Introduction

The Fire No-Objection Certificate (NOC) application, developed on the eGov-DIGIT platform, makes the process of obtaining a Fire NOC easy, smooth, and transparent. It eliminates the current manual process by automating and streamlining it, thus providing a better citizen service experience with the Urban Local Body (ULB) and Fire station employees.

Module Features

Features offered to the citizens-

1. Apply for provisional or new fire NOC or renew existing Fire NOC.

2. Upload all the relevant documents required for the certificate.

3. Make payment for the Fire NOC using the online payment gateway.

4. Receive notifications and alerts by SMS, whenever the status of the application changes.

5. Download Fire NOC

Features offered to the Employees-

1. Flexible role-based workflow.

2. Configurable fee calculation mechanism.

3. Dashboard with application statistics.

4. Search applications using configurable parameters.

Module Ontology

State Level

1. Fire Stations Master

2. Building Usage Type

3. Building Usage Subtype

4. Application Workflow

5. Area Master

ULB Level

1. Boundry Data

Module Reports

1. Receipt Register

2. Application Status

Introduction

The first step is to identify all the fire stations within the state. It is important to note that all the ULBs may not have a fire department. Generally, the bigger ULBs of the state have a fire department that caters to that ULB at the same time to all the surrounding smaller ULBs and rural areas as well.

Data Table

The data given in the above table is sample data.

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 person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.

4. Identify all the fire stations operating in the state and enter their names in the Fire Station Name column

5. Next, give each fire station a unique code and enter that code in the Fire Station Code column.

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

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed once the data is filled into a template to ensure data type, size, and format of data is as per the expectation. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Attachments

Introduction

After the building usage types are identified, the next activity is to identify the building sub usage types.

Buildings types can be further classified into various subcategories to go into the granular level of their usage details. The National Building Code of India (NBC) also classifies the building's usage type into the sub usage types which can be seen in the attachment.

Data Table

The data given in the above table is sample data.

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 person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.

4. Identify and add all the different sub usage types for each building group that are being catered by the fire station in the Building Sub Usage Type column.

5. Next, give each building Sub Usage type a unique code and enter the code in the Sub Usage Type Code column, next to the Building Sub Usage type.

6. Map the data filled in the building sub usage type column to the building sub usage type and Subdivision as per the national building code.

7. Record the appropriate subdivision and building sub usage type from NBC in the Subdivision (as per NBC) and Building Sub 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.

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed once the data is filled into a template to ensure data type, size, and format of data is as per the expectation. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Attachments

Introduction

In almost all the states fire stations serve both the urban as well as the rural areas, therefore we need to prepare the masters for both urban areas as well as the rural areas being served in the state.

Data Table

Urban Area Master

Rural Area Master

The data given in the above table is sample data.

Procedure

Data Definitions

Urban Area

Rural Area

How to fill data

Urban Areas

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 person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.

4. Identify the districts where fire services are provided and enter their names in the District Name column.

5. Give each district a unique code and enter the code in the District Code column, next to the District Name.

6. Identify all the ULBs within each district where fire services are provided and enter their name in the ULB Name column next to its District Name.

7. Give each ULB a unique code and enter the code in the ULB Code column.

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.

Rural Areas

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 person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.

4. Identify the districts where fire services are provided and enter their names in the District Name column.

5. Give each district a unique code and enter the code in the District Code column, next to the District Name.

6. Identify all the Sub District within each district where fire services are provided and enter their name in the Sub District Name column next to its District Name.

7. Give each Sub District a unique code and enter the code in the Sub District Code column.

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.

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed once the data is filled into a template to ensure data type, size, and format of data is as per the expectation. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Attachments

Introduction

After the building usage and sub usage ontology has been defined for all the Firestations, the next step is to collect the Fire NOC fee that the citizens have to pay to obtain the certificate.

The Fire NOC fee is dependent on the following parameters:

1. Fire Station

2. Building Usage type

3. Building Sub usage type

4. Fire NOC type

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 person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.

4. Enter the Fire station codes of all the fire stations that are there in the Fire Station master, in the ‘Fire Station Code Column’.

5. Next, enter the Building usage types codes and building sub usage type codes that being catered by the fire station, next to the Fire Station Code.

6. Identify the fees that the fire stations are charging to issuing a new, provisional, or renewed Fire NOC for every building usage and sub usage combination.

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

Checklist

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Attachments

Introduction

Buildings can be classified into various categories on the basis of their usage. Different fire stations can have different ontology for building usage type but in order to provide citizens and businesses a uniform experience, it is important that the building usage types ontology is 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 building construction activities across the country.

Data Table

The data given in the above table is sample data.

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 person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your 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 column.

5. Next, give each building usage type a unique code and enter the code in the Building Usage Type Code column, next to the Building usage type.

6. Map the data filled in the building usage types 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) 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.

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed once the data is filled into a template to ensure data type, size, and format of data is as per the expectation. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Attachments

Introduction

After we have created the fire station master, the next step would be to map the Districts, Sub-Districts, and ULBs with the fire stations. The two points that are very important to note here are:

1. All the ULBs in the state may not have a fire department.

2. Usually, only the larger ULBs in the state have a fire department that caters to that ULB at the same time to all the surrounding smaller ULBs and rural areas as well.

Data Table

Urban Area - Fire station mapping

Rural Area - Fire station mapping

Note: Data given in the above table is sample data.

Procedure

Data Definitions

Urban Area

Rural Area

How to fill data

Urban Area - Fire Mapping

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 person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.

4. Enter the district codes of all the districts where fire services are provided, in the ‘District Code Column’.

5. Next, enter the ULB codes of all the ULBs within a particular district where the fire services are provided in the 'ULB Code Column'.

6. Identify the fire stations that are serving each District - ULB combination and enter their name in the Fire Station column along with its code in the Fire Station Code.

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

Rural Area - Fire Mapping

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 person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.

4. Enter the district codes of all the districts where fire services are provided, in the ‘District Code Column’.

5. Next, enter the sub-district codes of all the sub-district within a particular district where the fire services are provided in the 'Sub District Code Column'.

6. Identify the fire stations that are serving each District - Sub District combination and enter their name in the Fire Station column along with its code in the Fire Station Code.

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

Checklist

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Attachments