Kumar and Rao [26] carried out a fire load survey in residential buildings by inventory technique in Kanpur,
India in early 1990s. Movable fire load and non-moveable fire load were recorded. The effect of housing type, floor
area, room use and floor level on fire load was analyzed. The mean fire load varied from 278 MJ/m2 to 852 MJ/m2.
It is noteworthy that they found that the mean and maximum fire load decreased as the room floor area increased
and the fire load had no direct relation with the height of the building.