(1) Fire-extinguishing equipment required by this Chapter shall include the types of equipment specified in the following list, and any one type of equipment shall be deemed to be less effective than any type which appears lower down in the list—

a) Hand extinguishers;

b) fitted hose-reels;

c) landing-valves;

d) sprinklers:

Provided that approval may be given by the local authority to any other automatic extinguishing system.

(2) All fire-extinguishing equipment and associated fittings required by this Part shall be of approved pattern, manufacture and installation.

(3) Booster-pump connexions and hydrant connexions provided for use by the local authority shall be of a type and size specified by the local authority.

(4) A pressure-gauge, no less than 100 millimetres in diameter indicating the pressure, shall be fixed on all fire-extinguishing systems inside the premises of the consumer.

(5) Subject to the provisions of subsection (9), every storey of a building shall be provided with a type of fire-extinguishing equipment not less effective than the type specified in column 4 of Table XIX against the relevant occupancy, height of floor of storey above ground-floor level and gross floor area of such storey.

(6) Where hose-reels or landing-valves are prescribed in this section for certain storeys, and, where the water-supply required to meet the requirements of such equipment cannot be provided, the local authority shall stipulate the extent to which alternative equipment shall be provided, and the details of such alternative equipment.

(7) Wherever subsection (5) prescribes that any storey of a building shall be provided with fire-extinguishing equipment of a more effective type than that prescribed for any other storey of such building, the whole of such building shall be provided with fire-extinguishing equipment of such more effective type:

Provided that—

i) where a building is divided into divisions, each such division shall be deemed to be a separate building; and

ii) where a portion of a storey is used for a purpose ancillary to its main purpose, such ancillary purpose may, if in the opinion of the local authority it is not calculated to jeopardize life or property, be disregarded.

(8) Where subsection (5) requires the provision of any fire-extinguishing equipment on any storey of a building, it shall be permissible to provide equipment of a more effective type.

(9) The following buildings or occupancy-units4 shall be provided with approved sprinkler installations and hard extinguishers or an alternative drencher system approved by the local authority—

a) every basement which is a high or moderate fire-load occupancy-unit and having a floor area exceeding 250 square metres;

b) every garage, other than an open-air garage, in a building which does not contain another occupancy-unit, and which has an aggregate floor area exceeding 1 000 square metres;

c) every occupancy-unit having a high fire-load and a height of more than two storeys, and in which the aggregate floor area exceeds—

i) 1 000 square metres, if the construction is grade A construction; or

ii) 750 square metres, if the construction is grade B construction;

d) notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (c), every occupancy-unit having a high fire-load, where the local authority considers on reasonable grounds that the risk of an outbreak of fire or its spread is exceptionally high or that such spread would otherwise be exceptionally difficult to control.

4As to stages and film-stores, see paragraph (j) of subsection (6) of section 36 and subsections (6) to (8) of section 38. As to garages in basements, see subparagraphs (iv) of paragraph (c) of section 43.

TABLE XIV
REQUIRED FIRE-EXTINGUISHING EQUIPMENT
Note. – Landing-valves may be supplied by dry or wet rising mains, as provided by subsection (9) of sections 53.

(10) Within the grounds of every permanent amusement-park or exhibition-ground there shall be provided hydrants, so placed that the jets from the fire-hose appurtenant thereto are able to reach every part of each building in such park or ground.

(11) In addition, hand fire-extinguishers shall, where required by the local authority, be placed in each such building.