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Building System Design | 2023

FIRE CODE
OF THE
PHILIPPINES
Presentation by GROUP 2
REPUBLIC
ACT NO. 9514
Pursuant to the provision of Section 14, in relation to Section 5 of
Republic Act No. 9514, entitled “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A
COMPREHENSIVE FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1185, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” the
following Rules and Regulations are hereby adopted in order to
carry out the provisions of this Code.
INTERPRETATION
“It is the policy of the State to ensure public safety, promote
economic development through the prevention and suppression of
all kinds of destructive fires, and promote the professionalization of
the Fire Service as a profession. Towards this end, 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.”
SECTION 4.0.0.1
GENERAL AUTHORITY TO
ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE RA
9514 AND ITS RIRR
The Administration and Enforcement of the RA 9514 and its
RIRR shall be under the direct supervision and control of the
Chief, BFP, through the hierarchy of organization as provided for
in Chapter VI of Republic Act No. 6975, the DILG Reorganization
Act of 1990 as amended by Republic Act No. 9263, the Bureau of
Fire Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology (BJMP) Professionalization Act of 2004.
QUALIFICATIONS OF FIRE
SAFETY ENFORCERS
PLAN CHIEF, FIRE
FIRE SAFETY EVALUATORS SAFETY
INSPECTORS ENFORCEMENT
Must be licensed Architect
SECTION/UNIT
Shall be licensed Engineer or Engineer; and
with at least one (1) year in Shall have undergone and With the rank
the BFP service; or completed prescribed commensurate to the
Shall be architect with at training on fire safety position prescribed by the
least one (1) year in the BFP enforcement and other organizational structure
service; or relevant fire safety training. and qualification standard
Shall be graduate of any A graduate of any of the BFP;
baccalaureate degree baccalaureate degree with Must be a licensed
course with at least three relevant fire safety and engineer or architect with
(3) years in the BFP service. building plan evaluation at least three (3) years in
training shall be designated the BFP service; and
as plan evaluator.
BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
The Plan Evaluator shall undertake the necessary evaluation and review of the

01 plans in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Chief, BFP for this purpose,
indicating whether or not such plans conform to the fire safety and life safety
requirements of RA 9514 and its RIRR.

No building plan shall be evaluated without the submission of Fire Safety


02 Compliance Report (FSCR) in accordance with Division 3 of this Rule and the
pertinent documents required under the BFP Citizen’s Charter.
CHAPTER 2:
FIRE SAFETY IN BUILDINGS,
STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES
This deals with life safety from fire and like emergencies in
buildings, structures and facilities. It covers construction,
protection and occupancy features to minimize danger to life
from fire, smoke, vapor and fumes before buildings are vacated.
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS
Every building or structure, new or Every exit of buildings or structures
old, designed for human occupancy shall be arranged and maintained
shall be provided with exits to provide free and unobstructed
sufficient to permit the fast and safe egress from all parts thereof at all
escape of occupants in case of fire times.
or other emergencies.
Every exit shall be clearly visible. The
Every building or structure shall be route to the exit shall be
designed, constructed, equipped, conspicuously marked in such a
maintained and operated to avoid manner that every occupant of a
danger to lives and ensure safety of building or structure will readily
its occupants. know the direction of escape.
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS
All means of egress shall be provided
with adequate and reliable illumination.

Fire alarm systems or devices shall be


provided in every building or structure
of such size, arrangement, or occupancy,
to provide adequate warning to
occupants.
CLASSIFICATION OF
OCCUPANCY
Detention and
Assembly Storage
Correctional

Educational Mercantile Mixed Occupancies

Health Care Business Special Structures

Residential Board
Industrial
and Care
DIVISION 4
HAZARD OF BUILDINGS
The degree of hazard shall be the relative danger of the start
and spread of fire, the generation of smoke or gases, and the
danger of explosion or other occurrences potentially
endangering the lives and safety of the occupants of the
building or structure due to the nature of the contents or
processes/operations therein.
CLASSIFICATION OF
HAZARD OF CONTENTS
Moderate
Low Hazard Hazard High Hazard
Liable to burn with Liable to burn with
Low combustibility moderate rapidity or to extreme rapidity or
that no self- give off a considerable from which poisonous
propagating fire volume of smoke but gases or
therein can occur from which neither explosions are to be
poisonous fumes nor
expected in the event
explosions are to be
of fire.
expected
in the event of fire.
DIVISION 5. MEANS OF EGRESS
SECTION 10.2.5.2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. Permissible Exit Components J. Measurement of Travel Distance
B. Protective Enclosure of Exit to Exits
C. Capacity of Means of Egress K. Access to Exits
D. Occupant Load L. Exterior Ways of Exit Access
E. Measurement of Means of Egress M. Discharge from Exits
F. Minimum Width N. Headroom
G. Number of Means of Egress O. Changes in Elevation
H. Arrangement of Exit P. Interior Finish in Exits
I. Dead-End Limits
DOORS

01 Every door and every principal entrance which are required to serve as an exit
shall be designed and constructed that the way of exit travel is obvious and direct.

The door assembly required by this Section shall comply with the fire protection rating

02
and, where rated, is self-closing or automatic-closing by means of smoke detection in
accordance with para “G” of this Section, and is installed in accordance with NFPA 80,
Standard for Fire Doors and Fire Windows.
STAIRS

01 All stairways designated as a means of egress shall be continuous from the


uppermost floor level down to the ground floor.

02 Existing stairs shall be permitted to remain in use, provided that they meet the
requirements for existing stairs shown in Table 3, Dimensional Criteria for Existing Stairs.
STAIRS
Each stair, platform, landing, balcony, and stair hallways floor shall be designed to carry

03 a load of four hundred eighty-eight kilograms per square meter (488 kg/m2) or a
concentrated load of one hundred thirty-six kilograms (136 kg), so located as to produce
maximum stress conditions.

04 Stairways and intermediate landings shall continue with no decrease in width along
the direction of exit travel.
SECTION 10.2.5.8
EXIT PASSAGEWAYS
A. APPLICATION
B. PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE AND
ARRANGEMENT
C. WIDTH
D. FLOOR
SECTION 10.2.5.9
ESCALATORS AND
MOVING WALKS
SECTION 10.2.5.10
FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS, LADDERS,
AND SLIDE ESCAPES
A. FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS
B. FIRE ESCAPE LADDERS
C. SLIDE ESCAPE
DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA FOR ESCAPE STAIRS
SECTION 10.2.5.11
ILLUMINATION OF MEANS OF
EGRESS
A. GENERAL
B. SOURCES OF ILLUMINATION
C. EMERGENCY LIGHTING
SECTION 10.2.5.12
EXIT MARKETING
A. SIGNS
B. ILLUMINATION OF SIGNS
C. SIZE OF SIGNS
SECTION 10.2.5.13
EMERGENCY EVACUATION
PLAN
An emergency evacuation plan shall be posted on strategic and
conspicuous locations in the building containing the following basic
information:

1. “You Are Here/ room number/ building” Marking


2. Fire Exits
3. Primary Route to Exit (Nearest to the viewer)
4. Secondary Route to Exit (Second nearest to the viewer)
5. Fire alarm pull stations and annunciators
6. Fire extinguishers/ hose cabinets
7. Emergency Light
8. First Aid Kits locations (if applicable)
9. Emergency Call stations (if applicable)
10. Areas of safe refuge (for high-rise building)
11. Assembly areas instructions
12. “In Case of Emergency” instructions
RULE 11. PROHIBITED ACTS
THE FOLLOWING ARE DECLARED AS PROHIBITED ACTS AND
OMISSIONS:

Obstructing or blocking Prevention,


Constructing gates,
the exit ways or across to interference or
entrances and walkways
buildings clearly marked
to building components obstruction of any
for fire safety purposes,
and yards, and operation of the Fire
such as but not limited to
aisles in interior rooms, temporary or permanent Service, or of duly
any part of stairways, structures on public organized and
hallways, corridors, ways, which obstruct the authorized fire
vestibules, balconies or orderly and easy brigades;
bridges leading to a passage of firefighting
stairway or exit of any vehicles and equipment; Obstructing designated
kind, or tolerating or fire lanes or access to
allowing said violations;
fire hydrants;
RULE 11. PROHIBITED ACTS
THE FOLLOWING ARE DECLARED AS PROHIBITED ACTS AND
OMISSIONS:

Overcrowding or Locking fire exits during Use of fire protective of


admission of persons period when people are firefighting equipment
beyond the authorized inside the building; of the Fire Service other
capacity in movie houses,
than for firefighting
theaters, coliseums,
Prevention or except in other
auditoriums or other
obstruction of the emergencies where
public assembly buildings,
automatic closure of fire their use are justified;
except in other assembly
areas on the ground floor doors or smoke
with open sides or open partitions or dampers;
Giving false or
doors sufficient to provide malicious fire alarms;
safe exits;
RULE 11. PROHIBITED ACTS
THE FOLLOWING ARE DECLARED AS PROHIBITED ACTS AND
OMISSIONS:

Smoking in prohibited Removing, destroying, Use of jumpers or


areas as may be tampering or tampering with
determined by Fire
obliterating any electrical wiring or
Service, or throwing of
authorized mark, seal, overloading the
cigars, cigarettes, burning
sign or tag posted or electrical system
objects in places which
may start or cause fire;
required by the Fire beyond its designated
Service for fire safety in capacity or such other
Abandoning or leaving a any building, structure practices that would
building or structure by or processing
tend to undermine the
the occupant or owner equipment; and
fire safety features of
without appropriate
the electrical system.
safety measures;
GROUP MEMBERS
ABELINDE, KRISTEL BANASIG, ALECK

DELFINO, CARL GUERRERO, ASKY

SAN LORENZO, ALLEN

ONDIVILLA, LOURIAN
MALDONADO, MELANIE

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