RA 9514 THE FIRE CODE OF

THE PHILIPPINES
RA 9514
- This Act shall be known as the
“Fire Code of the Philippines of
2008”

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INTRODUCTION - The Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of RA 9514, or the
Fire Code of the Philippines, serves as
the framework that guides the BFP in
the implementation of the law to ensure
public safety and to promote economic
development through the prevention and
suppression of all kinds of destructive
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fires.
OBJECTIVES OF
THIS BOOK
▫ To be knowledgeable on R.A. 9514 or
Fire Code of the Philippines provisions
to understand various approaches of
compliance and new technologies in
fire science by the design professionals
and fire safety practitioners and
enforcers in order to increase the
chance of protecting lives and
4 properties.
OBJECTIVES OF - To equip the students, aspirants and
THIS BOOK
design professionals on the provisions of
local code requirements and standards
particularly on FIRE SAFETY, to be at
par with global standards in terms of
planning, designing, and upholding
public safety as it is being incorporated
5 in the design.
OBJECTIVES OF
THIS BOOK - To embed the value of FIRE and
LIFE SAFETY not just for
compliance and as part of the
planning and design process but as a
WAY OF LIFE for nation builders
who are the forefronts in the
6 development of the built
PURPOSE
- 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
7 as a profession.
 Scope
This chapter deal with life safety from fire
and like emergencies in buildings,
structures and facilities.
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Section 10.2.4.2
Classification of
Hazard of Contents

 Low Hazard
 Moderate Hazard
 High Hazard

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LOW HAZARD MODERATE HAZARD
Those of such low Those which are liable to burn with moderate
combustibility that no self- rapidity or to give off a considerable volume
propagating fire therein can of smoke but from which neither poisonous
occur and that, consequently, fumes nor explosions are to be expected in the
the only probable danger event of fire.
requiring the use of
emergency exits will be from
panic, fumes or smoke or
fire from some external
HIGH HAZARD
source. Those which are liable to burn with extreme
rapidity or from which poisonous gases or
explosions are to be expected in the event of
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MEANS OF EGRESS

consists 3 separate and • EXIT ACCESS

distinct parts:
• EXIT
• EXIT DISCHARGE

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Section 10.2.5.2
General Provisions

• Protective Enclosure of Exit • Arrangement of Exit

• Capacity of Means of Egress • Dead-End Limits
• Occupant load • Measurement of Travel Distance
• Minimum width To Exits
• Number of Means of Egress • Discharge from Exits
• Headroom

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Protective Enclosure of Capacity of Means of
Exit Egress
The separation shall have at least one
hour fire resistance rating when the
exit connects three storey or less.

The separation shall have at least two

hour fire resistance rating when the
exit connects four storey or less.

Example:
Width of Stairway is 900mm;
divide it by the Capacity Factor say 7.6mm; that will be
118 PERSON PER MINUTE can exit using the
13 stairways.
Occupant load Minimum width
The number computed by The width of any means of
dividing the floor area assigned to egress shall not be less that
that use by the occupant load
factor in accordance (915 mm or 0.915 m)

Occupant load = floor area assigned/ occupant load factor

EXAMPLE:
100 ft x 50 ft = 5000 ft2
5000 ft2 / 150 = 33 people CAN EXIT
 Number of Means of
Egress
when the occupant load for any storey
or portion thereof is MORE THAN
FIVE HUNDRED (500) but not more
than ONE THOUSAND (1000), the
means of egress shall not be less than
3 or less than 4.
• 0-499 occupant load (2 exits)
• 500-1000 occupant load (3 exits)
• 1000 or more than (4 exits)
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 Arrangement of Exit

When 2 exit or exit access doors

are required, they shall be
located at a distance from one
another not less the ½ of the
diagonal.

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 Measurement of
Dead-End Limits
Travel Distance To
There are no dead-end
Exits
pockets, hallways,
corridors, passage ways or starting from the most
courts whose depth excess remote point of the room
the limits and ending where the exit
begins.
REMOTE POINT

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 Discharge from Exits
Headroom
all exits shall terminate directly the minimum headroom shall not
at a public way or an exit be less than 2 meters
discharge. Open space of the
exit discharge shall be required
width and size to provide all
occupant with a safe access to a
public way .

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 Section 10.2.5.3 Doors

• Swing and Force to Open

• Locks, Latches, Alarm Devices
• Door Width and Floor Level
• Panic Hardware

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 Swing and Force to Locks, Latches, Alarm
Open Devices
doors shall not open directly onto - A door designed to be kept
a stair without a landing. The normally closed shall bear a sign
landing shall have a width not less
reading substantially as follows:
than the width of the door.

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 Door Width and Floor
Panic Hardware
Level
Required panic hardware shall not
be equipped with any locking or
Door openings in means of egress
dogging device, set screw, or other
shall not be less than seventy-one
arrangement which can be used to
centimeters (71 cm) in clear width.
prevent the release of the latch
when pressure is applied to the bar.

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 Section 10.2.5.4 STAIR

• Dimensional Criteria
• Smokeproof Enclose
• Discharge

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DIMENSIONAL CRITERIA
FOR STAIRS

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 Smokeproof Enclosure

A Smokeproof enclosure shall be

enclosed from the highest point to
the lowest point by barriers having
2-hour fire resistance ratings.

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DISCHARGE  Section 10.2.5.5
Every smokeproof enclosure shall OUTSIDE STAIRS
discharge into a public way, into a
yard or court having direct access to • Any permanently installed stair
a public way, or into an exit outside of the building being
passageway. The exit passage shall served is acceptable as a means of
be separated from the remainder of egress under the same condition.  
the building by a 2 hour fire
resistance rating.

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Section 10.2.5.10
FIRE ESCAPE LADDERS

No form of ladder shall be used as a fire

escape except in single and two -family
dwellings and residential apartments of not
more than three (3) storey provided that the 9m
height shall not exceed nine meters (9 m)

The lowest rung of any ladder shall be not

more than three hundred five millimeters (305
LOWEST RUNG
mm) above the level of the ground.

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THANK YOU!!!
QUESTION:
1. What is RA 9514?
2. What is NFPA?
3. What is IRR?
4. Who signed RA 9514 into law?
5. When was it signed into law
6. Before RA 9514, what was the former law signed by former president
Ferdinand Marcos
7. 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.
8. It leads to an entrance to an exit.
9. A Smokeproof enclosure shall be enclosed from the highest point to the
lowest point by barriers having fire resistance ratings.
10. The minimum headroom shall not be less than .
11. The lowest rung of any ladder shall be not more than above the
level of the ground.
12. Maximum height between landing of fire exit stairs.
13. If the occupant load exceeds more than 1000, what shall be the
minimum number of means of egress?
14. Maximum exit door width
15. If occupant load for any storey or portion thereof is 500 but not more
than 100), what shall be the minimum number of means of egress?
16. Any permanently installed stairs outside the building.
 
17. The number computed by dividing the floor area.

18. The width of any means of egress shall not be less that .?

19. where are no dead end-pockets, hallways, corridors, passageways or

courts whose depths excess the limit

20. Every smokeproof enclosure shall discharge into a public way, into a
yard or court having direct access to a public way, or into an exit
passageway.