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1. Ra 9514 = an act establishing a comprehensive fire code of the Philippines, repealing PD1185 and for other
purposes.
2. When ra9514 enacted? = 2008
3. AGDB = Bureau of Treasury
4. Nitro cellulose = class d fire
5. Collecting officer = responsible for the collection fire code revenues
6. the State shall enforce all laws, rules and regulations to ensure adherence to standard fire prevention and
safety measures, and promote accountability in the fire protection and prevention service.”
7. This IRR shall cover the following:
A. All persons;
B. All private or public buildings, facilities or structures and their premises erected or
constructed before and after the effectivity hereof;
C. Design and installation of mechanical, electronics and electrical systems relative to fire
protection;
D. Manufacturing, storage, handling and/or use, and transportation of explosives and/or
combustible, flammable liquids and gases, toxic and other hazardous materials and operations, and
their wastes;
E. Fire safety planning, design, construction, repair, maintenance, rehabilitation and
demolition;
F. Fire protective and warning equipment or systems;
G. All land transportation vehicles and equipment, ships or vessels docked at piers or wharves
or anchored in seaports; and
H. Petroleum industry installations.
8. AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF, BFP SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF SILG
The Chief, BFP, with the approval of the Secretary, DILG, is hereby authorized to:
 Issue implementing rules and regulations, and prescribe standards, schedules of fees/fire service
charges and administrative penalties therefore as provided in the pertinent provisions of the Fire
Code;
 Reorganize the BFP as may be necessary and appropriate;
 Enter into long term agreement, either through public biddings or negotiations in accordance with
the provisions of Republic Act No. 9184, otherwise known as the Government Procurement
Reform Act of 2003, for the acquisition of fire prevention, fire protection and fire fighting
investigation, rescue, paramedics, hazardous material handling equipment, supplies, materials and
related technical services necessary for the fire service;
9. Government Procurement Reform Act of 2003 = RA9184
10. Inspect at reasonable time, any building, structure, installation or premises for dangerous or hazardous
conditions or materials as set forth in the Fire Code and this IRR, provided that in case of single family
dwelling, an inspection must be upon the consent of the occupant or upon lawful order from the proper
court = TRue
11. Technical staff SOURCES
The Technical staff may be drawn from the following:
G. Organic members of the BFP;
H. Other government offices and agencies; and
I. Other sources.
In the case of paragraph “B” and/or “C” above, members may either be appointed into the service or hired
as consultants in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations. True

12. All business establishments employing at least fifty (50) persons shall establish an organization of fire
brigade to deal with fire and other related emergencies

13. Duties of fire brigade chief = not included. = prepare training design – the BFP makes the TD
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14. Certificate of completion = not included --- identification card

15. To check the ability of the members of the fore brigade to perform the operation they expected to carry
out. = practice drills
16. During the general alarm, the fire brigade and fire volunteer org shall be under the direct operational
control of the fire ground commander of BFP = Chief BFP
17. Fee charge for the conduct of fire safety inspection equivalent to 10 percentum of all bldg.

Types of occupancies DREAMS HBMM

1. Assembly
a. Assembly occupancies include, but are not limited to, all buildings or portions of buildings used for
gathering together of fifty (50) or more persons for such purposes as deliberation, worship,
2. entertainment, eating, transportation, or similar uses.
3. drinking, amusement, awaiting
4. Assembly occupancies include: theaters; assembly halls; auditorium; exhibition halls; museum; restaurants;
drinking establishments; places of worship; classrooms of 50 persons and over capacity; libraries; internet
shops of over 50 persons capacity; dance halls; club rooms; skating rinks; gymnasiums; cockpit arenas;
bowling facilities; pool rooms; armories; passenger stations and terminals of air, surface, underground, and
marine public transportation facilities; recreational facilities; piers; court-rooms; conference rooms; and
mortuary chapels or funeral homes.
5. Restaurants and drinking establishments with an occupant load of less than 50 persons shall be classified as
mercantile occupancies.
d. Occupancy of any room or space for assembly purposes by less than fifty (50) persons in a building of other
occupancy and incidental to such other occupancy shall be classified as part of the other occupancy and subject to
the provisions applicable thereto.
2. Educational
a. Educational occupancies include all buildings or portions thereof used for the gathering of group of six
(6) or more persons for purposes of instruction.

1. Educational occupancies include: Schools; Universities; Colleges; Academies; Nursery schools;

Kindergartens; and Child Day Care facilities.
2. Other occupancies associated with educational institutions shall be in accordance with the appropriate
parts of this Chapter, except licensed day care facilities of any capacity.
3. In case where instruction is incidental to some other occupancy, the Section of the Chapter governing
such other occupancy shall apply.
3. Health Care
a. Health care facilities are those used for purposes of medical or other treatment or care of persons where
such occupants are mostly incapable of self preservation because of age, physical or mental disability, or
because of security measures not under the occupants’ control.
b. Health care facilities include: hospitals; nursing homes; birth centers; and residential custodial care
centers such as nurseries, homes for the aged and the like.

4. Detention and Correctional

a. Detention and correctional buildings are those used to house one or more persons under varied degrees of
restraint or security where such occupants are mostly incapable of self-preservation because of security
measures not under the occupants’ control.
b. Detention and correctional occupancies shall include those used for purposes such as correctional
institutions, detention facilities, community residential centers, training schools, work camps, and substance
abuse centers where occupants are confined or housed under some degree of restraint or security.
5. Residential
a. Residential occupancies are those occupancies in which sleeping accommodations are provided for
normal residential purposes and include all buildings designed to provide sleeping accommodations.
b. Residential buildings, structures or facilities are treated separately in this Rule in the following groups:
hotels; motels; apartelles; pension houses; inns; apartments; condominiums; dormitories; lodging or
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rooming houses; and one- and two-family dwellings; and the likes.
6. Mercantile
a. Mercantile occupancies include stores, markets, and other rooms, buildings, or structures for the display
and/or sale of merchandise.

A. Mercantile occupancies include: malls; supermarkets; department stores; shopping centers; flea markets;
restaurants of less than 50 persons capacity; public/private dry and wet markets; water refilling stations;
drugstores; hardwares/construction supplies; showrooms; and auction rooms.
B. Minor merchandising operation in building predominantly of other occupancies, such as newsstand in an
office building, shall be subject to the exit requirements of the predominant occupancy.
C. Office, storage, and service facilities incidental to the sale of merchandise and located in the same building
should be considered part of the mercantile occupancy classification.
7. Business
a. Business buildings are those used for the transaction of business other than that covered under Mercantile,
for the keeping of accounts and records and similar purposes.

A. Included in this occupancy group are: offices for lawyers; doctors; dentists and other professionals; general
offices; City/Municipal halls; internet shops; massage parlors, beauty parlors, barbershops of less than 50
occupants and court houses;
B. Minor office occupancy incidental to operations in other occupancy shall be considered as a part of the
dominant occupancy and shall be subject to the provisions of the Chapter applying to the dominant
occupancy.
8. Industriala. Industrial occupancies include factories that make products of all kinds and properties which
shall include but not limited to product processing, assembling and disassembling, mixing, packaging,
finishing or decorating, repairing and material recovery including, among others, the following: factories of
all kinds; laboratories; dry cleaning plants; power plants; pumping stations; smokehouses; gas plants;
refineries; and sawmills, laundries; creameries
9. Storage
D. Storage occupancy includes all buildings or structures utilized primarily for the storage or sheltering of
goods, merchandise, products, vehicles, or animals. Included in this occupancy group are: warehouses; cold
storages; freight terminals; truck and marine terminals; bulk oil storage; LPG storage; parking garages;
hangars; grain elevators; barns; and stables.
E. Minor storage incidental to other occupancy shall be treated as part of the other occupancy.
10. Mixed Occupancies
A. Refers to two or more classes of occupancies occurring/located/situated/existing in the same building
and/or structures so intermingled that separate safeguards are impracticable.
B. The means of egress shall be sufficient to meet exit requirements for the occupants of each individual room
or section, and for the maximum occupant load of the entire building. Fire safety construction, protective and
warning systems and other safeguards shall met requirements of the most hazardous occupancy unless
otherwise specified in Division 8 through 17 of this Chapter.
11. Miscellaneous
a. This class of occupancy includes buildings or structure which cannot be properly classified in any of the
preceding occupancy groups. Such miscellaneous buildings and structures shall conform to the fundamental
guidelines provided for in Division 2 and to any specific provisions appl icable thereto in Division 17 both of
this Chapter.
B. In case of conflict as to the type or classification of occupancy, the same shall be determined by the Chief,
BFP or his duly authorized representative.

DOT
Degree of hazard = High, moderate, low hazards
1. Low Hazard Those of such low combustibility that no self-propagating fire therein can occur and that
consequently, the only probable danger requiring the use of emergency exits will be from panic, fumes or
smoke or fire from some external source.
2. Moderate Hazard Those which are liable to burn with moderate rapidity or to give off a considerable
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volume of smoke but from which neither poisonous fumes nor explosions are to be expected in the event of
fire.
3. High Hazard Those which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity or from which poisonous gases or
explosions are to be expected in the event of fire.

Qualification of fire safety inspector, enlisted and nup’s and Plan evaluator
SECTION 8.1.1.1 FIRE SAFETY INSPECTORS
A. UNIFORMEDPERSONNEL
1. Licensed Engineer (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Sanitary and Electronic and Communication);
or Architect with at least one (1) year in the BFP service; or Graduate of any baccalaureate degree course
with at least three (3) years in the BFP service;
2. Shall have completed Fire Arson Investigation and Inspection Course (FAIIC); or have undergone at least
forty (40) hours of relevant seminars/workshops on the Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008and other
relevant fire safety seminars/workshops; and
3. Non-licensed and non-engineering graduate must pass the written fire safety inspection examination
conducted by the BFP.
B. NON- UNIFORMED PERSONNEL
4. Appointed as Engineers (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Sanitary and Electronics and
Communication); or Appointed as Electrical/Building Inspectors; and
5. Shall have undergone at least forty (40) hours of relevant seminars/workshops on the Fire Code of the
Philippines and other relevant fire safety seminars/workshops.
6. Electrical/building inspectors must pass the written examination conducted by the BFP, otherwise they can
only conduct inspection relative to their appointment’s duties and functions.
SECTION 8.1.1.2 PLAN EVALUATORS
1. Must be a licensed Architect or Engineer; and
2. Shall have undergone at least forty (40) hours of relevant training on the Fire Code of the Philippines of
2008 and other relevant fire safety seminars/workshops.
3. In cases where there is no licensed engineer or architect in a specific jurisdiction, a graduate of any
baccalaureate degree with FAIIC training shall be designated as plan evaluator.

Procedure for the issuance of FSEC and FSIC

BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
J. Upon receipt by the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction of six (6) sets of the building plans
from the Building Official (BO), the Costumer Relation Officer or the designated staff shall check compliance of
documentary requirements, assess the Fire Code Fees (FCF) and issue Order of Payment (OP) to be paid at the
Cashier’s Office or the Authorized Government Depository Bank (AGDB) or Authorized Government Servicing
Bank (AGSB) by the BFP. After payment of FCF, the owner or his duly authorized representative shall submit
copy of the Official Receipt (OR). The Costumer Relation Officer shall record the application for Building Plan
Review including the date and time the plans were received and the OR No., acknowledge and assign a control
number and endorse the same without delay to the Plan Evaluator.
K. The Plan Evaluator shall undertake the necessary evaluation and review of the plans indicating whether or
not such plans conform to the fire safety and life safety requirements of the Fire Code of the Philippines and this
IRR. For this purpose, a Fire Safety Checklist (FSC) shall be used to facilitate checking of the building plan. The
evaluated plans and the corresponding FSC shall then be submitted to the Chief, Fire Safety Enforcement
Section (FSES).
L. The Chief, FSES shall consolidate and review the findings of the Plan Evaluator and shall submit, without
delay, the evaluation report and/or recommendations to the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction.
M. The City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction will either approve or disapprove the evaluated plans
together with FSC. The approved/disapproved application for FSEC will then be transmitted to the Costumer
Relation Officer for its release.
N. No building plan shall be evaluated without the submission of Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report 1
(FALAR 1) in accordance with Division 3 of this Rule.
O. The City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction, through the Costumer Relation Officer shall endorse
back five (5) copies of the approved Building Plans, together with the FSEC and FSC to the Building Official.
SECTION 9.0.2.2 INSPECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION
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During construction, renovation, modification or alteration, the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction,
on the basis of issued FSC, shall inspect the premises to determine whether the plans, and specifications are
being followed and fire safety precautions are being observed. He shall cause the correction of any
defects/deficiencies noted, when necessary.
SECTION 9.0.2.3 INSPECTION AFTER COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION
7. After construction/ renovation/ modification or alteration and prior to the issuance of the occupancy permit
by the Building Official, the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction shall inspect the premises and issue
the necessary Fire Safety Inspection Certificate (FSIC) upon determination that the required fire safety
construction are in place, and fire protective and/or warning system are properly installed in accordance with the
approved plans and specifications.
8. Inspection procedure shall be as follows:
The process starts with the endorsement by the Building Official (BO) of the application for Occupancy
Permit accompanied by a Certificate of Completion. The Customer Relation Officer or designated staff shall
assess the Fire Code Fees and issue Order of Payment to be paid at the Cashier’s Office or the AGDB or AGSB
of the BFP. After payment, the owner shall submit a copy of the Official Receipt to the Customer Relation
Officer. The Customer Relation Officer shall then assign an application control number on the
endorsement/application and prepare an Inspection Order.
The prepared Inspection Order will be forwarded to Chief, FSES for signing and recommendation.
The Chief, FSES will endorse the said Inspection Order including the name of assigned FSI to the
City/Municipal Fire Marshall having jurisdiction for approval and signature. The Inspection Order will then be
given back to the Record Section for the assignment of a control number and dispatch to assigned FSI.
The FSI shall conduct final inspection in the establishment applying for Occupancy Permit then shall
prepare an After Inspection Report (AIR) using the Classified Standard Checklist.
The FSI will prepare a report of recommendation (FSIC or Notice of Disapproval (NOD)), which shall
be submitted to the Chief, FSES. The FSI will prepare the FSIC, to be signed by Chief, FSES if said
establishment has substantially complied with the provisions of the Fire Code of the Philippines. Otherwise, the
FSI shall prepare NOD.
The Chief, FSES will evaluate and recommend final action, which is subject to the approval of the
City/Municipal Fire Marshall having jurisdiction.
D. No FSIC shall be issued without the submission of Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report 2 (FALAR 2)
in accordance with Division 3 of this Rule.
E. Upon approval or disapproval, the City/Municipal Fire Marshall having jurisdiction shall issue an FSIC or
NOD, as the case may be, and endorse to BO/Owner, retaining one (1) copy for filing and properly maintained
for future reference.