RUSSIAN OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY OF ENERGY INDUSTRY AND ELECTRIFICATION

UES of RUSSIA

EXECUTIVE ORDER
25.03.98

No. 44r
Moscow

Regarding introduction of
RD 34.03.350-98
In accordance with requirements of the Fire Safety Standards of the State Fire-Fighting Service of the RF
Ministry of Internal Affairs Determination of categories of rooms and buildings for explosive and fire danger
(NPB 105-95):
1. Put into effect the List of rooms and buildings of energy facilities of RAO UES of Russia specifying
categories of explosive and fire danger RD 34.03.350-98 developed by industry design institutes and agreed
upon with State Energy Supervision of Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation as per the annex
from April 01, 1998.
2. Deem the List of buildings and rooms of energy facilities of Department of Energy of USSR specifying
categories for explosive and fire danger" No. 8002 TM-T1 approved by Department of Energy of USSR on March
22, 1989 as void.

First Deputy Chairman of the Board Britvin O.V.

Annex to the Order by RAO UES of Russia dated 25.03.98 No. 44r
Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation Russian Open Joint-Stock Company for Power
Generation and Electrification "Unified Energy System of Russia"
LIST
of rooms and buildings of energy facilities of RAO UES of Russia specifying categories for explosive and
fire danger
RD 34.03.350-98

MOSCOW 1998.
Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation
Russian Open Joint Stock Company of Energy Industry and Electrification UES of Russia
Agreed upon with:
Head
of State Energy Supervision of Russia

Approved by:
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of RAO UES of Russia
February 10, 1998.

Varnavskiy B.P.

Britvin O.V.

February 09, 1998.

Agreed upon with:

Agreed upon with:

Head of General Inspection for Operation of

Power Plants and Mains Department of RAO
UES of Russia

General Director of OAO Teploelectroproekt Institute

Pauly V.K.

February 06, 1998.

Trushin S.G.
February 03, 1998.

LIST
of rooms and buildings of energy facilities of RAO UES of Russia specifying categories for explosive and
fire danger
RD 34.03.350-98
MOSCOW 1998.
The list has been prepared by OAO Teploelectroproekt Institute with the participation of OAO
Energosetproekt Institute, AO Gidroproekt Institute, NPP Energoperspektiva, AO ROSEP
(Selenergoproekt) based on the Fire Safety Standards of the State Fire-Fighting Service of the RF Ministry of
Internal Affairs Determination of categories of rooms and buildings for explosive and fire danger (NPB 10595).
Executive in charge (Chief Specialists):
OAO Teploelectroproekt Institute Shazhnikov S.B., OAO Energosetproekt Institute Pankrushin E.B.,
AO Gydroproekt Institute Egorov V.A., NPP Energoperspektiva Kotov G.A., OA ROSEP
(Selenergoproekt) Kharchev V.V.
Upon putting into effect the List of rooms and buildings of energy facilities of RAO UES of Russia specifying
categories of explosive and fire danger the List of buildings and rooms of energy facilities of Department of
Energy of USSR specifying categories for explosive and fire danger" No. 8002 TM-t1 becomes inoperative.
Upon determination of categories of rooms and buildings for explosive and fire danger with 1,5,6 indexes the
requirements of the corresponding items of notes given at the end of the list should be taken into account.
Effective date April 1, 1998.
No.

Description
of rooms

1
1.
1.1.

2
Heat power plant
Machinery space
process basement
with steam turbines

1 1.1.

1.1.2.
1.2.
1.3.

Manufacturing environment,
characteristics of substances
and materials in the room
3

Room category

Notes

with

Steam pipelines, fittings and

equipment
with
surface
heating temperature of 400
and above
with gas turbines
Combustible gases and liquids
are burnt as fuel
Boiler room, peak, start and Combustible gases, liquids and
standby and heating boiler solid matters are burnt as fuel
room
Bunker and deaeration Open from the boiler room
chamber
side. Bunkers and feeders are
closed. Steam pipelines with
surface heating temperature of
400 and above

G
G
G

Chamber
hydrocleaning
envisaged

is

1.4.

Bunker bay

1.5.

Gas
treatment,
collecting
devices
smoke exhauster rooms
Hydraulic
power
plan
including underground
Machinery space with
mounting area, generator
and
turbine
rooms,
generator shaft and turbine
of vertical hydroelectric
generating sets, capsules of
horizontal
hydroelectric
generating sets
Rooms for gate-operating
gears
with
electromechanical
and
hydraulic drives

2.
2.1.

2.2.

3.
3.1.

3.2.
4.
5.

6.

7.
8.

9.
10.
11.

Transportation of flammable
materials (coal, peat, slate)
ash Flue gases and ahs above 100
and

V2

Hydroelectric generating sets

with temperature up to 30;
pipelines with temperature up
to 50

Hydraulic hoists.
Noncombustible materials. Oil
overheating
and
burning
sources are unavailable in the
technology

Diesel fuel storage with flash

point above 28

Diesel power plant

Diesel fuel tank room
without
emergency
ventilation
The same equipped with
emergency ventilation
Machinery space with
process basement
Compressor station for air
and other incombustible
gases
Switchboards,
control
rooms (CCB, MCP, UCB,
MCB, MCCB, CCP, ACP,
MC, SCB etc).

-"-

V11

Burning liquids (gases) as fuel

Equipment for compressed air

generation

Low-voltage package module

boards of relay protection and
automatic
equipment
of
control and adjustment Fire
resistance substances
Cabinets, panels with static
elements
of
converting
equipment Fire resistance
substances

V4

Rooms
for
excitation
systems,
frequency
regulation,
frequency
converters
of
pumpturbines start to pumping
mode
Cable structures (tunnels, Availability of flammable
chambers, floors, galleries) materials including flame
retardant (FR) cables
Room
of
stationary Hydrogen evolution upon
batteries from vented lead- chargers operation
acid secondary cells with
arrangement of dilution
ventilation.
The same equipped with "
stationary
emergency
ventilation
Acid room for battery Availability of incombustible
maintenance
substances.
Room
of
stationary Without hydrogen evolution
enclosed-type
batteries
from lead-acid secondary
cells equipped with PP
(power plants) ensuring
limitation
of
charge

V4

V15
6

Equipment
and
facilities shall be
explosion-proof.

D1
D
D

With arrangement of
dilution ventilation

12.
13.
14.
14.1.
15.
16.

17.

18.

19.

20.
20.1.
20.2.
20.3.
20.4.
20.5.
20.6.
21.
21.1.
21.2.
21.3.
21.4.

22.
22.1.
22.2.
22.3.

voltage.
Electrolysis plant room
Room and foundation for
synchronous compensator
with hydrogen cooling
Transformer chambers with
oil-filled transformers
Same with dry transformers
Room for oil-water cooling
units of transformers
Closed switchgears with
gas-insulated
equipment
and
vacuum
circuit
breakers
Closed switchgears with
circuit
breakers
and
equipment containing more
than 60 kg of oil in
equipment unit
The same with circuit
breakers and equipment
containing less than 60 kg
of oil in equipment unit
Room for transforming
electric equipment of direct
current and alternating
current (with thyristor
units)
Rooms of coal and slate
conveying system:
closed
transportation
galleries
filling nodes, crushing
devices
Discharge devices
defrosting devices of
convective and combined
types
gate valves on steam
pipelines
closed coal storage areas
Makeup
demineralizer
rooms
Makeup
demineralizer
filters
under neutralization tanks
pre-treatment
with
reagent preparation node
preparation
of
regeneration
solutions
with measuring tanks,
pumping room for acids
and alkali
Equipment
corrosion
protection shop rooms
Rubber covering section
Glue preparation and
cooking compartment
Shot cleaning plants

Hydrogen evolution is possible

"

A
A

Combustible oils

V1

Incombustible substances
Closed oil cooling system

D
V2

Combustible substances
small quantity

in

V4

Combustible oils are available

V25

Combustible
substances
availability in small quantity

V35

Combustible substances
small quantity

in

V4

Combustible substances and

dust availability
Ditto

V2
V2

Ditto
Ditto

V1
V1

Steam
pipelines
with
temperature above 100
Combustible substances and
dust availability

G
V1

Water

Water up to 40
Lime solutions

D
D

Acids and alkali solutions

Organic solvents with flash

point 25

Incombustible substances

22.4.
23.
23.1.
23.2.
23.3.

23.4.
23.5.
23.6.

23.7.
24.

25.

26.
26.1.
26.2
26.3
26.4

26.5

26.6

Rubber storage utility

rooms
Liquid fuel
and oil
facilities rooms
closed warehouses for
flammable liquids

Uncured rubber and other

combustible materials

V1

Availability of flammable
liquids with flash point
>61
for "

V1

pumping
stations
flammable liquids
closed warehouses and
pumping rooms for highly
inflammable
liquids
without
emergency
ventilation
The same equipped with
emergency ventilation
the same irrespective of
ventilation
preparation
of
tank
vessels with fuel oil for
heating, tank vessels
heating and fuel oil
unloading
(defroster),
defroster indirect heating
room
oil control operating room
and oil recovery
Room for oil charging
and deaeration system,
oil-filled cable lines,
charging
equipment,
charging
system
collectors, degassing units
Rooms
for
gas
distribution points, gas
booster
compressor
stations
Workshop rooms:
treating
and
drying,
painting
and
paint
preparation
compartment of metal
coating
based
on
aluminium
jointers, polymer coating,
transformer repair
vulcanization
compartment, integrated
cable
system
compartment
forge and welding, forgeand-press,
thermal
enamel coating and rebed
and foundry rooms
plumbing,
preparation,
locksmiths, tools, motor
truck
repair,
beadblasting,
electric
measuring
equipment,
chemical
control,
calibration,
hydraulic

highly inflammable liquids

with fume flash point > 28

"
Highly inflammable liquids
with fume flash point < 28

Fuel oils, oils and

gas turbine fuel

V2
B

V11
A
B

Combustible oil

V15

Flammable fluid

V15

Combustible gases

Application of solvents with

flash point below 28

Application of substances
forming explosive dust air
mixtures
Application of flammable
materials and liquids
Combustible substances in
small volume

B
V1
V4

Incombustible substances in
hot, red-hot and molten state

Incombustible substances in
cold state

Kerosene, diesel fuel

"
Gazoline, crude oil

26.7

27.
27.1
27.2
27.3

27.4
27.5

28.
28.1

28.2
28.3

28.4

28.5

28.5.1
29.
29.1.
29.2.
30.
30.1.
30.2.

automation,
divers
equipment
heat insulation, electronic
and electric equipment,
automation
equipment,
heat
automation and
measurements,
communication
equipment
Laboratory rooms:
oil, calorimetric, fuel,
photographic laboratories
flame photometer lab
water
analysis,
gas
analysis, process control
equipment,
hydraulic
automation
Electrotechnical
and
instrumentation
Test lab with equipment
containing less than 60
kg of oil in
equipment unit, the same
with
equipment
containing 60 kg of oil
and less in equipment
unit
Closed warehouses and
storerooms:
flammable liquids incontainer
and
paint
materials on their basis
chemicals
storage,
incombustible materials
and products
flammable
or
fire
resistant heat insulation
materials,
flammable
materials and products
oil paints and lacquers

storeroom for SPTE,

inflammable
materials
and products, radioactive
species store room
ditto
Reagent warehouse rooms
storage of phosphates, soda,
polyacrylimide
lime, coagulates, salt, soda,
acids and alkali unloading
and storage
Ammonic plant room:
at Fam< 10% of total room
area
at Fam>10% of total room

Combustible materials
small volume

in

V4

Combustible liquids and

materials
Combustible gas used as fuel.
Incombustible substances in
cold state

V25

Combustible substances in
small quantity
Combustible
oils
are
available

V4

Combustible
substances
availability in small quantity

V4

Highly inflammable liquids

with fume flash point below
28
Ditto with fume flash point
above 28
Combustible packing in
small volume

Combustible liquids
some materials

G
D

V3

B
V4

and

V2

Flammable liquids act as

solvents upon which ignition
the excess blast pressure of
5kPa is generated
Incombustible packing

Combustible
small volume

packing

in

V4

Incombustible substances in
combustible packing
Incombustible substances in
cold
state.
Incombustible
packing

V4

Ammonia water 15-27%

Ammonia water 15- 27%

Fam area occupied

by the plant

30.3.
30.4.
31.
31.1.
31.2.
32.
33.
34.

35.
36.
37.
38.
38.1.
38.2.
38.3.
38.4.

38.5.

39.
39.1.

39.2.
39.3.
40.
41.
42.

area
ammonia dilute solution
room
Nitrogen cylinders
Hydrazination plant rooms
Hydrazine dilution and
storage room
Hydrazine dilute solution
room
Filtering
materials
(sulfonated coal, activated
carbon etc.) storage rooms
Chemical wash reagent
storage room

Ammonia solution of
concentration and less
ammonia gas

5%

hydrazine-hydrate solution of
20% concentration and above
hydrazine-hydrate solution of
less than 20% concentration
Combustible substance

phthalic anhydride, captax,

lemon acid, OP-7. Storage in
combustible packing
Rooms for washing water Incombustible substances in
of RAH, boilers, filter cold state
presses, storage of slug,
cleaning of fuel oiled and
oiled waters as well as
pumping room
Acetylene generator plant
Combustible gas
room
Combustible gas cylinders
Combustible gases
warehouses
Incombustible
gas Incombustible gases
cylinders warehouses
Transport rooms
fork-lift truck parking
Non-combustible materials
bulldozer parking
Combustible liquids and
materials
maintenance and repair Combustible materials and
station of bulldozers
liquids in small volume
tire and POL storage "
rooms, assemblies and
engines, fuel equipment
repair department
wash and cleaning station Non-combustible materials
of bulldozers: repair of
batteries,
engines,
assemblies, mechanical
and electric technical
equipment
Pumping stations:
foam
extinguishing, Non-combustible substances
production,
fire, and materials
domestic, potable and
process water supply
rainwater, black water and Non-combustible substances
industrial effluents
and materials
dredging, slag and other
rooms of ash removal
system
Rooms
for
dye-line
copying, electrosensitive
operations
Technological
libraries
and archive
Rooms
for
exhaust
ventilation units

B
D
V1
V4
D

A
A
D
D
V2
V4
V1

Non-combustible substances
and materials

Combustible materials
small quantity

V4

Ditto

in

Combustible liquids
are lacking in sewage
waters

V1
The
exhaust
ventilation
unit

room category shall

comply
with
category of rooms
or areas served by
these units
43.
44.

Rooms
for
forced
ventilation units
Elevator machine room

D
Combustible substances in
small volume

V4

Notes:
1. The emergency ventilation is ensured by availability of standby fans with auto start at excess of maximum
allowable nonexplosive concentration and power supply for I reliability category (Electrical Safety Rules) under
condition of air removal devices location from the room at close proximity from the possible emergency location.
2. Classification of rooms not included in this list should be by NPB 105-95 Classification of rooms and
buildings for explosive and fire danger.
3. Classification of rooms specific for other ministries and departments (rooms for motor transport, railway
facilities etc.) is performed according to lists approved by the corresponding ministries and departments.
4. Rooms category is determined in each case as per the methods stated in NPB 105-95 depending on
categories of rooms of the building under question and their percentage.
5. Room category may be decreased upon substantiation by the calculation depending on fire load
6. Rooms for stationary vented lead-acid batteries may be accepted as D category with application of
equipment and facilities in general industrial enclosures (non-explosion proof) upon corresponding calculated
substantiation.
Attachment
to the List of rooms and buildings of energy facilities of RAO UES of Russia
specifying categories for explosive and fire danger''
Regarding new revision of NPB 105-95 Classification of rooms and buildings for explosive and fire
danger
Main Department of State Fire-Fighting Service of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia as agreed with
Ministry of Construction of Russia have been approved the fire safety standards NTB 105-95 Classification of
rooms and buildings for explosive and fire safety instead of ONTP 24-86/Ministry of Internal Affairs of USSR
and they are in force from January 1, 1996.
The principal difference of NPB 105-95 is introduction of new concept for segregation of rooms of categories
V and D. To fire dangerous category V should belong rooms in which technological process are or handled the
combustible materials, upon that the fire danger level is accounted with introduction of such criterion as fire load
and is established by differentiated classification in accordance with which V category rooms are divided into 4
categories (V1, V2, V3, V4) depending on specific temporary fire load (in technology). Rooms where combustible
materials not applied and not used (exclusively of construction materials) have D (non-fire dangerous)
classification.
Upon that V1, V2 and V3 categories according to requirements of fire protection mainly comply with category
V effective at the moment in construction standards and rules and V4 category is similar to current D category
(with small fire load) from the practical point of view.
Considering that with change of the room classification (V and D) and introduction of new standards NPB
105-95 the development and introduction of changes to actual SNiP is required as well as follow-on revision of
section 4 Classification of buildings for explosive and fire danger of NPB. The Ministry of Construction of
Russia together with MDSFSS of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia have reviewed issues of application of
specified NPB at designing and inform that till introduction of corresponding changes to construction standards
and rules upon designing of production, storage and agricultural rooms and buildings the following provisions
should be followed upon establishing the fire prevention measures specified in the actual standards;
to V1, V2, V3 room categories should be applied requirements established by the actual V categories. Upon
that for V1 room category it is required to establish more rigid requirements (for 20%) for rated parameters of
escape routes and area of such rooms (if the area is established by the standards). For V3 room category in
substantiated cases these requirements are allowed (to area and escape routes) to be accepted less rigid (for 20%)
in comparison with actual requirements to V category;
to V4 room category should be applied requirements established by actual SNiP for D category;
in rooms of non-fire dangerous category D (where only non-combustible substances and materials are used in
technology) as per the approved NPB, there area and parameters of escape routes are not rated;
upon classification of buildings (as per section 4 of NPB 10595) V1, V2, V3 room categories are taken into
account in total area of V category rooms and V4 category rooms - in area of D category rooms;
in V category room upon availability of V1 category rooms its allowable number of floors or area of fire zone

shall be decreased by 25%.

(Letter of Ministry Construction of Russia dated December 25, 1995.
No.SP-601/13 and MDSFSS of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated December
18, 1995 No.20/2.2/2449)