MC 2020 026 PDF
MC 2020 026 PDF
MC 2020 026 PDF
18 AUGUST 2020
Date
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR
NUMBER 2020-026
I. SCOPE;
This Circular shall apply to the Placement of all Fire Commissioned Officer in
the Bureau of Fire Protection.
II. OBJECTIVES;
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III. REFERENCES:
b. Republic Act No. 9263, “Bureau of Fire Protection and Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology Professionalization Act of 2004” and its
Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR);
c. Republic Act No. 6975 otherwise known as DILG Act of 1990 and its
Implementing Rules and Regulations.
f. DILG Circular No. 2011-09 dated 21 June 2011, re: General Guidelines in
the Reassignment/Designation/Detail of Personnel in the Bureau of Fire
Protection and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology: and
For the purpose of this Memorandum Circular, the following terms are hereby
defined:
a. Acting Capacity - entails not only the exercise of the ministerial functions
attached to the position but also the exercise of discretion since the person
designated is deemed to be the incumbent of the position.
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f. Commissionship- refers to the conferment of rank upon entry into the fire
service as Commissioned Officer reckoned by the year of actual
appointment as officer. For Lateral transfers into the BFP coming from
other uniformed services/agencies, the date of offtcership shall be based on
the date of entry/appointment in the BFP and not on the date of
appointment from the previous institution/line of service prior to joining the
BFP.
g. Component Cities (CC) - cities which do not meet the requirements set
forth for Highly Urbanized and independent Component Cities, in which
they are geographically located.
I unit assignment of personnel which will be used as one of the basis for
evaluation of the well-roundedness of an officer. Geographical duty
assignments shall be classified within the three major island group of the
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bb. Promotion - is the advancement of an officer from the current rank to the
next higher rank with an increase in duties and responsibilities as
authorized by law and usually accompanied with an increase in the salary.
cc. Zone of Consideration - refers to the group of FCOs who are occupying
positions in the Table of Organization (entry position) and considered for
promotion prescribed in this circular as initially evaluated by the proper
authorities.
ff. Senior Officers - Commissioned Officers with the rank of Fire Senior
Superintendent up to Director.
hh. Staff Duty - Refers to the assignment to a position where the FCO
provides advice and perform tasks relating to personnel management, fire
safety, intelligence, investigation, operations, logistics, training and the like.
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mm. Training - refers to the mandatory training requirement appropriate to
the rank of the BFP personnel. It is a process which intends to establish
and improve the capabilities of fire ofHcers/personnel in their respective
roles.
i. Rank Structure
All BFP officers with the rank of Chief Superintendents shall be assigned at
the National Headquarters (NHQ) to compose the Command Group and
Directors of Directorates, Director of Health and Legal Service and
Regional Director of BFP NCR.
Each BFP officer shall go through the assignment rotation in command and
staff duties in different field positions and training duties including exposure
to a variety of field positions, provincial, regional and national headquarters
experiences to enhance his/her competence to serve the bureau.
FCO shall serve at least six (6) months and at most two (2) years in a
particular position except for technical position and in cases where
exigency oHhe service so requires otherwise.
Key Officers must serve in a particular office/unit/station for not more than
two (2) consecutive years, after which they shall be reassigned to other
office/unit/station. However, respective designating authorities may
reassign or transfer them to other office/unit/station any time in the
exigency of the service and/or for any valid cause.
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All promotion of FCO shall be for the reason of vacancy in position and not
merely due to vacancy in rank. No officer shall be promoted to any position
unless he is holding a position (Entry position) requiring such ranks.
FCO shall apply and occupy an entry position and shall hold the position as
Officer-in-Charge/Acting Capacity for at least six months prior to his/her
application to the next higher rank that correspond the rank of position
applied.
FCO who applied for promotion shall not be relieved from his present
position until he/she has been promoted, unless relieved for a cause.
Othenwise the FCO shall no longer be eligible for promotion as the FCO is
not holding position commensurate to the rank applied for once promoted.
After promotion, such promoted FCO occupying the position shall not be
relieved and serve a minimum period of one (1) year in full capacity before
they can request for reassignment to other position commensurate to their
ranks.
All FCO shall be given equal opportunity to hold positions provided they are
competent and qualified. There shall be a considerable balance between
competencies and seniority. Candidate for placement must neither be too
junior nor too senior (overqualified) for a particular position. While the BFP
culture considers seniority as an important criterion in the selection and
placement of officers, the qualifications and competencies of candidates
shall be taken into account with at least equal, if not, more importance.
The newly appointed FCO thru lateral entry shall be required to have a
mandatory field experience of at least six (6) months to BFP fire stations
after the completion of the mandatory orientation training.
tn case that the present qualified ranks are not sufficient to fill the required
exclusive and entry positions, the Personnel Placement Board (PPB) may
conduct evaluation and subsequent selection among the most eligible
officers to hold such positions in concurrent capacity: provided that the PPB
justifies said insufficiency, placing paramount consideration on the required
experience, education, training and eligibility, pursuant to the Qualification
Standards approved by the Civil Service Commission.
IX. Detail Service of Line Officer and Technical Service Officer within the
BFP
In case of vacancy and lack of qualified technical service officers, the Chief,
BFP, thru PPB, may designate a qualified line officer as acting capacity. In
the same manner, the technical service officers may be designated to a
command function of line officers as acting capacity both considered as
detail service within the BFP.
Detail service of both officers shall be valid for a minimum period of six (6)
months and up to a period of only one (1) year for officers without consent
of the officer involved and a maximum of three (3) years for officers with
consent of the involved officer renewable every six (6) months.
One-Year-before-Retirement Rule
Key Officers, who are due for compulsory retirement within a year before
his /her retirement date, is given preferential assignments specifically in
areas near their hometown or home region commensurate to their ranks.
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1. Directors of Directorates:
2. Regional Directors:
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Affected officers, upon the effectivity of this circular, who are currently
occupying such positions but does not meet nor possess the
abovementioned additional Mandatory Work Experience for Key Positions
shall be relieved subject to the availability of qualified officers. However,
additional mandatory work experience pre-requisite for such key position
shall not be required for officers who are over-ranked to the said pre
requisite position/designation.
FCO shall possess the required training, education, work experience and
eligibility pursuant to the approved Qualification Standard prescribed by
the Civil Service Commission before they are considered for placement
and promotion.
VI. PROCEDURES:
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Hence, in the exigency of the service, the PBB may choose and deliberate
from the qualified officer or list of eligible to be placed on a specific
designatfon/position for the purpose of job rotation and provide equal
opportunity to all officers to hold various designation/position if there is no
application submitted.
iii. Applicant shall apply to the proper authority (Annex B) and be endorse to
the concerned PBB for deliberation. Applicants shall submit the following
documentary requirements for deliberation:
However, if the applicant was not selected for the positioned applied, said
officer shall be integrated to the list of eligible upon vacancy of the position
applied for or other possible position that will adhere to his/her rank.
VI. The designation of Deputy Chief for Administration, Deputy Chief for
Operations and Chief Directorial Staff shall be recommended by the Chief,
BFP through a BFP NHQ SOPPB Resolution. Said recommendation shall
be submitted to the office of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior
and Local Government for the endorsement to the office of the President.
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ix. Transferred FCO from one unit to another unit shall clear himself/herself
from money and property accountabilities from his/her previous unit and
submit a set of 201 file upon reporting his/her new place of assignment.
X. The Promotion Process shall conform with the approved Merit Selection
Plan (MSP) of the BFP.
All other issuances inconsistent with this Implementing Guidelines are hereby
amended, modified and/or repealed accordingly.
VIII. EFFECTIVITY
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RANKS AUTHORIZED
STRENGTH
DIRECTOR 1
CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT 13
SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT 39
SUPERINTENDENT 156
CHIEF INSPECTOR 194
SENIOR INSPECTOR 386
INSPECTOR 563
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DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY:
On Reassiqnment/Designation:
RECOMMENDING DESIGNATING
POSITION/DESIGNATION
AUTHORITY AUTHORITY
Chief. BFP SILG President of the
Philippines
DCA, DCO and CDS SILG through the President of the
recommendation of the Philippines
Chief, BFP through BFP
Personnel Placement
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RECOMMENDING DESIGNATING
POSITION/DESIGNATION
AUTHORITY AUTHORITY
City/Municipal Fire Station City/Municipal Fire Provincial/District Fire
Head/Chief of offices Marshal Marshal
Cc: Regional Office
Transfer/Reassignment of Provincial/District Director
personnel from Cc: Regional Office
City/Municipal to another
within the same
province/district
City/Municipal Fire Station City/Municipal Fire
personnel except Chief of Marshal
Offices
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The following are the authorized ranks and positions herein listed
according to the degree of importance:
Line Officers
Exclusive Positions
Entry Positions
Line Officers
Exclusive Positions
Entry Positions
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4) FIRE SUPERINTENDENT
Line Officers
Exclusive Positions
Entry Positions
BFP-NHQ (7)
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Entry Position
Entry Positions
Line Officers
Line Officers
Entry Positions
Technical Positions
f. Medical Doctors
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h. Chaplain
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7) FIRE INSPECTOR
Entry Positions
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Criteria Percentage
Work Experience 20%
Performance Rating 20%
Awards, Commendations and 20%
Recognition
Education and Training 20%
Rank Requirement under R.A No. 9263 10%
and Seniority
Geographical Duty Assignment 10%
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Medals Percentage
Kagitingan 6%
Kabayanihan 5%
Natatanging Gawa 4%
Pambihirang Paglllikngkod 4%
Kadakiiaan 4%
Natatanging Asal 3%
Kagalingan 3%
Kasanayan 2%
Katapatan 2%
Papuri 1%
Sugatang Magiting 1%
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Finished at least 2nd
year Bachelor of Laws
Fire Officers
City Fire Marshal or earned at least
Advance Course
twenty-four (24) units
of Master’s Degree
Finished at least 2nd
year Bachelor of Laws
Fire Officers
Municipal Fire Marshal or earned at least
Advance Course
twelve (12) units of
Master’s Degree
e. Seniority (10%)
An officer/candidate with the most senior in terms of time-in-grade
automatically gets 10 percent (10%), while the rest gets one percent (1%)
less for every one full year difference in time-in-grade. In cases wherein
the candidates for placement have the same time-in-grade, the date of
commissionship followed by date of compulsory retirement shall be
considered.
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