PD 1185

FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

PD 1185 - FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
I. A. FILL IN THE BLANKS
1. Director 19. exit travel
2. two 20. seventy one (71)
3. public nuisance 21. 6.00
4. Chief of Local Fire Service 22. 2.30
5. Class A Fire 23. 2.00
6. Class B Fire 24. exit travel
7. Class C Fire 25. seventy one (71)
8. Class D Fire 26. one hundred twenty two (122)
9. three storeys 27. seventy six (76)
10. four (4) 28. 86.5
11. fifty five (55) 29. thirty eight (38)
12. eighty nine (89) 30. one hundred twelve (112)
13. 39 min 31. seventy six (76)
14. remote 32. 8% to 10%
15. 30 cms 33. 10% to 17%
16. 15.00 34. sixty (60)
17. 4.50 35. 63.5
18. swinging type

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1. three (3) 17. two hundred sixty five (265)
2. nineteen (19) 18. one hundred thirty two (132)
3. twenty (20) 19. thirty eight (38)
4. twenty five (25) 20. forty five (45)
5. twenty three (23) 21. ninety (90)
6. 2.00 22. 81.5
7. one hundred twelve (112) 23. twenty three (23)
8. 2.75 24. 0.65
9. 3.70 25. 1.4
10. twenty five (25) 26. 0.28
11. one (1) 27. four (4)
12. forty (40) 28. two (2)
13. twenty one (21) 29. three (3)
14. 3.5 30. two (2)
15. one hundred two (102)
16. one hundred fifty three (153)
I. C. FILL IN THE BLANKS
1. fifteen (15) meters 16. one and one half ( 1 ½ )
2. five (5) meters 17. one (1)
3. Chief of Local Fire Service 18. one and one half ( 1 ½ )
4. exits 19. one half (½)
5. free 20. two third (2/3)
6. unobstructed 21. forty six (46)
7. illumination 22. sixty one (61)
8. fire alarm facilities 23. eighty three (83)
9. National Building Code 24. sixty eight (68)
10. remote 25. thirty (30)
11. National Pollution Control 26. fourteen (14)
Commission 27. seven (7)
12. 3.00 28. sixty (60)
13. 150 29. ninety (90)
14. spark arrester 30. one (1)
15. eight (8)

I. D. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. exits 18. fire alarm facilities
2. fire 19. means of egress
3. smoke 20. fire
4. fumes 21. smoke
5. panic 22. fume
6. kinds 23. eliminating
7. numbers 24. reducing
8. location 25. completed
9. capacity 26. inspected
10. free 27. approved
11. unobstructed 28. doors
12. mental 29. walkways
13. penal 30. stairs
14. correctional 31. ramps
15. visible 32. fire escapes
16. adequate 33. Fire Safety Inspectors
17. reliable 34. Chief of Local Fire Service

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1. self-closing fire resistive 8. means of egress
2. openings 9. occupant load
3. 23.00 10. 1.80
4. thirty (30) 11. 4.60
5. fifty (50) 12. 11.00
6. fifty five (55) 13. 22.00
7. thirty (30) 14. 18.60
15. 5.60 26. 61.00
16. 9.30 27. 15 (fifteen)
17. 9.30 28. fifty five (55)
18. 9.30 29. seventy one (71)
19. 1.00 30. nineteen (19)
20. four (4) 31. twenty five (25)
21. two (2) 32. two (2)
22. three (3) 33. 2.75
23. two (2) 34. 1.80
24. one half (1/2) 35. forty six (46)
25. 46.00

I. F. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. thirty 16. interior wet standpipe
2. two (2) 17. Panic hardware
3. National Bldg Code 18. four (4)
4. Fire Code of the Phils 19. Assembly
5. seventy six (76) 20. Educational
6. forty six (46) 21. Institutional
7. 12.50 22. Residential
8. fifty (50) 23. Mercantile
9. seven (7) 24. Business
10. fourteen (14) 25. Industrial
11. 1.10 26. Storage
12. two hundred (200) 27. 2.75
13. twenty (20) 28. 3.75
14. four (4) 29. three (3)
15. two way Siamese 30. August 26, 1977

II. A. IDENTIFICATION
1. PD 1185 16. Class B Fire
2. Damper 17. Class D Fire
3. Duct System 18. Class C Fire
4. Fire Hazard 19. Assembly Occupancy
5. Occupant load 20. Dry Standpipe
6. Smoking 21. Fire Exit Drill
7. Panic Hardware 22. Boiling Point
8. Plenum 23. Chief of Local Fire Service
9. Fire Wall 24. Fire Resistance Rating
10. Fumigant 25. High Rise Building
11. Flame Spread Rating 26. Fire Door
12. Flame Retardant 27. Jumper
13. Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) 28. Occupancy
14. Means of Egress 29. Owner
15. Class A Fire 30. Public Way
II. B. IDENTIFICATION
1. Public Assembly Building 16. Cryogenic
2. Occupant 17. Dust
3. Fulminate 18. Fire Alarm
4. Hazardous Operation/Process 19. Corrosive liquid
5. Hose Reel 20. Blasting Agent
6. Overloading 21. Fire Trap
7. Vertical Shaft 22. Distillation
8. Standpipe System 23. Pyrophoric
9. Smelting 24. Refining
10. Automatic Fire Suppression 25. Self-Closing Doors
System 26. Sprinkler System
11. Combination Standpipe 27. Oxidizing Material
12. Fire Protective Assembly 28. Combustible, Flammable or
13. Ember Inflammable
14. Fire 29. Fire Alerting System
15. Abatement 30. Smoke Developed Rating

II. C. IDENTIFICATION\
1. Degree of Hazard 16. Residential
2. Chief of Local Fire Service 17. Storage
3. Fire Safety Inspection 18. Industrial
4. Fire Safety Inspection Certificate 19. Business
5. Panic Danger 20. Mixed Occupancies
6. Institutional 21. Low Hazard Contents
7. Hazard of Contents 22. High Hazard Contents
8. Educational 23. Exit Components
9. Assembly 24. Means of Egress
10. Ordinary Hazard Content 25. Smokeproof Tower
11. Miscellaneous 26. P 12,000.00
12. Wet Standpipe 27. P 20,000.00
13. Fire Department House 28. Combustible Liquid
Connection 29. Forging
14. Fire Extinguisher 30. Flash point
15. Mercantile

III. A MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. b - 46 m 10. b - 25 mm
2. b - 61 m 11. d - 76
3. c - business 12. c - 20 cm
4. c - 7 seats 13. a - 3 stories or less
5 b - 14 seats 14. a - 1185
6. a - 60 15. a - 30 m
7. d - 71 cm 16. b - 30.5 m
8. d - 4 storeys or more 17. c - industrial
9. c - 55 cm 18. a - 46.5 m
19. d - 4 hours 25. a - fulminate
20. c - 4 exits 26. b - fire resistance rating
21. a - abatement 27. b - 15 mts
22. b - flash point 28. a - occupant load
23. c - pyrophoric 29. c - educational
24. c - 37.8oC 30. b - business

III.B. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. a - storage 16. d - 30.5 mts
2. b - business 17. c - 31 mts
3. b - industrial 18. a - 112 mm
4. a - mercantile 19. b - 2.75 m
5. b - industrial 20. d - 3.70 m
6. b - 46 mts 21. c - 2.00 m
7. b - 61 mts 22. b - 112 sm and greater
8. a - 30 mts 23. d - 76 to 112 cm
9. b - 30.5 mts 24. a - 8 to 10%
10. d - 4 storeys or more 25. c - 10 to 17%
11. a - 4 exits 26. d - 3.66 m
12. d - 4 hours 27. a - Class A
13. a - 46.5 mts 28. b - Class B
14. d - 9.3 sq. mts 29. c - Class C
15. b - 23 mts 30. b - jumper

IV. ENUMERATION
A. Give the eleven (11) fire safety programs
1. Fire protection features or fire fighting equipment
2. Fire Alarm System
3. Fire Walls to separate adjoining buildings
4. Provisions for confining the fire at its source such as fire resistive floor
and walls
5. Termination of all exits in an area affording safe passage to a public way
or safe dispersal area
6. Stairways, vertical shafts, horizontal exits and other means of egress
7. A fire exit plan for each floor of the buildings
8. Self-closing fire resistive doors leading to corridors
9. Fire dampers in centralized air conditioning ducts
10. Roof vents for use by fire fighters
11. Properly marked and lighted exits with provision for emergency lights to
adequately illuminate exit ways in case of power failure.
B. Four fire protection features or fire fighting equipment:
1. Sprinkler Systems
2. Hose boxes
3. Hose reels
4. Standpipe
C. Types of Fire:
1. Class A Fire - fire involving ordinary combustible materials such as
wood, cloth, paper, rubber and plastics
2. Class B Fire - fire in flammable liquids and gases
3. Class C Fire - fire involving energized electrical equipment
4. Class D Fire - Fire involving combustible metals such as magnesium,
sodium, potassium and other similar materials.
D. The degree of hazard depends upon the following factors:
1. Construction materials used
2. Combustibility of contents
3. Type of Occupancy
4. Load capacity or number of occupants normally present
5. Height from the ground level
6. The longest horizontal distance that an occupant or fire fighter will travel
to escape or fight a fire respectively
7. Fire safety construction and/or protective and warning system present or
installed.
E. Combustibility of Contents
1. Very High Hazard Materials
2. High Hazard Materials
3. Average Hazard Contents
4. Low Hazard Materials
F. Very High Hazard Materials includes:
1. Paper products
2. Pyroxilin or foam plastic products
3. Rubber goods and foamed rubber products
4. Flammable liquids
5. Unbaled Cork or insulating materials
6. Ammonium nitrate fertilizer
G. High Hazard Materials includes:
1. Flammable liquids packed in cans or metal containers
2. Baled cork or other insulating materials
3. Upholstered furniture
4. Linoleum rugs or tiles
5. Alcohol
6. Paper products in loose form
7. Baled waste paper
8. Pharmaceutical
9. Other plastic products
10. Bags and mats
H. Average Hazard Contents includes stocks in cartons such as:
1. book
2. ceramics
3. cereals
4. groceries
5. clothing
 6. tobacco products
7. metal
8. paper
9. pulp
I. Low Hazard Material includes:
1. Electric appliances
2. Cables and wiring
3. Fertilizers, bagged
4. Hides, leather
5. Sugar, bagged, raw
6. Tobacco in hogsheds
7. Wallboard, gypsum
8. Wool baled
J. Fire Safety Measure shall be required for the following hazardous operations/
processes:
1. Welding or soldering
2. Industrial backing and drying
3. Waste disposal
4. Pressurized/forced draft burning equipment
5. Smelting and forging
6. Motion picture projection using electric arc lamps
7. Refining, distillation and solvent extraction
8. Such other operations or processes, as may be prescribed in the rules and
regulations.
K. The provisions of the Fire Code shall apply to and govern the following:
1. All persons
2. All private or public buildings, facilities, structures, and their premises.
3. Design and installation of electrical systems
4. Storage handling or use of explosives and/or combustible flammable toxic
and other hazardous materials.
5. Fire safety construction
6. Fire protective and warning equipment or systems
L. Types of Occupancy:
1. Mercantile
2. Industrial
3. Storage
4. Public Assembly for more than 50 person
5. Business Office
6. Educational
7. Institutional
M. Each place of assembly shall be classified according to the capacity as follows:
1. Class A - capacity of 1,000 persons or more
2. Class B - capacity of 300 to 1,000 persons
3. Class C - 50 to 300 persons
N. Classification of Occupancy
1. Assembly
2. Educational
3. Institutional
4. Residential
5. Mercantile
6. Business
7. Industrial
8. Storage
9. Mixed Occupancies
10. Miscellaneous
O. Classification of Hazard of Contents
1. Low Hazard Contents
2. Ordinary hazard
3. High Hazard
P. Residential Occupancies includes:
1. Hotels
2. Apartment buildings
3. Dormitories
4. Lodging or Rooming Houses
5. Single or Two Family Dwellings
Q. Assembly Occupancies includes:
1. Theaters
2. Exhibition halls
3. Restaurants
4. Churches
5. Dance halls
6. Gymnasiums
7. Terminals
8. Court rooms
R. Educational Occupancies includes:
1. Schools
2. Colleges
3. Universities
4. Academics
S. Institutional Occupancies
1. Health care facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes
2. Residential - custodial care such as nurseries homes for the aged
3. Mental Retarded care institutions
4. Residential - restrained care such as penal institutions reformatories and
jails.
T. Mercantile occupancies includes:
1. supermarkets and markets
2. department stores
3. shopping centers
4. drugstore
 5. auction rooms
U. Business occupancies includes:
1. Offices
2. City/town halls
3. Court houses
4. Library
V. Industrial occupancies includes:
1. factories
2. laboratories
3. dry cleaning plants
4. power plants
5. pumping stations
6. smokehouses
7. laundries
8. creameries
9. gas plants
10. refineries
11. showmills
W. Storage occupancies includes:
1. Water houses
2. Cold Storage
3. freight terminals
4. truck and marine terminals
5. bulk oil storage
6. parking garage
7. hangars
8. grain elevators
9. barns and stables
X. Classification of Hazard of Contents
1. Low Hazard Contents - are those of such low combustibility that no
self-propagating fire therein can occur and that consequently the only
probable danger requiring the use of emerging exits will be from panic,
fumes or smoke or fire from some external source.
2. Ordinary hazard contents - are those which are liable to burn with
moderated rapidity or to give off a considerable volume of smoke but from
which neither poisonous fumes nor explosions are likely to occur in case
of fire.
3. High Hazard Contents - are those which are liable to burn with extreme
rapidity or from which gases or explosions are to be expected in the event
of fire.
 PD 1185 - FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

I. A. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. The _________ of the Integrated National Police shall be responsible for the
enforcement of the Fire Code of the Philippines.
2. The owner, administrator or occupant of buildings or structures existing at the time of
the effectivity of the Fire Code is given ____________ years to comply with the
provisions thereof on fire safety constructions and on protective and warning
systems.
3. Any building or structures declared as a fire trap or is causing clear and present fire
danger to adjoining establishments and habitations shall be declared a
___________, as defined in the Civil Code of the Philippines.
4. The _____________ is the official duly designated to head the local Fire Service; or
in the cities/municipalities where the policemen are also performing the functions
of the Fire Service, the Station Commander of the Integrated National Police.
5. ______________ is fie involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, cloth,
paper, rubber, and plastics.
6.8. 6) ____________ is fire in flammable liquids and gases; 7) _____________ is
fire involving energized electrical equipment; 8) _____________ is fire involving
combustible metals, such as magnesium, sodium, potassium, and other similar
materials.
9. The separation shall have at least one hour-fire resistance rating when the exit
connects ______________ or less regardless of whether the stories connected are
above or below the storey at which the exit discharge begins.
10. The separation shall have at least two-hour resistance rating when the exit
connects ____________ or more stories whether above or the floor of discharge.
11. Means of egress shall be measured in units of exit width of ___________
centimeters.
12.13. Units of exit width shall be measured at the narrowest unobstructed point of the
means of egress except that a handrail may project inside the measured width on
each side not more than 12) _______________ millimeters and a stringer may
project inside the measured width not more than 13) _________________
millimeters.
14. When more than one exit is required from a storey, at least two of the exits shall
be _____________ from each other and so arranged and constructed as to
minimize any possibility that both maybe blocked by any one fire or other
emergency condition.
15. The travel distance to an exit shall be measured on the floor or other walking
surface along the center line of the natural path of travel, starting __________
cms. from the most remote point, curving around any corner or construction with
a thirty (30) centimeters clearance therefrom, and ending at the center of the
doorway or other point at which the exit begins.
16. In case of individual rooms subject to occupancy by not more than 6 persons,
distance to exits shall be measured from the doors of such rooms provided the
path of travel from any point in the room door does not exceed ___________
meters.
17. Where any part of an exterior way of exit access is within _________ meters
horizontal distance of any unprotected building opening, for outside stairs, the
distance to the exit shall include the length of travel to ground level.
18. A door from a room to an exit or to a way of exit access shall be of side hinged
_____________.
19. The door shall swing with ____________ when the room is occupied by more
than 50 persons or used for a high hazard occupancy.
20. The minimum width of any way of exit access shall be specified for individual
occupancy but in no case shall such width be less than _________ centimeters.
21. An exterior way of exit access shall be so arranged that there are no dead-ends in
excess of ____________ meters in length.
22.23. Means of egress shall be so designed and maintained as to provide adequate
headroom but in no case shall the ceiling height (headroom) be less than
22)________________ meters nor any projection from the ceiling be less than
23) ______________ meters from the floor.
24. A door providing access to a stairway shall swing in the direction of _________.
25.26. No single door in a doorway shall be less than 25) _______________ centimeters
and shall not exceed 26) ________________ centimeters.
27.28. Handrails on stairs shall not be less than 27) _______________ centimeters nor
more than 28) _______________ centimeters above the upper surface of the
tread, measured vertically to the top of the rail from a point on the tread 25
millimeters back from the leading edge, except on stairways designed for use by
children an additional handrail may be provided lower than the main handrail.
29. Handrails shall provide a clearance of at least ___________ millimeters between
handrails and wall to which it is fastened.
30.31. Class A ramp shall have a width of 30) ______________ centimeters and greater,
while class B ramp shall have 31) _________________ centimeters to 112
centimeters.
32.33. Slope of class A ramp shall be from 32) _______________ while that of Class B
ramp shall have a slope of between 33) ________________.
34.35. The height of every riser and the width of every tread shall be so proportioned
that the sum two risers and a tread, exclusive of its nosing projections is not less
than 34) _______________ centimeters, nor more than 35) ________________
centimeters.

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1. The minimum number of risers in any one flight of stairs shall be ____________.
2. Class A stairs should have a maximum height of risers equivalent to 2) ________
centimeters and 3) ___________ centimeters for Class B stairs.
4.5. The minimum width of tread exclusive of nosing of nosing or projection for Class
A stair shall be 4) _____________ cm and 5) ________________ cm for Class
B stair.
6. The minimum headroom for Class A and Class B stair shall be ________ meters.

7. The minimum dimension of landings in direction of travel for both Class A and Class
B shall be _____________ mm.
8.9. The maximum height between landings for Class A stairs shall be 8) __________
meters and 9) _____________ meters for Class B stairs.
10. Every tread less than 25 centimeters wide shall have a nosing or an effective
projection of approximately ______________ millimeters over the level
immediately below.
11. There shall be __________ dry standpipe outlet connection located at every floor
level landing above the first floor of every required enclosed stairway or
smokeproof enclosure.
12. No point within a building requiring dry standpipes shall be more than _________
meters travel distance from a dry standpipe outlet connection.
13.14. All dry standpipe shall be tested hydrostatically to widthstand not less than
13) _______________ kilos per square centimeters of pressure for two hours and
in no case shall the pressure be less than 14) ________________ kilos per square
centimeters above the maximum working pressure.
15.16. The size of the standpipe shall not less than 15) _____________ millimeters in
buildings in which the highest outlet is 23 m. or less above the Fire Service
connection while 16) ______________ millimeters is required where the highest
outlet is higher than 23 m. above the Fire Service connection.
17. Pressure and gravity tanks shall have a capacity sufficient to furnish a least
_____________ liters of water per minute for thirty minutes.
18. The wet standpipe shall deliver not less than ____________ liters of water per
minute.
19. Each wet standpipe outlet shall be supplied with a hose not less than __________
millimeters in diameters.
20.21. Spray nozzle shall be in the open type and shall have a conical spray pattern with
discharge angles between 20) _____________ and 21) ______________
degrees.
22. The number and size of nozzle and water supply shall be sufficient to deliver a
discharge of _____________liters of water per square meter per minute through
the wallway, area to be figured perpendicular to treadway.
23. In cases where the contents are classified as high hazard, exits shall be provided
for such types and numbers and so arranged as to permit all occupants to escape
from the building or structure or from the hazardous area thereof to the outside or
to a place of safety with a travel distance of not over _____________meters.
24.26. The occupant load permitted in any assembly building structure or portion thereof
shall be determined by dividing the net floor area or space assigned to that use by
the square meter per occupant as follows: For an assembly area of concentrated
use without fixed seats such as auditorium, church, chapel, dance floor, lodge
room, 24) _____________ square meter per person. For an assembly area of less
concentrated use such as conference room, dining room, drinking establishment,
exhibit room, gymnasium or lounge 25) _______________ square meters per
person; standing room or waiting space; 26) _______________ square meters
per person.

27.30. Every Class A assembly capacity of more than one thousand (1000) persons shall
have at least 27) _______________ separate exits as remote from each other as
 practicable. For Class B assembly capacity of 300 to 1,000 persons shall have at
least 28) ________________ separate exits and if of a capacity of over six
hundred at least 29) ________________ exits and for Class C place of assembly
capacity of 50 to 300 persons shall have at least 30) _________________ means
of exits.

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1.2. No person shall kindle or maintain any bonfire or rubbish fire or authorize any
such fire to be kindled or maintained unless the location is not less than 1) ______
meters from any structure and adequate provisions is made to prevent fire is from
spreading to within 15 meters of any structure; or the fire is contained in an
approved waste burner or incinerator located safely not less than 2) _______
meters from any structures.

3. The __________________ may prohibit any or all bonfires and outdoor rubbish
fires when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances makes fire hazardous.

4. Building or structure, new or old, designed for human habitation shall be provided
with ______________ sufficient to permit the fast escape of occupants in case of
fire or other emergency.

5.6. Every exit of buildings or structures shall be so arranged and maintained as to

provide 5) ______________ and 6) _________________ egress from all parts
thereof, at all times.

7. All means of egress shall be provided with adequate and reliable ____________.

8. In every building or structure of such size, arrangement or occupancy that a fire may
not itself provide, adequate warning to occupants, ________________ shall be
provided.

9. Fixed commercial, industrial and apartment type incinerators shall be constructed in

accordance with the provisions of the _______________________.

10. Every building or structure, section, or area thereof of such size, occupancy, and
arrangement such that the reasonable safety of a number of occupants maybe
endangered by the blocking of any single means of egress due to fire or smoke
shall have at least two means of egress _____________ from each other, so
arranged as to minimize any possibility that both may be blocked by any one fire
or other emergency conditions.

11. Every incinerator shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the
requirements of the ___________________.
12. A minimum clearance of _____________ meters shall be maintained between any
incinerator and all rubbish, dry grass, weeds, vegetation and any other
combustible materials.

13. The Chief of the Local Fire Service may prohibit the use of incinerators located
within __________ metes from any brush or grass-covered areas during periods
of hot/dry weather conditions.

14. Chimney of heating appliance using solid or liquid fuel located within 60 meters from
any brush or land covered with flammable material, shall be provided with a
________________.

15. Burning of combustible waste matter other than paper may be done in the open if
such burning is done at a distance of more than ___________meters from any
building structure or combustible waste matters.

16.18. Any residential incinerators used in connection with a single family dwelling shall
be located not less than 16) ________________ meters from any wood frame
building or structure or other combustible material or not less than 17)
_______________ meter from a masonry, stucco, or similar fire resistive building
or structure and not less than 18) ________________ meters from any opening of
said building or structures,

19. Every assembly occupancy shall be provided with a main exit sufficient to
accommodate ________________ of the total occupant load.

20. Each level of an assembly occupancy shall have access to the main exit and in
addition shall be provided with exits of sufficient width to accommodate
____________ of the total occupant load served by that level.

21.22. Exits for places of assembly shall be so arranged that the total length of travel
from any point to reach an exit will not exceed 21) _______________ meters for
spaces not protected by automatic fire suppression and 22) ________________
meters in areas so protected.

23.25. The spacing of rows of seats from back to back shall not be less than 23) _______
centimeters nor less than 24) _______________ centimeters. There shall be a
space of not less than 25) ________________ centimeters between the back of
one seat and the front of the seat immediately behind it as measured between
plumb lines.

26.27. Rows of seats between aisles shall have not more than 26) _____________ seats
while rows of seats opening on to an aisles at one side only shall have not more
than 27) _____________ seats.
28. Seats without dividing arms shall have their capacity determined by allowing
________________ centimeters per person.

29.30. When serving more than 60 seats, every aisle shall be not less than 29)
____________ centimeters wide when serving seats on one sides only and not
less than 30) _____________ meter when serving seats on both sides.

I. D. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Every building or structure, new or old, designed for human occupancy shall be
provided with ______________ sufficient to permit the fast escape of occupants
incase of fire on other emergency.

2.5. Every building or structure shall be so designed, constructed, equipped, maintain

and operated as to avoid danger to the lives and safety of its occupants form
2) ____________, 3) ______________, 4) ________________ or resulting
5) ____________ during the period for escape from the building or structure.

6.9. Every building or structure, shall be provided with exits of 6) ______________,

7) _______________, 8) _______________ and structure with due regard to the
character of the occupancy, the number of persons exposed, the fire protection
available and the height and type of construction of the building or structure to
afford all occupants convenient facilities for escape.

10.11. Every exit of buildings or structure shall be so arranged and maintained as to

provide 10) _______________ and 11) ________________ agrees from all parts
thereof, at all times.

12.14. No lock or fastening that would prevent escape from the inside of any building
shall be installed except in 12) ______________, 13) _________________ or
14) ___________ institutions where personnel are continually on duty and
effective provisions are made to evaluate occupants incase of fire or other
emergency.

15. Every exit shall be clearly ______________ that the route to the exit shall be
conspicuously marked in such a manner that every occupant of a building or
structure will readily know the direction of escape.

16.17. All means of egress shall be provided with 16) ____________ and 17) ________
illumination.

18. In every building or structure or such size, arrangement or occupancy, a fire may
not itself provide adequate warning to occupant _______________ shall be
provided.
19. Every building or structure, section or area thereof of such size, occupancy, and
arrangement such that the reasonable safety of a number of occupants maybe
endangered by the blocking of any single means of egress due to fire or smoke,
shall have at least two ______________ remote from each other, so arranged as to
minimize any possibility that both way be blocked by any one fire or other
emergency conditions.

20.22. Every vertical way of exit and other vertical opening between floors of a building
shall be suitable enclosed or protected as necessary to afford reasonable safety to
occupants while using exits and to prevent spread of 20) ______________, 21)
____________ or 22) _________________ through vertical openings from floor
to floor before occupants have entered exits.

23.24. Compliance with the fire safety rule shall not be construed as 23) ____________
or 24) ______________. The necessity from complying with the other
provisions for safety of persons using a structure under normal occupancy
conditions.

25.27. No building or structure under construction shall be occupied in whole or in part

until all required means of egress required for the part to be occupied are
25) ___________, 26) _____________ and 27) _______________ for
occupancy.

28.32. Adequate escape facilities shall be maintained at all times in buildings under
construction for the use of construction workers. These facilities shall consist of
28) ________________, 29) _________________, 30) _________________,
31) ________________, 32) _________________, or others arranged in
accordance with the general guidelines of the Fire Code in so far as they can
reasonably be applied to buildings under construction.

33.34. Inspection of all buildings, structures, and facilities and the determination of
compliance of provisions of this Fire Code shall be done by 33)
________________ of the Fire Service of the Integrated National Police. In cities
and municipalities where there are no such inspectors, the 34)
________________ shall, in addition to his duties and functions, act as safety
inspector.

35. In coordination with the ____________________, the Chief of the Local Fire
Service or has duly authorized representative shall review the plans and issued the
necessary certification upon determination that fire safety requirements in
accordance with the provisions of the Fire Code have been sufficiently complied.

I. E. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Any opening in the separation wall construction shall be protected by an approved

_________________.
2. _______________ in exit enclosures shall be confined to those necessary for
access to the enclosure from normally occupied spaces and for egress from the
enclosure.

3. Exits shall be provided for such types and numbers and so arranged as to permit
all occupants to escape from the building or structure or from the hazardous area
thereof outside or to a place of safety with a travel distance of not over
_____________ meters.

4-5. Capacity of exits shall not be less than one unit of exit width for each 4) _______
persons if the exit is by inside or outside stairs; or one unit of exit width for each
5) __________ persons if the exit is by door at ground level, by horizontal exits or
by class A ramps.

6. Means of egress shall be measured in units of exit width of _________

centimeters.

7. Fractions of a unit shall be counted, except that _________ centimeters added to

one or more full units shall be counted as one-half of a unit of exit width.

8. The capacity of ______________ for any floor, balcony, tier or other occupied
space shall be sufficient for the occupant load thereof.

9. The ___________ shall be the maximum number of persons that maybe in the
space at any time, but shall not be less than the number computed in accordance
with the individual occupancies.

10-11. For educational occupancies the occupant load shall be the maximum load but not
less that one person for each 10) _________ square meters of net classroom area
or 11) __________ square meters of net area of shops, laboratories, etc.

12-13. For institutional occupancies, the occupant load shall be the maximum number of
persons intended to occupy that floor but not less than one person for each 12)
__________ square meter. Gross floor area in institutional sleeping departments
and not less than one person for each 13) ____________ square meters of gross
floor area of in-patient institutional treatment departments.

14. For residential occupancies, the occupant load in number of persons except for
single and two family dwellings shall be determined on the basis of one person
per ___________ square meters gross floor area.

15-16. For mercantile occupancies, the occupant load is one person for each 15)
___________ square meter gross floor area; floor used for offices, storage,
shipping not open to general public; one person for each 16) _____________
square meter gross floor area.
17. For business occupancies, the occupant load shall be no less than one person per
_____________ square meters of gross floor area.

18. For industrial occupancies, the occupant load shall be one person per __________
square meters gross floor area.

19. For place of assembly, no individual unit of exit width shall serve more than
___________ persons.

20-22. For place of assembly, every class A, 1000 or more capacity shall have at least
20) ______________ separate exits, Class B 300 to 600 capacity shall have at
least 21) _______________ separate exits and more than 600 capacity shall have
22) ____________ exits.

23. Class C with 300-3500 capacity shall have at least ___________ means of exit,
consisting of separate exits leading to a corridor giving access to two separate
independent exits in different direction.

24. Every assembly occupy shall be provided with main exit to accommodate ______
(fraction) of the total occupant load.

25-26. Travel distance shall be 25) ____________ meters minimum if not protected by
automatic suppression and 26) _____________ meters if protected.

27. All business occupy building over __________ m in height shall be provided
throughout with automatic sprinkler protection.

28. Means of egress shall be measured in units of exits width of ___________

centimeter.

29. The minimum width of any way of exit access shall be no less than _______ cm.

30-33. For all class A stairs under the FCP, the maximum height of riser shall be
30) _____________ cm minimum width tread 31) ______________ cm
minimum headroom 32) _________________ m and maximum height between
landings 33) _________________m.

34.35. In educational occupancy any corridor as means of access to exits shall be not less
than 34) ___________ m in the clear and travel distance to exits in building
without automatic fire suppression system shall be no more than 35) ________.

I. F. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Travel distance to exits for residential occupancies shall be such that it will not be
necessary to travel more than _____________ meters from the door of any room
to reach the nearest exit.

2. The owner, administrator or occupant of buildings or structures existing at the

time of the effectivity of the Fire Code is given __________ years to comply with
the provisions thereof and on fire safety constructions and on protective and
warning system.

3.4. It is desirable that the 3) ____________ and 4) _____________ be harmonized

so as to complement and supplement each other as they both profess concern for
the protection of life, limb, property and public welfare.

5. When serving 60seats or less, aisles shall not be less than _________ centimeters
wide.

6. The length of travel to an exit door by any aisle shall be not greater than _______
meters.

7. The gradient of slopping aisle shall not exceed ________________.

8. Aisles shall terminate in a cross aisle, foyer or exit. The width of such cross aisle,
foyer or exit shall not be less than the sum of the require width of the widest aisle
plus _____________.

9.10. With standard spacing as specified in the Code, aisle shall be located that there
will not be more than 9) _______________ seats between the wall and an aisle;
and not more than 10) ________________ seats between aisles.

11. Aisles shall have a minimum width of _________________ m.

12-13. Standard automatic fire extinguishing systems shall be installed in every storey,
basement or cellar with an area of 12) ______________ sqm or more which is
used for habitation, recreation, study, dining or work, and which has an occupant
load of more than 13) ______________.

14.15. Every building 14) _____________ or more storeys shall be equipped with one
or more dry standpipes, and equipped with 15) ______________ fire department
connection.

16. All _______________ are connected to a street main not less than 100 mm in
diameter, or when the water pressure is sufficient, to a water tank of sufficient
size.
17. _______________ is a mechanical device consisting of linkages and a horizontal bar
across a door, which cause the door to open and facilitates exit from a building,
structure or facility.

18. A fire wall is designed to prevent the spread of fire having a resistance rating of not
less than ________________ hours with sufficient structural stability.

19.26. Under the Fire Code of the Philippines, classification of occupancy of buildings
or structures are 19) _____________________, 20) _____________________,
22) ________________, 23) ___________________, 24) ___________________,
25) ________________, 26) ___________________.

27.28. Stairs shall be of Class A and Class B types. In Class A the maximum height
between landings is 27) _____________________ meters and the Class B is 28)
___________________ meters.

29. The minimum of risers in any one flight of stairs shall be ________________.

30. The date PD 1185 was signed into law was on _______________________.

II. A. IDENTIFICATION

___________ 1. Fire Code of the Philippines

___________ 2. A normally open device installed inside an air duct system which
automatically closes to restrict the passage of smokes or fire.

___________ 3. A continuous passageway for the transmission of air.

___________ 4. Any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the
probability of the concurrence of fire or which may obstruct, delay
hinder or interfere with fire.

___________ 5. The maximum number of persons that maybe allowed to occupy a

particular building, structure, or facility or portions thereof.

___________ 6. Puffing, carrying and/or use of lighted pipe, cigar, cigarette or tobacco
in any form.

___________ 7. A mechanical device consisting of linkages and a horizontal bar across

a door, which when pushed from the inside will cause the door to open
and facilitate exit from a building, structure or facility.

___________ 8. Any air compartment or chamber to which not ore more ducts are
connected and which from part of air destruction distribution system.
___________ 9. A wall designed to prevent the spread of fire, having a fire resistance
rating of not less than four hours with sufficient structural stability to
remain standing even if construction on either side collapses under fire
conditions.

___________ 10. A gas fume, or vapor used for the destruction or control of insects,
fungi, vermin, germs, rodents, or other pets.

___________ 11. The time in which flame will spread over the surface of a burning
material.

___________ 12. Any compound, or mixture which when applied properly improves the
fire resistant quality of fabrics and other materials.

___________ 13. Any flammable gas liquefied through pressure. The liquid vaporizes
under normal atmospheric pressure.

___________ 14. A continuous and unobstructed route of exit from any point in a
building, structure or facility to a public way.

___________ 15. Fire involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, cloth,
paper, rubber and plastics.

___________ 16. Fire in flammable liquids and gases.

___________ 17. Fire involving combustible metals such as magnesium, sodium,

potassium, and other similar materials.

___________ 18. Fire involving energized electrical equipment.

___________ 19. The occupancy or use of a building or structure or any position thereof
by a group of persons for civic, political, education, travel, religious,
social, amusement or recreational purposes.

___________ 20. A type of standpipe system in which the pipes are normally not filled
with water. Water is introduced into the system thru Fire Service
connections when needed.

___________ 21. A practice drill for the orderly and safe evacuation of occupants in a
building.

___________ 22. The Temperature at which a liquid is transformed or converted to

vapor.

___________ 23. The official duly designated to head the local Fire Service; or in
cities/municipalities where the policemen are also performing the
 functions of the Fire Service the Station Commander of the Integrated
National Police.

___________ 24. The time duration that a material or construction can withstand the
effect of hundred fire test.

___________ 25. Buildings, structures or facilities fifteen (15) meters or more in height.

___________ 26. A fire resistive door prescribed for openings in fire separation walls or
partitions.

___________ 27. A piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to bypass a safety

device in an electrical system.

___________ 28. The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is used or intended
to be used.

___________ 29. The person who holds the legal right of possession or title to a building
or real property.

___________ 30. Any street, alley or other strips of land unobstructed from the ground
to the sky, deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated
for public use.

II. B. IDENTIFICATION

___________ 1. Any building or structure where fifty or more people congregate,

gather, or assemble for any purpose.

___________ 2. Any person actually occupying and using a building or portions

thereof by virtue of a lease contract with the owner or administrator or
by permission or sufferance of the latter.

___________ 3. A kind of stable explosive compound which explodes by percussion.

___________ 4. Any act of manufacturing, fabrication, conversion, etc. that uses or

produces materials which are likely to cause fires or explosions.

___________ 5. A cylindrical device turning on an axis around which a fire hose is

wound and connected.

___________ 6. The use of one or more electrical appliances or devices which draw or
consume electrical current beyond the designed capacity of the
existing electrical system.
___________ 7. An enclosed vertical space of passage that extends from floor to floor
as well as from the base to the top of the building.

___________ 8. A system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be

attached on each floor, including a system by which water is made
available to the outlets as needed.

___________ 9. Melting or fusing of metallic ores or compounds so as to separate

impurities from pure metals.

___________ 10. An integrated system of underground or overhead piping or both

connected to a source of extinguishing agent or medium and designed
in accordance with fire protection engineering standards which when
actuated by its automatic detecting device, suppresses fire within the
area protected.

___________ 11. Pipe line system filled with water and connected to a constant water
supply for the use of the Fire Service and the occupants of the building
solely for the suppression purposes.

___________ 12. An assembly incorporated in a structure designed to prevent the spread

of fire, such as dampers, curtain boards, fire stoppers, and the like.

___________ 13. A hot piece or lump that remains after a material has partially burned
and is still oxidizing without the manifestation of flames.

___________ 14. The active principle of burning characterized by the heat and light of
combustion.

___________ 15. Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard.

___________ 16. Descriptive of any material which by its nature or as a result of its
reaction with other elements produces a rapid drop on temperature of
the immediate surroundings.

___________ 17. A finely powdered substance which when mixed with air in the proper
proportion and ignited will cause an explosion.

___________ 18. Any visual or audible signal produced by a device or system to warn
the occupants of the building or fire fighting elements of the presence
or danger of fire to enable them to undertake immediate action to save
life and property and to suppress the fire.

___________ 19. Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or
with certain chemicals.
___________ 20. Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set
off explosives.

___________ 21. A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because
it lacks adequate exits or fire escapes.

___________ 22. The process of first raising the temperature to separate the more
volatile from the less volatile parts and then cooling and condensing
the result vapor so as to produce a nearly purified substance.

___________ 23. Descriptive of any substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed
to air.

___________ 24. A process where impurities and/or deleterious materials are removed
from a mixture in order to produce a pure element or compound. It
shall also refer to partial distillation and electrolysis.

___________ 25. Automatic closing doors that are designed to confine smoke and heat
and delay the spread of fire.

___________ 26. An integrated network of hydraulically designed piping installed in a

building, structure or area with outlets arranged in a systematic pattern
which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or
combustion products from a fire.

___________ 27. A material that readily yields oxygen in quantities sufficient to

stimulate or support combustion.

___________ 28. Descriptive of materials that are easily set on fire.

___________ 29. A fire alarm system activated by the presence of a fire where the signal
is transmitted to designated locations instead of sounding a general
alarm, in order to prevent panic.

___________ 30. A rating of a combustible material based on the density and volume of
smoke developed within a certain period of time when its surface is
ignited.

II. C. IDENTIFICATION

___________ 1. Means by probability that a building, structure or facility may catch

fire, the difficulty in evacuating people therefrom, the difficulty of
suppressing the fire therein.
___________ 2. Shall review the plans and issue the necessary certification upon
determination that fire safety requirements in accordance with the
provisions of the Fire Code have been sufficiently complied.

___________ 3. Shall be conducted as a pre-requisite to grants of permits and/or

licenses by local governments, or other.

___________ 4. Shall be issued upon payment by the applicant of a fee equivalent to

10% of all fees charged by the Building Official, or by the Local
Government or by the Government Agencies concerned in the granting
of pertinent permits or licenses.

___________ 5. Greatest when the number of people in a confined area e4xceeds the
capacity of the exits.

___________ 6. Classification of Occupancy used for purposes such as treatment or

care of persons suffering from physical or mental illness, disease or
infirmity; care of infants, convalescents or aged persons and for penal
or correctional purposes.

___________ 7. Shall be the relative danger of the start spread of fire, the generation of
smoke or gases, the danger of explosion or other occurrence
potentially endangering the lives and safety of the occupants of the
building or structure due to the nature of the contents or
processes/operation therein.

___________ 8. Classification of occupancy which include all buildings used for

purposes of instruction.

___________ 9. Classification of occupancy which include those facilities used for

such purposes as deliberation, worship, entertainment, amusement or
awaiting transportation.

___________ 10. Classification of Hazard of Contents which are liable to burn with
moderate rapidity or to give off a considerable volume of smoke, but
from which neither poisonous fumes nor explosions are to be expected
in the event of fire.

___________ 11. Classification of occupancy that includes buildings or structures which

cannot be properly classified in any of the occupancy groups.

___________ 12. An auxiliary fire line system with a constant water supply installed
primarily for emergency fire use by the occupant of the building.

___________ 13. A hose connection at grade or street level for use by the Fire Service
only.
___________ 14. A device that contains within its chemicals fluids or gases for
extinguishing fires, the means for application of its contents for that
purpose and is capable of being readily move from place to place.

___________ 15. Classification of occupancy which include stores, markets and other
rooms, buildings or structures for display and/or sale of merchandise.

___________ 16. Classification of occupancy in which sleeping and/or sleeping

accommodation are provided for residential purposes.

___________ 17. Classification of occupancy which includes all buildings or structures

utilized primarily for the storage or sheltering of goods merchandise,
products, vehicles or animals.

___________ 18. Classification of occupancy which include factories making products

of all kinds and properties devoted to operations such as processing,
assembling, mixing, packaging, finishing or decorating and repairing.

___________ 19. Classification of occupancy which include those used for the
transaction of business other than covered under Mercantile, for the
keeping of accounts and records similar purposes.

___________ 20. Classification of occupancy in which two or more classes of

occupancy occur in the same building or structure so intermingled that
separate safeguards are impracticable.

___________ 21. Classification of Hazard of Contents which are 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.

___________ 22. Classification of Hazard of Contents which are liable to burn with
extreme rapidity or from which poisonous gases or explosions are to
be expected in the event of fire.

___________ 23. Shall be constructed as an integral part of the building or shall bed
permanently affixed thereto.

___________ 24. Shall be measured in units of exit of fifty five (55) centimeters.

___________ 25. Shall constitute a technical staff of highly qualified persons who are
knowledgeable on fire prevention, fire safety and fire suppression.

___________ 26. Amount of administrative fine for any person who violates any
provision of the Fire Code.
___________ 27. Amount of fine in case of willfull failure to correct the deficiency or
abate the fire hazard.

___________ 28. Any liquid having a flash point at or above 37.8oC (100oF)

___________ 29. A process where a piece of metal is heated prior to changing its shape
or dimensions.

___________ 30. The minimum temperature at which any materials gives off vapor in
sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air.

III. A. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Under the FCP, classified as places of assembly, travel distance to exits for spaces not
protected by automatic fire suppression system shall not be more than:
a) 35 m. c) 71 m.
b) 46 m. d) 81 m.

2. Under the FCP, classified as places of assembly, travel distance to exits for spaces
protected by automatic fire suppression system shall not be more than:
a) 51 m c) 71 m.
b) 61 m. d) 45 m.

3. Under the FCP, court houses are under what occupancy

a) education c) business
b) institutional d) industrial

4. Under the FCP, classified as places of assembly rows of seats opening on to an aisle
at one side only shall have not more than:
a) 5 seats c) 7 seats
b) 6 seats d) 8 seats

5. Under the FCP, classified as places of assembly rows of seats between aisles shall
have not more than:
a) 12 seats c) 16 seats
b) 14 seats d) 18 seats

6. Under the FCP, classified as places of assembly, seats without dividing arms shall
have the capacity determined by allowing how many centimeters per person:
a) 60 c) 80
b) 70 d) 90

7. Under the FCP, no single door in a doorway shall be less than:

a) 50 cm c) 70 cm
b) 65 cm d) 71 cm
8. Under the FCP, when an exit is required to be protected by separation from other
parts of the building, the separation shall be at least two hour resistance when the exit
connects
a) one storey c) 3 storey or more
b) 2 storey or less d) 4 storey or more

9. Under the FCP, means of egress shall be measured in units of exit widths of:
a) 40 cm c) 55 cm
b) 45 cm d) 60 cm

10. Under the FCP, the clearance between handrails and walls to which it is attached shall
be at least:
a) 20 mm c) 30 mm
b) 25 mm d) 38 mm

11. Under the FCP, handrails shall not be less than how many centimeters above the
surface of the tread:
a) 60 c) 75
b) 70 d) 76

12. Under the FCP, for class B stairs the maximum height of risers shall be:
a) 10 cm c) 20 cm
b) 18 cm d) 25 cm

13. Under the FCP, when an exit is required to be protected by separation from other
parts of the building, the separation shall have at least one hour fire resistance rating
when the exit connects:
a) 3 stories or les c) 4 stories or less
b) 5 stories or less d) 6 stories or less

14. The Fire Code of the Philippines was instituted by Presidential Decree No.:
a) 1185 c) 1096
b) 1187 d) 223

15. Under the FCP, classified as hotels, travel distance to exits, from the door of any
room to the nearest exit shall not be more than:
a) 39 m c) 40 m
b) 30 m d) 45 m

16. Under the FCP, classified as mercantile occupancies, travel distance to exits shall be
no more than:
a) 20.5 m c) 40.5 m
b) 30.5 m d) 50.5 m
17. Under the FCP, dry cleansing plants are under what occupancy classification:
a) mercantile c) industrial
b) business d) miscellaneous

18. Under the FCP, in apartment buildings, the entrance door to any apartment shall b3
located within how many meters form an exit in a building protected by automatic
fire suppression system?
a) 46.5 m c) 50.5 m
b) 48.5 m d) 52.5 m

19. Under the FCP, dwelling units in row apartments shall be separated from each other
by partition walls having a fire resistance rating of:
a) 1 hour c) 3 hours
b) 2 hours d) 4 hours

20. Under the FCP, every class A places of assembly, with a capacity of more than one
thousand persons, how many minimum number of separated exits as remote from
each other as practicable shall be provided?
a) 2 exits c) 4 exits
b) 3 exits d) 5 exits

21. Under the Fire Code of the Philippines, any act that would remove or neutralize a fire
hazard is known as:
a) abatement c) fulminate
b) damper

22. Under the FCP, the minimum temperature at which any material gives off vapor in
sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air is known as:
a) electrical arc c) smelting
b) flash point

23. Under the FCP, descriptive of any substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed
to air is known as:
a) fulminate c) pyrophoric
b) cryogenic

24. Under the FCP, combustible liquid is any liquid having a flash point at or above:
a) 20.2oC c) 37.8oC
o
b) 25.5 C

25. Under the FCP, a kind of stable explosive compound which explodes by percussion is
known as:
a) Fulminate c) Forge
b) Hyperbolic fuel
26. Under the FCP, the time duration that a material or construction can withstand the
effect of standard fire test is known as:
a) flame spread rating c) flame retardant
b) flame resistance rating

27. Under the FCP, high rise buildings are buildings, structures or facilities with a
minimum height of:
a) 10 mts c) 20 mts
b) 15 mts

28. Under the FCP, the maximum number of persons that may be allowed to occupy a
particular building, structure or facility or portions thereof is known as:
a) occupant load c) occupancy
b) capacity

29. Under the FCP, classification of occupancy, academies shall be classified as:
a) assembly c) educational
b) business

30. Under the FCP, classification of occupancy, town halls shall be classified as:
a) institutional c) assembly
b) business

III. B. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Under the Fire Code of the Philippines, classification of occupancy, parking garages
shall be classified as:
a) storage c) mercantile
b) business

2. Under the FCP, classification of occupancy, libraries shall be classified as:

a) educational c) institutional
b) business

3. Under the FCP, classification of occupancy, laboratories shall be classified as:

a) institutional c) business
b) industrial

4. Under the FCP, classification of occupancy, department stores shall be classified as:
a) mercantile c) assembly
b) business

5. Under the FCP, classification of occupancy, pumping stations shall be classified as:
a) storage c) business
b) industrial
6. Under the FCP, classified as places of assembly, travel distance to exits for spaces not
protected by automatic fire suppression system shall not be more than:
a) 35 mts c) 71 mts
b) 46 mts d) 81 mts

7. Under the FCP, classified as places of assembly, travel distance to exits for spaces
protected by automatic fire suppression system shall not be more than:
a) 51 mts c) 71 mts
b) 61 mts d) 81 mts

8. Under the FCP, classified as hotels, travel distance to exits from the door of any room
to the nearest exit shall not be more than:
a) 30 mts c) 40 mts
b) 35 mts d) 45 mts

9. Under the FCP, classified as mercantile occupancies, travel distance to exits shall be
more than:
a) 20.5 mts c) 40.5 mts
b) 30.5 mts d) 50.5 mts

10. Under the FCP, when an exit is required to be protected by separations from other
parts of the building, the separation shall be at least two-hour resistance when the exit
connects
a) one storey c) 3 storeys or more
b) 2 storeys or less d) 4 storeys or more

11. Under the FCP, every class A place of assembly, with a capacity of more than one
thousand persons, how many minimum number of separate exits as remote from each
other as practicable shall be provided?
a) 3 exits c) 4 exits
b) 3 exits d) 5 exits

12. Under the FCP, dwelling units in row apartments shall be separated from each other
by partition walls having a fire resistance rating of:
a) 1 hour c) 4 exits
b) 2 hours d) 5 exits

13. Under the FCP, in apartment buildings, the entrance door to any apartment shall be
located within how many meters from an exit in a building protected by automatic
fire suppression system?
a) 46.5 mts c) 50.5 mts
b) 48.5 mts d) 52.5 mts
14. Under the FCP the occupant load of industrial occupancies for which exits are to be
provided shall be one person per how many square meters gross floor area.
a) 5.6 sq. mts c) 8.6 sq. mts.
b) 9.7 sq. mts. d) 9.3 sq. mts.

15. Under the FCP classified as storage occupancies every area used for the storage of
high hazard commodities shall have an exit within how many meters of any point in
the area where persons may be present
a) 30 mts c) 25 mts
b) 23 mts d) 30.5 mts

16. Under the FCP Classified as storage occupancies every area provided with automatic
fire suppression system distances may be increased to how many meters?
a) 23 mts c) 30 mts
b) 25 mts d) 30.5 mts

17. Under the FCP Classified as Industrial Occupancies, exits shall be remote from one
another as practicable so arranged that it will not be necessary to travel more than
how many meters from any point to reach the nearest exit for buildings not protected
by automatic fire suppression system?
a) 30 mts c) 31 mts
b) 31.5 mts d) 34 mts

18. Under the FCP for Class A and Class B stairs the minimum dimension of landings
direction of travel shall be
a) 112 mm c) 120 mm
b) 113 mm d) 130 mm

19. Under the FCP for Class A stairs the maximum height between landings shall be:
a) 3.20 m c) 3.60 m
b) 2.75 m d) 3.70 m

20. Under the FCP for Class B stairs, the maximum height between landings shall be:
a) 3.20 m c) 3.60 m
b) 2.75 m d) 3.70 m

21. Under the FCP for Class A and Class B stairs the minimum headroom shall be:
a) 2.40 m c) 2.00 m
b) 3.00 m d) 2.50 m

22. Under the FCP for Class A ramps the width shall be:
a) 110 cm and greater c) 76 to 110 cm
b) 112 cm and greater d) 76 to 112 cm
23. Under the FCP for Class B ramps, the width shall be:
a) 110 cm and greater c) 76 to 110 cm
b) 112 cm and greater d) 76 to 112 cm

24. Under the FCP for Class A ramps, the slope of ramp shall be:
a) 8 to 10% c) 10 to 17%
b) 5 to 10% d) 10 to 18%

25. Under the FCP for Class B ramps, the slope of ramp shall be:
a) 8 to 10% c) 10 to 17%
b) 5 to 10% d) 10 to 18%

26. Under the FCP for Class B ramp, the maximum height between landings shall be:
a) 3.22 m c) 3.50 m
b) 3.60 m d) 3.66 m

27. Under the FCP, capacity of one thousand (1,000) persons or more is under what
classification of Places of Assembly.
a) Class A c) Class C
b) Class B d) Class D

28. Under the FCP, capacity of three hundred (300) to one thousand (1,000) persons or
more is under what classification of Places of Assembly.
a) Class A c) Class C
b) Class B d) Class D

29. Under the FCP capacity of fifty (50) to three hundred (300) persons is under what
classification of Places of Assembly.
a) Class A c) Class C
b) Class B d) Class D

30. Under the FCP, a piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to bypass a safety in
an electrical system is a:
a) Damper c) Horse reel
b) Jumper d) Pypophoric

IV. ENUMERATION

A. Give the eleven (11) fire safety programs:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
 7. _________________________________________________________________
8. _________________________________________________________________
9. _________________________________________________________________
10. _________________________________________________________________
11. _________________________________________________________________

B. Four fire protection features or fire fighting equipment:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________

C. Types of Fire:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________

D. The degree of hazard depend upon the following factors:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________

E. Combustibility of Contents:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________

F. Very High Hazard Materials includes:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________

G. High Hazard Materials includes:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
 5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________
8. _________________________________________________________________
9. _________________________________________________________________
10. _________________________________________________________________

H. Average Hazard Contents includes stocks in cartons such as:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________
8. _________________________________________________________________
9. _________________________________________________________________

I. Low Hazard Material includes:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________
8. _________________________________________________________________

J. Fire Safety Measures shall be required for the following hazardous

operations/processes:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________
8. _________________________________________________________________

K. The provisions of the Fire Code shall apply to and govern the following:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
L. Types of Occupancy:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________

M. Each place of assembly shall be classified according to the capacity as follows:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________

N. Classification of Occupancy
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________
8. _________________________________________________________________
9. _________________________________________________________________
10. _________________________________________________________________

O. Classification of Hazard of Contents:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________

P. Residential Occupancies includes:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________

Q. Assembly Occupancies includes:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________
 8. _________________________________________________________________

R. Educational Occupancies includes:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________

S. Institutional Occupancies:
1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________

T. Mercantile occupancies include:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________

U. Business occupancies include:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________

V. Industrial occupancies includes:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
6. __________________________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________________________
8. __________________________________________________________________
9. __________________________________________________________________
10. __________________________________________________________________
11. __________________________________________________________________

W. Storage occupancies includes:

1. __________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
4. __________________________________________________________________
5. __________________________________________________________________
 6. __________________________________________________________________
7. __________________________________________________________________
8. __________________________________________________________________
9. __________________________________________________________________

X. Classification of Hazard of Contents:

1. __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
3. __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________