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IS 13694 : 1993
Reaffirmed 2007
Indian Standard
FIRE SAFETY IN IRON AND STEEL
INDUSTRIES CODE OF PRACTICE
UDC 699.81 : 725.42 : 669
BIS 1993
April 1993
MARG
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IS 13694: 1993 FIRE SAFETY IN IRON AND
STEEI~ INDUSTRIES - CODE OF PRACTICE
( Page 5, clause t 1.2.3 ) - Substitute the following for the existing clause:
'Clean Agents System - These systems are alternate to halon systems.'
(CED 36)
Reprography Unit, BIS, New Delhi, India
FOREWORD
This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by .
the Fire Safety Sectional Committee bad been approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council.
Irrespective of size. all iron Bud steel industries have one thing in common, that is, all haveample combustible materials in the form of coal, fuel oil. combustible gasel, inflammable liquids..
book records, waste, jute etc. When any of the material catch fire, these materials burn and
contribute to the growth of fire.
Fire in the iron and steel industries will jeopardise the lives of the workers and the equipment
and destroy the total or partial equipment, which will represent a national wealth. Consequential Joss due to iron and steel industry fire may Dot be assessed in terms of money. The losse..
are irrepairable.
Iron and Steel industries of all types are expanding at an enormous rate. Increase in demand for
iron and steel, official policy 811d increase in usage in various sectors makes this process inevitable.
The consumption of steel per-capita indicates the national growth and prosperity. Since thedevelopment of new iron BDd steel industries takes several years, the protection taken to safeguard
the industry play a vital role and be done in the planning stages of the industry and in the
operating stage of the existing industry. Unless the industry is planned to meet the futuristic
requirements it may result in haphazard growth, additions and alterations, later thereby adding tothe fire hazard.
In all cases, it is of utmost importance that due emphasis should be laid, at the planning stage,
to analyse the fire hazard and vulnerabilities embodied in the various producing units of the
iron and steel industry and its operations, when it is on going, and to plan and implement suitablemeasures for mitigating the hazards and vulnerabilities.
While full compliance with the acceptable building and fire safety codes may ensure a reasonable
level of public safety in the existing construction, it should be realised tbat reliance upon the'
codes may not provide adequate protection for high value equipment and other associated!
instruments and adequate measures as needed be assured.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with,
the final value, observed or calculated. expressing the result of a test or analysis, sball be rounded.
off in accordance with,IS 2: 1960 Rules for rounding off numerical values ("vised )'. The number
of significant place. 'retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the spccific4
value in this standard.
IS 136'4: 1993
Indian Standard
FIRE SAFETY IN IRON AND STEEL
INDUSTRIES - CODE OF PRACTICE
~t
SCOPE
basically
4 BLAST FURNACE
4.1 A blast furnace shall be a completely fire
~'IS
13694: 1993
5 MELTING SHOP
5.1 A steel melting shop shall be a completely
fire resisting enclosures having an internal
capacity to suit the technological requirements
which are used exclusively for the manufacture
of steel. It should be so equipped, maintained
and supervised that the possibilities of an outbreak of fire outside the furnance should be
reduced to the minimum possible.
5.2
and
7 REHEATING FURNACE
6 COKE OVEN
6.1 A coke oven shall be a completely fire
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-,vater circulation from the direct heat and
should not be peeled or damaged at any point
p"., Consummable
should
be
properly
insulated and
9.3 'No
8 HOT MILL
8.1 A blooming mill, slabbing mill, wire rod
mill hot strip mill, plate mill, section mill or
rail 'and structural mill is a completely open
process of finishing into the desired technologi.cal requirements which are exclusively meant
for the manufacture of finished steel products.
It should be so equipped, maintained and
.supervised that the possibilities of an outbreak
of fire outside the mills or in the cellars should
be reduced to the minimum possible.
oil gas,
oxygen pipes, lubricants, inflammable liquids
.are to be protected suitably either keeping away
from the hot working areas or keeping them in
.an insulated enclosures. No cotton waste or
inflammable liquids or lubricants should be
stored near the mills.
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checked and rectified immediately. Suitable sas
detectors should be installed.
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k) All manual call boxel Ihould form part of
, the general detection system.
.
IS 2189 : 1988.
n) The location of the manually operated
call boxes should be visible and easily
approachable. A white circle of 300 mm
dia should be drawn around the call box
with a red circle of 100 mm dia drawn
inside the same where the call box is
located for easy identification. The call
boxes should be numbered and the
location should be indicated in the cellars
and the halls for easy reach. The logo
should be written that in case of fire
reach the call box located at .... , the
location of the call box should not exceed
100 m in the travel distance.
1984 )
Carbon dioxide system of total flooding can be
very effective but has the following limitations:
a) The rate of discharge from a total flooding
type fixed carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system is high and effective
concentration of the gas can be maintaned
for an extended period to ensure complete
extinction.
b) Carbon dioxide is highly corrosive and
will take time to fill big oil cellars and
electrical control rooms. The corrosion
effects the electrical contact points.
is being discharged.
e) Hence this system is adopted normally
for enclosed unoccupied spaces.
11.2.3 Halon SYltem
b) Fuel oil storage tanks, out door transformers, oil cellars, electrical control
rooms near hot processing equipment like
blast furnace steel melting shop or
furnace. sintering plant, sponge iron
plant, coke storage, coal storages, gas
storages etc. are some of the areas where
sprinkler system will be effective to
quench the fire in the initial stages.
industry.
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necessary immediately after the fire is oltinguished. The fuel oil storage tanks and the other
Manually
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equipment as a training will help to save the
men and machinery from the fire hazards.
ANNEX A
( Clause 2 )
LIST OF REFERRED INDIAN STANDARDS
Title
IS No.
2175 : 1988
2189 : 1988
2190 : 1992
Title
IS No.
3614
revision)
revision)
11360 : 1985
Specification
for
smoke
detectors for use in automatic
electrical fire alarm system
12459 : 1988
Staadlrel Mark
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Standard, Act. 1986 and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder. The Standard Mark OD
products covered by an Indian Standard conveys the assurance that they have been produced
to comply with the requirements of that standard under I well defined system of inspection.
testing and quality control which is devised and supervised by DIS and operated by the producer. Standard marked products are also continuously checked by DIS for conformity to
that standard as a further safeguerd. Details of conditions under which a licence for the use
of the Standard Mark may be granted to manufacturers or producers may be obtained.from
the Bureau of Indian Standards.
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the course of implementing the standard, of necessary details, such as symbols and sizes, types or
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