Delhi Fire Service (Amendment) Rules

Delhi has made continuous fire monitoring the law.
The clock is running.

Under the amended Delhi Fire Service Rules, designated buildings must install an IoT-based Automated Continuous Monitoring System (ACMS) that watches their fire-safety installations round the clock and reports faults automatically. The operative rules take effect in late August 2026.

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Until the ACMS provisions of the Delhi Fire Service (Amendment) Rules become operative.

Rule 27

Does your building need ACMS?

Select your building type. The thresholds below are taken from Rule 27 of the amended Delhi Fire Service Rules, the occupancy classes treated as likely to cause a risk of fire.

ACMS applies to your building.

From late August 2026 your Fire Safety Certificate depends on an annual online Form K declaration, and Phase I of the mandate requires your monitoring system to alert both you and your empanelled Fire Safety Auditor.

Rule 37 + the Seventh Schedule

What the law actually requires.

The Seventh Schedule prescribes exactly what an ACMS must monitor and how it must behave. Fire Watch Pro was engineered against this specification, point by point.

Real-time telemetryData from the IoT gateway to the cloud every minute, over the MQTTS protocol.
No-data alarmThe cloud raises an SMS alarm if nothing arrives from a building for 15 minutes.
7-hour UPS backupThe gateway keeps watching through power failures, exactly when fire risk peaks.
10,000-event black boxEvents logged on the gateway with a real-time clock, surviving network loss.
Open records, open databaseReports on demand, events in an open-source database, uptime of at least 99 percent.
Fire-service APIProvision for critical alarms to reach Delhi Fire Service directly in Phase II.

The 20 monitored parameters, in one glance

Main hydrant pumpMain sprinkler pumpStandby diesel / electric pumpJockey pumpBooster pumpPump power at the MCC ×2Hydrant riser pressureSprinkler riser pressureDiesel tank levelUG / AG fire tank levelOverhead tank levelDetection statusPanel & repeater statusPanel batteryManual call pointsPublic address systemStaircase pressurisation fansLift-lobby fansBasement supply & exhaust fans
How compliance works

Two phases. One annual declaration.

PHASE I · NOW

Owner + Auditor visibility

The ACMS must indicate system health to the owner or occupier and to the empanelled Fire Safety Auditor engaged for the building. This begins as soon as the rules are in force.

PHASE II · NEXT

Alarms to Delhi Fire Service

In the second phase, critical alarms, such as pump power failure, low line pressure and fire or fault conditions, are escalated to Delhi Fire Service through an API.

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Form K keeps you valid

Your Fire Safety Certificate stays valid only with an annual online Form K declaration. Continuous, provable monitoring data is what stands behind that declaration.

Why Fire Watch Pro

Compliant out of the box. Faster than the rule requires.

60-second telemetry

The rule asks for data every minute. We report every 60 seconds over encrypted MQTTS, with the mandated 15-minute no-data alarm built in.

All 20 parameters, same sensors

Water and air differential pressure switches, ultrasonic level sensors, MCC voltage sensing and panel free contacts, exactly as the Seventh Schedule prescribes.

7-hour UPS, 10,000-event log

An industrial gateway with battery backup, a real-time clock and an onboard black box, built for pump rooms, made in India.

Auditor-ready dashboards

Your empanelled Fire Safety Auditor gets their own view, with the data and alarm reports their annual certification depends on.

AI layer, included

Anomaly detection on pump and pressure behaviour, equipment-health scoring and predictive fault alerts, at no extra cost for every site.

Phase II ready

Our fire-services API is designed so critical alarms can reach Delhi Fire Service the day Phase II goes live. No retrofit, no rebuild.

Before the deadline

Get your building compliant.
Calmly, and on time.

Book a survey of your building. We map your fire panel, pump room and tanks against the Delhi ACMS specification and give you a clear, fixed-scope path to compliance.

Thresholds and requirements summarised from the Delhi Fire Service (Amendment) Rules as published in the Delhi Gazette. This page is a plain-language guide, not legal advice; confirm your building's classification with your Fire Safety Auditor.