Form B Compliance Support.
Get the Passive Side Right.
Under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006, owners and occupiers must have their fire prevention and life safety measures inspected and certified twice a year — in January and July — by a licensed agency, and submit that certificate in Form B to the Chief Fire Officer. We make the passive fire protection side of your building defensible before that inspection happens.
What we do, and what we do not.
Form B itself must be certified by a fire-safety agency licensed under the Act. We want to be completely clear about the boundary: we do not issue Form B certificates. What we do is make sure the passive fire protection in your building will withstand the scrutiny of the agency that does.
In practice, passive fire protection is where half-yearly inspections most often run into trouble. Active systems — sprinklers, hydrants, detection, pressurisation — are visible, tested and maintained under an AMC, so they are usually in order. Compartmentation is invisible. It sits above ceilings and inside shafts, it degrades silently every time someone pulls a new cable, and nobody holds an AMC against it. It is the item most likely to be flagged, and the one that takes longest to fix under time pressure.
- We survey and document your compartmentation before the inspection window
- We remediate non-compliant penetrations using tested 3M systems
- We hand you a penetration register and installation certificate as evidence
- Your licensed agency uses that evidence in its own assessment
Why timing decides the outcome.
The statutory inspection windows fall in January and July. Passive remediation is not a one-week job on a large building — starting in the inspection month is starting too late.
Oct–Nov / Apr–May
Audit. Survey compartmentation and produce the gap analysis. This is the window where findings can still be budgeted and phased calmly.
Nov–Dec / May–Jun
Remediate. Seal non-compliant penetrations to tested systems. Occupied buildings phased riser by riser to avoid disruption.
Dec / Jun
Document. Penetration register, system datasheets, per-opening photographic evidence and installation certificate compiled into a handover dossier.
Jan / Jul
Inspection. Your licensed agency inspects and certifies Form B with a documented, defensible passive fire protection record in front of it.
Buildings that carry this obligation.
The Act's requirements extend across occupancy types in Maharashtra — housing societies, commercial and IT premises, hotels, hospitals, educational buildings, malls and industrial facilities. Requirements vary by occupancy class, building height and local authority practice, so you should confirm your specific obligation with your Chief Fire Officer or your licensed agency.
- Cooperative housing societies and residential towers
- Commercial offices, IT parks and Grade-A buildings
- Hotels, hospitals and healthcare facilities
- Malls, multiplexes and public assembly buildings
- Industrial plants and warehousing
- Educational institutions and hostels
This page is general information, not legal advice. Statutory requirements are amended from time to time and are applied with local variation. Confirm your obligations with your Chief Fire Officer or a licensed fire safety agency.
Form B and passive fire protection.
Can you issue our Form B certificate?
No. Form B must be certified by an agency licensed under the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006. We prepare and document the passive fire protection so that your licensed agency has verifiable evidence to work from.
Our society was flagged for firestopping at the last inspection. What now?
Start with an audit. It will tell you the true scale — flagged findings are often narrower than they appear, concentrated in a few risers rather than spread across the building. Once you have the register and a priced schedule, the committee can approve a defined scope instead of an open-ended one.
How far ahead of the inspection should we start?
Two to three months for a mid-size building. The audit takes days, but remediation on an occupied building has to be phased around residents or staff, and material has to be ordered against the specific tested systems identified. Starting in the inspection month rarely ends well.
Does passive fire protection need an AMC like sprinklers do?
There is no statutory AMC requirement in the way there is for active systems, but compartmentation degrades continuously — every new cable pull, every renovation, every service alteration breaches a seal. We recommend a re-audit on an annual or biennial cycle, aligned to your inspection calendar, precisely because nobody else is watching it.
We are outside Maharashtra. Does this apply to us?
Form B specifically is a Maharashtra requirement. Other states have their own fire safety legislation with comparable periodic certification obligations, and the National Building Code applies nationally. The passive fire protection work and documentation we deliver is the same regardless of state — we execute across India.
Inspection coming up?
Tell us your building type, approximate area and inspection date. We will tell you honestly whether there is enough runway to get the passive side documented in time.
Request a Pre-Inspection Audit