BUILDING SERVICES ENGINEERING I

BCM 503PROCEDURES FOR

INSPECTION, TESTING & COMMISIONNING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER SYSTEM

MOHD FAZREN BIN KAMARUDIN 2010779787

MUHAMMAD FADZIL BIN MARZUKI2010192267

GROUP MEMBERS :-

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.

INTRODUCTION

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.

FIRE CERTIFICATE

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.

CERTIFICATE COMPLETION AND

COMPLIANCE

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

LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM BOMBA

PROCEDURE TO GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM

BOMBA

DESIGN PLAN

ARCHITECTURAL PLAN

MECHANICAL & ELACTRICAL

PLAN

INSPECTION ON SITE

LETTERS OF SUPPORT

DESIGN PLAN

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

PROCEDURE TO GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM BOMBA

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 1:1000Location plan ……….appropriate scaleBuilding 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

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

PROCEDURE FOR INSPECTION AND TESTING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHING

SYSTEM

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

Record pressure

Testing pump

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……