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Clause 1.1 Scope Clause 1.2 Codes and Standards Clause 1.3 Abbreviations Clause 1.4 Definitions

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Clause 1.1 Scope

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1.1.1 General

a. This Code aims to establish minimum requirements to provide an acceptable degree of safety from fire and its related hazards.

b. Fire safety on a Rapid Transit System (RTS) 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.

c. This Code covers fire protection and life safety requirements for underground, surface, and elevated RTS including trainways, transit stations and other requirements for train maintenance depot, on-line electric substation, Operations Control Centres (OCC), and RTS facility buildings.

d. This Code shall not apply to the following:

(1) Conventional freight or passengers railroad systems including those that provide commuter services.

(2) Buses and trolley coaches.

(3) Any other system of transportation not included in the definition of RTS.

1.1.2 Train maintenance depot, on-line electric substation, OCC, and RTS facility buildings

Fire safety requirements for train maintenance depot, on-line electric substation, OCC, and RTS facility buildings shall be in accordance with the Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in Buildings, except where herein modified in this Code.

1.1.3 Energy Storage System (ESS)

Fire safety requirements for ESS shall be in accordance with the Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in Buildings, except where herein modified in this Code.

1.1.4 Solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) installation

Fire safety requirements for solar photo-voltaic (PV) installation shall be in accordance with the Code of Practice for Fire Precautions in Buildings, except where herein modified in this Code.

1.1.5 Fire Safety Report (Appendix 1)

Fire Safety Report for station projects/ fire safety provisions specified by SCDF shall be submitted when making building plan submission.

1.1.6 Fire Safety Instruction Manual (Appendix 2)

a. Fire Safety Instruction Manual for station projects/ fire safety provisions specified by SCDF shall be submitted when making application for Temporary Fire Permit or Fire Safety Certificate

b. The station owner shall keep and maintain the Fire Safety Instruction Manual at all times and present to the Qualified Person (QP) upon request. Where any Addition & Alteration works are carried out to the stations, the station owner shall ensure that changes in the management of fire safety provisions are updated in the Fire Safety Instruction Manual by the QP. The updated Fire Safety Instruction Manual shall be submitted to SCDF for record