FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL （消防安全要求）.pdf

Appendix D FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL WAREHOUSES 1 SCOPE 1.1 The scope of this Guidelines covers the fire safety requirements for general warehouses which include single-storey single-user warehouses, single-storey multi-user warehouses, underground warehouses, multi-storey warehouses with or without basements and warehouse within other non-industrial buildings. This Guidelines shall supersede the “Guidelines on Fire Safety Requirements for Mega Warehouse”. 2 DEFINITION 2.1 General Warehouse General warehouse is defined as space used for storing various types of goods or materials. It also includes warehouses for storing chemicals (to comply with the Chemical Warehouse requirements), fresh/perishable food products (cold room), etc. Those departmental stores, supermarkets and the likes having displayed storage height more than 4m (with sprinkler protection) or 2.5m (without sprinkler protection) shall comply with this Guidelines and the fie safety requirements stipulated in Fire Code for purpose group V (as retail shop). 2.2 Store having floor area more than 100 square meters shall be classified as warehouse (purpose group VIII) usage and subject to comply with this Guidelines. 2.3 Store having floor area equal or less than 100 square meter is still be required to comply with the storage height limit of Table 21(A) (B) of the CP52 (please refer to Table 1A and 1B for details). For store room without sprinkler protection system the storage height should be limited to 4m. 2.4 QP shall be responsible to infor