | R (*Note 4) |
R | NR |
| b.3 | Above 24m but not exceeding 30m in height | R | R | R (*Note 4) |
R | R | NR |
| B-2 |
All Others/Training Institutions
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| b.1 | Less than 15 m in height with Ground plus one or more storeys | R | R | NR | R (*Note 4) |
NR | NR |
| b.2 | 15 m and above but not exceeding 24 m in height | R | R | R | R (*Note 4) |
R (*Note 8) |
NR |
| b.3 | Above 24 m but not exceeding 30 m in height | R | R | R | R (*Note 4) |
R | NR |
R- Required NR- Not Required
These are preliminary details drawn from the National Building Code of India. For more precise information, please refer to Table 7 of NBC 2016.
Notes
MOEFA System shall also include talk-back system and public address system for the occupancies given in the table for (d) (I) (iii) under A-5, (a) (I) (iv) and (a) (2) under C-I, and (a) (2) under D-I to D-5, in all buildings 15 m and above in height, except for A-3 and A-4 occupancies where these shall be provided for buildings of height 24 m and above. These shall also be provided in car parking areas more than 300 m2 and in multi-level car parking irrespective of their areas.
Buildings above 15 m in height are not to be permitted for occupancies A-I and A-2.
Required to be installed in basement, if area of basement exceeds 200 m2.
Required to be provided if basement area exceeds 200 m2.
Required to be provided for building with more than two storeys (Ground + One).
Required to be provided for building with height above 15m and above.
Sprinklers shall be fed water from both underground static water storage tank and terrace tank.