NATIONAL STANDARD

TCVN 3890:2023

FIRE PROTECTION - FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENTS FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION - EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION

Foreword

TCVN 3890:2023 supersedes TCVN 3890:2009.

TCVN 3890:2023 is developed by the Central Department of Fire safety, Firefighting, and Rescue, requested by the Ministry of Public Security, appraised by the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality and issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

FIRE PROTECTION - FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENTS FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION - EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION

1 Scope

1.1 This standard provides for installation and equipment of fire protection equipment, fire protection systems for buildings, constructions, urban areas, economic zones, industrial parks, industrial clusters, export-processing zones, hi-tech zones and other dedicated areas as prescribed [5], when:

- The construction is carried out;

- The renovation aims to increase scale or repurpose rooms, buildings and constructions;

- The renovation aims to increase scale of economic zones, industrial parks, industrial clusters, export-processing zones, hi-tech zones and other dedicated areas according to regulations [5].

- Fire and explosion hazard classes of rooms, buildings and construction are changed in a manner that increases the fire hazard.

1.2 In addition to complying with this standard, buildings and constructions shall comply with the technical regulation or standard specific to each type of building/construction. In the case of any discrepancy between this standards and other regulations, the more stringent regulations shall prevail.

1.3 For buildings and constructions on which specific regulations are unavailable, foreign or international fire safety standards may be applied in accordance with prevailing regulations or guidelines of the ministerial fire authority.

2 Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

TCVN 4530 Filling station - Specifications for design.

TCVN 4878 Fire protection - Classification of fires.

TCVN 4879 Fire protection - Safety signs.

TCVN 5307 Petroleum and petroleum products terminal - Design requirements.

TCVN 5738 Fire protection - Automatic fire alarm system - Technical requirements.

TCVN 5684 Fire safety for petroleum and petroleum products facilities - General requirements.

TCVN 5760 Fire extinguishing system - General requirements for design, installation and use.

TCVN 6100 Fire protection - Fire extinguishing media - Carbon dioxide.

TCVN 6101 Fire protection equipment - Carbon Dioxide extinguishing systems for use on premises Design and Installation.

TCVN 6223 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) store - Safety general requirements.

TCVN 6305 (all parts) Fire protection - Automatic sprinkler systems.

TCVN 7026 Fire fighting - Portable fire extinguishers - Performance and construction.

TCVN 7027 Fire fighting - wheeled fire extinguishers - Performance and construction.

TCVN 7161 (all parts) Gaseous fire - extinguishing systems - Physical properties and system design.

TCVN 7336 Fire protection - Water, foam automatic fire-extinguishing systems - Design and installation requirements.

TCVN 7435 (all parts) Fire protection - Portable and wheeled fire extinguishers.

TCVN 7568 (all parts) Fire detection and alarm systems.

TCVN 9255 Performance standards in building - Definition and calculation of area and space