Fire safety compliance in Delhi NCR involves obligations under state fire service rules, the National Building Code and local municipal requirements. Enforcement has tightened considerably following several high-profile incidents. The fire NOC is the foundational document, required for buildings above specified heights and occupancy types, with periodic renewal. A lapsed NOC is a significant exposure during any incident investigation and increasingly during routine inspection. The gaps inspectors find most frequently are mundane rather than structural. Fire exits obstructed by stored material or parked equipment. Exit doors locked for security reasons. Fire extinguishers past their refill date. Hose reels with missing nozzles. Emergency lighting with failed batteries. Smoke detectors painted over during renovation. Fire pump readiness is a recurring weakness. A jockey pump maintaining pressure proves little if the main pump has not been run under load in six months. Weekly pump testing with recorded pressure readings is standard practice and simple to verify. Evacuation drills deserve more seriousness than they typically receive. A drill conducted at a pre-announced time with a pre-briefed floor warden measures nothing. Drills that measure actual evacuation time, identify bottlenecks and test assembly point management produce useful findings, usually uncomfortable ones. Documentation should be contemporaneous. Inspection registers completed in a single session before an audit are visibly so, and auditors notice ink consistency. For facility heads, the practical control is a monthly walk-through against a fixed checklist, documented with photographs and closed with dated corrective actions.