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MALAYSIAN STANDARD

MS 1183:2015

Fire safety in the design, management and use of buildings - Code of practice (First revision)

ICS: 13.220.01 Descriptors: design, management, fire safety, buildings

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Contents Page Committee representation .................................................................................................... iv Foreword .............................................................................................................................. vi Introduction ......................................................................................................................... vii

SECTION 1: GENERAL ........................................................................................................ 1 1 2 3 4

Scope ....................................................................................................................... 1 Normative references................................................................................................ 1 Terms and definitions................................................................................................ 8 General recommendations and background ............................................................ 22

SECTION 2: PURPOSE GROUP ........................................................................................ 26 5 6

General assessing risk............................................................................................ 26 Occupancy risk of each purpose group ................................................................... 28

SECTION 3: ENSURING EFFECTIVE FIRE PROTECTION ................................ ................ 31 7

Ensuring effective fire protection ................................ ............................................. 31

SECTION 4: MANAGING FIRE SAFETY ............................................................................. 34 8 9 10

Establishing management levels ................................ ............................................. 34 Fire safety manual .................................................................................................. 41 Designing so that a building can be managed ......................................................... 41

SECTION 5: DESIGNING MEANS OF ESCAPE ................................................................. 51 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Principles of means of escape ................................................................................ 51 Evacuation strategy ................................................................................................ 53 Internal subdivision and spatial/visual orientation .................................................... 56 Designing means of escape .................................................................................... 57 Identification of risk ................................................................................................ 63 Minimum package of fire protection......................................................................... 63 Horizontal means of escape.................................................................................... 70 Vertical means of escape........................................................................................ 85 Additional fire protection measures ......................................................................... 93

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SECTION 6: ACCESS AND FASILITIES FOR FIREFIGHTING ........................................... 95 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

General recommendations for firefighting facilities................................ ................... 95 Facilities for firefighting ........................................................................................... 96 Vehicles access .................................................................................................... 114 Water supplies for fire and rescue department use ................................................ 115 Communications systems for fire and rescue department use ............................... 116 Fire control centre ................................................................................................. 116 Firefighters’ emergency switches for discharge lighting installation ........................ 118 Drawings for fire and rescue department use ........................................................ 118 Heat and smoke control ........................................................................................ 120 Electrical services ................................................................................................. 124

SECTION 7: DESIGNING THE BUILDING STRUCTURE (LOAD-BEARING AND NONLOAD-BEARING ELEMENTS) ..........................................................................................126 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

Designing the building structure-General............................................................... 126 Fire resistance ...................................................................................................... 127 Compartmentation ................................................................................................ 135 Openings .............................................................................................................. 143 Concealed spaces ................................................................................................ 168 Materials and finishes ........................................................................................... 176 External fire spread between neighbouring buildings ............................................. 187 Accommodation ancillary to the main use of the building ....................................... 201 Engineering services............................................................................................. 206

SECTION 8: SPECIAL RISK PROTECTION............... ....................................................... 214 39

Special risk protection ........................................................................................... 214

SECTION 9: MANAGING OCCUPIED BUILDINGS ........................................................... 215 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

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Commissioning and hand-over .............................................................................. 215 Managing occupied buildings ................................................................................ 217 Fire prevention...................................................................................................... 223 Ensuring that systems respond properly in an emergency ..................................... 227 Planning the response to a fire .............................................................................. 230 Emergency actions ............................................................................................... 237 Evacuation of disabled people .............................................................................. 243 Management of fire safety prior to full occupation of a building .............................. 248 Building works, alterations, decommissioning and demolition ................................ 249


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Annexes A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Additional considerations for property and business continuity protection .............. 253 Recommendations for atria ................................................................................... 259 Design solutions and exemplars for atria ............................................................... 272 Recommendations for theatres, cinemas and similar venues................................. 322 Recommendations for shopping complexes .......................................................... 334 Process plant and outdoor structures .................................................................... 359 Recommendations for refuges and evacuation lifts................................................ 362 Fire safety manual ................................................................................................ 374 Fire control centre and evacuation management ................................................... 382 Fire safety equipment, facilities and systems......................................................... 385 Signs and signage ................................................................................................ 390 Typical arrangements to keep firefighting lift wells free from water......................... 391 Operational information (emergency packs) for the fire and rescue department ..... 394 Commissioning and hand-over of smoke control systems...................................... 395 Fire safety training ................................................................................................ 397 Control of conditions in public areas...................................................................... 400 Recommendations for owners of multi-occupancy residential buildings ................. 403 Advice to occupiers of dwellings in residential buildings ................................ ........ 406 Examples of fire instruction notices ....................................................................... 410 Audience/crowd control......................................................................................... 415 Hot work ............................................................................................................... 417 Routine inspection and maintenance of fire safety installations.............................. 419 Routine inspection and maintenance of ventilation and air conditioning ductwork .. 426 Phased evacuation ............................................................................................... 428 Examples of evacuation strategies ........................................................................ 431 Example messages for use in phased evacuation ................................................. 433

Bibliography ...................................................................................................................... 436


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Committee representation The Industry Standards Committee on Fire Safety and Prevention (ISC M) under whose authority this Malaysian Standard was developed, comprises representatives from the following organisations: Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia Department of Chemistry, Malaysia Department of Standards Malaysia Forest Research Institute Malaysia Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia Malaysian Association of Standards Users Malaysian Fire Protection Association Master Builders Association Malaysia Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Persatuan Insuran Am Malaysia Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association Malaysia SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Distribution Division) The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia The Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia Branch Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Technical Committee on Passive Fire Protection System which supervised the development of this Malaysian Standard consists of representatives from the following organisations: Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers Forest Research Institute Malaysia Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia Malaysian Fire Protection Association Malaysian Lift and Escalator Association Persatuan Insuran Am Malaysia Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Product Certific ation and Inspection Department) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Testing Servic es Department) The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia The Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia Branch Universiti Putra Malaysia Co-opted members: Universiti Malaya

The Working Group on Code of Practice for Fire Safety (Sections 3, 4 and 6) which developed this Malaysian Standard consists of representatives from the following organisations: Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia Malaysian Fire Protection Association Malaysian Lift and Escalator Association Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Product Certific ation and Inspection Department) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Testing Servic es Department) The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia The Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia Branch

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Committee representation (continued ) The Working Group on Code of Practice for Fire Safety (Sections 2, 7 and 9) which developed this Malaysian Standard consists of representatives from the following organisations: Forest Research Institute Malaysia Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia Malaysian Fire Protection Association Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Product Certific ation and Inspection Department) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Testing Servic es Department) The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia The Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia Branch

The Working Group on Code of Practice for Fire Safety (Sections 1, 5 and 8) which developed this Malaysian Standard consists of representatives from the following organisations: Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia Malaysian Fire Protection Association Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia SIRIM Berhad (Secretariat) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Product Certific ation and Inspection Department) SIRIM QAS International Sdn Bhd (Testing Servic es Department) The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia The Institution of Fire Engineers (UK) Malaysia Branch


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Foreword This Malaysian Standard was developed by the Working Group on Code of Practice for Fire Safety (Sections 3, 4 and 6), Working Group on Code of Practice for Fire Safety (Sections 2, 7 and 9) and Working Group on Code of Practice for Fire Safety (Secti ons 1, 5 and 8) under the authority of the Industry Standards Committee on Fire Safety. This Malaysian Standard cancels and replaces: MS 1183: Part 2:1993, Code of practice for fire precautions in the design and construction of buildings - Part 2: Shops MS 1183: Part 5:1990, Code of practice for fire precautions in the design and construction of buildings - Fire-fighting stairways and lifts MS 1183: Part 8:1990, Specification for fire precautions in the design and construction of buildings - Part 8: Code of practice for means of escape for disable people Compliance with a Malaysian Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

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