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Fire safety must stay in building code: BIS panel

A technical committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has opposed the deregulation cell's proposal to remove fire safety provisions from the National Building Code, citing recent fatal fires.
Indiatimes

Govt replaces building code with a new standard, Retains fire safety provisions as 'advisory'

New Delhi: Govt on Thursday replaced National Building Code (NBC) with National Building Construction Standards (NBCS) by withdrawing the earlier code. The new standards will serve more as guidelines, ...
Governing

Building and Fire Safety Codes Save Lives. Why Are States Weakening Them?

Firefighters respond to a five-alarm fire in a row of apartment buildings in Queens, N.Y., on Jan. 6. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/TNS) A New Year’s celebration in the Swiss Alps turned ...
Indiatimes

National Building Standards to replace Code by April; Experts raise concerns over fire ...

NEW DELHI: The National Building Code (NBC) will be replaced by a National Building Standard (NBS) by April-end, giving states and municipal bodies rights over matters such as development control ...

Fire safety can't be an afterthought: Essential measures every builder must prioritise to ...

Recent fires highlight the critical need for robust fire safety in India's growing high-rise buildings. Developers must ...