Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Fire Appliances Access

  • Vehicular access to the exterior of a building is needed to enable high reach appliances , such as turntable ladders and hydraulic platforms , to be used and to enable pumping appliances to supply water and equipment for fire fighting and rescue activities . 
  • By Law 140 ( UBBL 1984 ) stipulates the proportions of the building perimeter that must be accessible to the fire fighting appliances . 
  • Access requirements increases with building size and height  . 
 Example 3
E2-3 . Refer to By Law 140 of UBBL , sketch the fire appliance access to the building at the plan below .

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