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OFFICE ORDER N080~39 of 2013 Dated tJ~i0-$-13

Sub Implementation of Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act 2006 and Rules 2009 Simplification of process for grant of Fire approvals and Renewals there-under

Ref (1) Section 3 and Section 10 of Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act 2006 amp DC Rules of MIDC

(2) Office Order issued by CEO MIDC vide No 1114 of 2009 dated 1782009

(3) Office order issued by Directorate of Fire Services vide No 876 MFS dated 11th October 2010

PRESENT PROCEDURE

With reference to No (1) above it is mandatory to provide fire prevention and life safety measures as per the provisions of Development Control Rules of MIDC and Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act 2006 (Fire Act)

With reference to No (2) above CEO MIDC has delegated powers for grant of fire approvals to SPA Engineers working in the field for administrative purpose due to non-availability of required no of fire officers in the field

With reference to No (3) above Directorate of Maharashtra Fire Services has issued revised requirements for fire protection systems for Group-G occupancies ie industrial occupancies having low moderate and high hazard classification given in Annex-B of Part 4 of NBC 2005 As per the provisions of Section 3 (3) of Fire Act it is the responsibility of owner and occupier to provide fire prevention and protection arrangements to industries through Licensed Agencies approved by the Directorate of Maharashtra Fire Services At present there are 236 Licensed Agencies are appOinted by the Directorate and the list is available on Directorates website wwwmahafireservice govin As per the provisional fire approval issued by MIDC industries carry out installation work through Licensed Agencies and submit Form-A to Fire Deptt Or SPA for grant of final fire approval It is expected that the installing agency or any other licensed agency should carry out operation and maintenance of the system installed in the industries and should issue certificate to that effect in the Form-B On the basis of Form-B renewal of fire approvals will be issued by Fire Deptt Or SPA as the case may be

At Head Office level through Industries Association various micro small and medium entrepreneurs are expressing their difficulties for submission of Form -A for obtaining final fire approval and Form-B in a month of January and July in case of renewal of fire approval Considering the above difficulty the issue was discussed and as per the provisions of Section 10(1) the following orders are issued

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-2shyACTION FOR EAS E OF BUSINESS

To provide relief to micro small and medium entrepreneurs having low hazard activities having proposed total built-up area upto 3000 sq mtrs and height less than 15 meters at the time of granting provisional fire approval it is decided to follow following procedure for simplification of process of granting final fire approval and renewal of fi re approval

(1) The provisional fire approval which is a prescription recommendation of fi re prevention and protection arrangements for industries should be issued considering the revised office order issued by Directorate of Maharashtra Fire Services for Group-G occupancies ie industries The list of low hazard industries is made amply clear in Annex-B of Part 4 of NBC2005 The copy of both is enclosed for ready reference

(2) At the time of granting final fire approval for low-hazard industry as per the provisions of section 10(1) the fire officer attached to local MIDC Fire Station should carry out inspection as per the check-list and ensure the availability of fire protection systems as per provisional fire approval and record the observations in writing reasons of non insisting the approved license agency and issue final fire approval or renewal as the case may be

(3) At the time of renewal of the fire approval in case of low-hazard industry having built-up area upto 3000 sq mtrs and height less than 15 meters Form-B from the licensed agencies should not be insisted The fire officer of local MIDC fire station should carry out inspection as per standard check list and issue Renewal to industries

(4) This procedure will be made applicable to all low-hazard industries as specified in Annex-B of Part 4 of NBC 2005 and the same will be applicable to all industries situated in MIDC Areas having proposed built-up area upto 3000 sq mtrs

(5) The recovery of fire protection fund fee as per the office order issued by CEO MIDC vide No MIDCFire1078 dated 1ih July 2006 shou ld be followed

The above orders should come in force with immediate effect and the guidelines mentioned above shall be followed scrupulously by all SPAs and Fi re Officers in MIDC

These orders are issued as per the apprOV[ f the CEO MIDC

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(Mv~shmUkh)Chle Fire 0 er amp Fire Advisor

MIDC umbai-93

Copy submitted to CEO MIDC for favour of o~mation please Copy fwcs to All Heads of Departments in MIDC Copy to All Superintending Engineers MIDC All Executive EngineersSPAs in MIDC All Divisional Fire Officers in IVIIDC All Dy Engineers SPAs in MIDC All Fire Officers in MIDC Guard File Circular File

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