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1.1.1 SCOPE PART I - INTRODUCTION SECTION 1.1 GENERAL 1.1.1.1 The Standard shall cover fire protection and life safety requirements for underground, surface, and elevated Rapid Transit Systems including trainways, transit stations, and train maintenance depot, on-line electric substation and Rapid Transit System facility buildings. Transit stations shall pertain to stations accommodating only passengers and employees of the Rapid Transit Systems and incidental occupancies in the stations. This Standard shall not cover requirements for the following: (a) Conventional freight or passengers railroad systems including those that provide commuter services. (b) Buses and trolley coaches. (c) Any other system of transportation not included in the definition of Rapid Transit Systems. 1.1.2 PURPOSE 1.1.2.1 The purpose of this Standard is to establish minimum requirements that will provide an acceptable degree of safety from fire and its related hazards. 1.1.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRE SAFETY 1.1.3.1 Fire safety on a Rapid Transit System shall be achieved through a composite of facility design, operating equipment and hardware, procedures, and software subsystems that are integrated to provide requirements for the protection of life and property from the effects of fire. The level of fire safety desired for the whole system shall be achieved by integrating the required levels for each subsystem. Scope Purpose Characteristics of fire safety Standard for Fire Safety in Rapid Transit Systems 1
1.1.4 ABBREVIATIONS The abbreviations used in this Standard:- ANSI American National Standards Institute BS British Standard CD Civil Defence Cl. Clause CP Code of Practice FCC Fire Command Centre OCC Operation Control Centre PSB PSB Corporation PSC Passenger Service Centre PUB Public Utilities Board RTS Rapid Transit System SCDF Singapore Civil Defence Force SS Singapore Standard PWDs Persons With Disabilities Abbreviations Standard for Fire Safety in Rapid Transit Systems 2
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Page 3 and 4: 2.3.13 Restriction of Spread of fla
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(c) Commercial spaces shall be comp
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(h) Coldroom Where the enclosure to
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(b) Any reference to height means t
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2.3.5 EXTERNAL WALL 2.3.5.1 Externa
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2.3.6.2 A separating wall shall hav
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(b) Have the appropriate fire resis
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2.3.8.8 A protected shaft which con
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(ii) Drywall shall have the requisi
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2.3.9.3 Pipes (a) Pipes which pass
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2.3.10.3 Doors opening into the exi
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(h) All sides shall be properly sea
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(v) Intumescent mastics. The method
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(e) Cl.2.3.8.2(c), 2.3.8.4, 2.3.8.7
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Table 2.3.2A SIZE LIMITATION OF STA
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Table 2.3.9A MAXIMUM NOMINAL INTERN
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Diagram 2.3.3.1(c) - Fire resistanc
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2.4.1 GENERAL SECTION 2.4 SITE PLAN
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ii) For stations not exceeding the
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2.4.4 PRIVATE FIRE HYDRANT 2.4.4.1
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(c) Where there are more than one p
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Diagram 2.4.2.4(b)(vi) U-Turn Radii
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Diagram 2.4.4.1(b) - Provision of P
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S2.5.3 Fire protection systems to c
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2.5.2.5 Portable fire extinguishers
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2.5.3.5 The dry mains’ breeching
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2.5.5.2 The fire alarm system shall
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2.5.6 SPRINKLER INSTALLATION 2.5.6.
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2.5.7 LIFTS 2.5.7.1 Lifts (includin
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SECTION 2.6 STATION SMOKE CONTROL A
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2.6.1 GENERAL SECTION 2.6 STATION S
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(e) Where the supply air duct servi
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(c) The smoke purging system design
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2.6.5.2 The design shall encompass
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Diagram 2.6.1.4(a) - Fresh/exhaust
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S2.7.2 Provisions for adequate and
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(b) Notwithstanding the requirement
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(g) Exit signs in metal enclosures
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2.7.2.10 PA systems for stations wi
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(c) Supply air shall be drawn direc
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2.8.1 GENERAL SECTION 2.8 INTEGRATI
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2.8.4.2 Where a station has an unde
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SECTION 2.9 UNDERGROUND OR ENCLOSED
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S2.9.10 Provisions for ventilation
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2.9.2.3 Where underground or enclos
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2.9.3.5 The emergency lighting shal
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2.9.6.3 An engineering analysis is
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2.9.8 MOTORISED TROLLEY 2.9.8.1 Mot
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Diagram 2.9.4.2 - Numbering and lab
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ROOT OBJECTIVES SECTION 2.10 ABOVEG
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2.10.3 EMERGENCY ACCESS 2.10.3.1 Em
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PART III - RTS DEPOT AND RELATED FA
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(g) The maximum travel distance for
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Diagram 3.1.1(d) - Element of Struc
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For RTS Facility Buildings S3.2.5 P
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PART IV - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR RAP
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4.1.3.2 Not withstanding the above,
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APPENDIX A OCCUPANT LOAD CALCULATIO
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A.2.3 For a single service centre p
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A.3.3 For a multi-service centre pl
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1 2 3 4 5 APPENDIX A, TABLE A : SIN
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Number of People APPENDIX A, FIGURE
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B.1 GENERAL APPENDIX B EXITING ANAL
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any enclosing structure for Escape
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TEST #2 FOR ESCAPE ROUTE 2 TOTAL WA
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A. Masonry construction - continued
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APPENDIX C - continued PART II : RE
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1. Dense concrete: APPENDIX C - con
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APPENDIX C - continued PART V : STR
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APPENDIX C - continued PART VIII :
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Width of enclosing rectangle in met
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APPENDIX E ACCESSWAY E.1 In general
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APPENDIX F STANDBY FIRE HOSE FOR RI
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G.1 General APPENDIX G TENABLE ENVI
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where: tIconv = time in minutes T =
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APPENDIX H NOTES ON THE USE OF INTU
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APPENDIX J FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
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J.5.3 In the event of fire emergenc
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