ICS 91.040.20; 13.220.20                         CED 36

Reaffirmed 2017

1. Scope

This standard covers the essential fire safety requ irements for the storage and handling of coal, working of coal pulverizers and their associated equipment and the buildings housing the equipment in power houses and other industries where pulverized coal fired furnaces are used.

2. Referenced Documents

636 : 1988 Non-percolating flexiblefire fighting delivery hose (third revision)

903 : 1993 Fire hose delivery couplings, branch pipe, nozzles and nozzle spanner (fourth revision)

1641:1988 Code of practice for fire safety of buildings (general): General principles of fire grading and classification (first revision)

1646: 1997 Code of practice for fire safety of buildings (general): Electrical installations (second revision)

2175:1988 Heat sensitive fire detectors for use in automatic fire alarm system (second revision)

2189 : 1999 Selection, installation and maintenance of automatic fire detection and alarm system - Code of practice (second revision)

2190: 1992 Selection, installation and maintenance of first-aid fire extinguishers - Code of practice (second revision)

2871 : 1983 Specification for branch pipe, universal for fire fighting purposes (first revision)

2878 : 1986 Specification for fire extinguisher, carbon dioxide type (portable and trolly mounted) (second revision)

3594:1991 Code of practice for fire safety of industrial buildings: General storage and warehousing including cold storages (first revision)

4927 : 1992 Unlined flax canvas hose for fire fighting -- specification (first revision)

6382 : 1984 Code of practice for design and installation of fixed carbon diox ide for fire extinguishing system (first revision)

8757 : 1999 Glossaryofterms associatedwith fire safety (first revision)

9668 : 1990 Code of practice for provision and maintenance of water supplies and fire fighting