Introduction

Buildings can be classified into various categories on the basis of their usage. Different Firestations can have different nomenclature for building usage type but in order to provide citizens and businesses a uniform experience, it is important that the building usage types are standardized at the state level.

For this purpose, the states can also use the National Building Code of India (NBC), a comprehensive building Code, which is a national instrument providing guidelines for regulating the building construction activities across the country.

Data Table

Procedure

Data Definitions

How to fill data

1. Download the data template attached to this page.

2. Get a good understanding of all the headers in the template sheet, their data type, size, and definitions by referring to the ‘Data Definition’ section of this document.

3. In case of any doubt, please reach out to the respective person to discuss the same and clear out the doubts.

4. Identify all the different types of buildings on the basis of their usage that are being catered by the fire station in their area and start filling them in the Building Usage Type (as per Fire Station) column.

5. Next, give each building usage type a unique code and enter the code in the Building group (as per fire station) column, next to the Building usage type.

6. Map the data filled in the building usage types (as per Fire Station) column to the building usage type and building groups as per the national building code.

7. Record the appropriate group and building type from NBC in the Building Group (as per NBC) and Building Usage Type (as per NBC)Building Usage Type (as per NBC) respectively.

8. Verify the data once again by going through the checklist and making sure that each and every point mentioned in the checklist is covered.

Validations

Attachments

The template for the Building Usage Type along with the NBC building classification.