Republic of the Philippines f™D Department of the Interior and Local Government BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS “<6 — Agham Road, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City Telefax Number: (02) 426 - 4399 Email: rssbfpnhq10@yahoo.com.ph MEMORANDUM FORITO: ALL REGIONAL DIRECTORS Regions 1-12, BARMM, CAR, CARAGA and NCR SUBJECT: PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS CONDUCT OF CY 2020 REGULAR HIRING AND SELECTION FOR FIRE OFFICER 1 (FO1) DATE : 24 February 2020 1. References. a. Approved Program of Activities for the Simultaneous Conduct of CY 2020 Regular Hiring and Selection for Fire Officer 1(FO1) dated 24 February 2020, b. Approved Annual Program Distribution List of Fire Officer 1 (FO1) Regular Quota for CY 2020; ¢. Items included in the FY 2020 General Appropriations Act dated 14 February 2020 4 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointment and Other Human Resource Actions (Revised July 2018); and ©. Approved Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Merit Selection Plan 2. In line with the provision of the Republic Act 11465 also known as General Appropriations Act (GAA) FY 2020 for the hiring/recruitment of 2,000 Fire Officer 1 (FO1) effective 01 July 2020, this office hereby respectfully proposes the following Program of Activities for the Simultaneous Conduct of the CY 2020 Regular Recruitment and Selection for FO1. Activities Timetable |1_| Preparation of Program Distribution _ ___ | 07 - 24 February 2020 | Preparation of Assignment of Item Numbers and 2 Authority to Fill to be facilitated by the BFP-NHQ) __ 2 27 February 2020 Period of Publication of Vacancies to be facilitated by the respective Regional Offices (10 calendar days period of publication pursuant to LL RAZ041) | [4 [Announcement of Hiring 23March 2020 || Acceptance and Evaluation of Application Folders. =9=S=*~*~*~<“‘*~‘i*‘i‘“*~*S “including Phithealth and Pagibig Numbers | 02-20 March 2020 | + A Certification from the Government Health Facility or DOH accredited private laboratories that the following 5 laboratory examinations were performed to an applicant must be attached in the application folder, to wit: -ECG -Urinalysis -CBC with Blood Typing 23 March 2020 to 17 April 2020 @©C-Hepa B Screeni | -Choiestero! | Creatinine -Chest X-Ray -Fasting Blood Sugar -Serum Pregnancy Test (for females) ~Dental Panoramic X-Ray Formulation and Printing of Qualifying Written Exam 6 Questionnaires to be facilitated by BFP-NHQ Committee on Examiners 7 of Physical, Medical and Dental Examination by | Medical Officer/Medical Team | ‘Submission of the Final List of Qualified Applicants g__ (FLQA) to the Recruitment and Selection Section, Human Resource Management Division, Directorate r Human Resource and Development, BFP-NHO isting of the Fin DILG and BFP websites 9 Sending of QWE Questionnaires thru Air, Land and ‘Sea Courier (to be facilitated by BEP-NHQ) _ soa 10 | Qualifying Written Examinations (QWE) | 44 Checking of Answer Sheets to be facilitated by |_1* Regional Committee of Examiners (RCOE) Submission of QWE Results to the Recruitment and | 42 | Selection Section, Human Resource Management | '* | Division, Directorate for Human Resource | | Development, BFP-NHQ | | 43. Posting of Written Examination Results in the DILG and BFP websites 14 | Physical Agility Test (PAT) es ee | 45 | Posting of Results of PAT in the DILG-RO and BFP- | RO official website to be facilitated by the BFP-RO 16 | Panel interview (Pl) i oe 17 _ Posting of Results of Pin the DILG-RO and BFP-RO 1" | official website to be facilitated by the BEP-RO- | 18 | Complete Background Investigation (CBI) 19 | Neuro-Psychiatric Examination and Drug Test _ ‘| Posting of Successful Appiicants who passed the 20 | Neuro-Psychiatric Examination and Drug Test to be |__| facilitated by the BFP-RO Hi 24 | Deliberation of Regional HRMPSB aac 22 | Selection of the Appointing Authority ao) Posting of the Final List of Successful Applicants in 23 the DILG-RO and BFP-RO official website to be _ facilitated by the BFP-RO | Preparation of appointments and other requirements 25 | Oath-taking Ceremony a | Posting of the newly appointed FO1 in the DILG-RO- | and BFP-RO official website to be facilitated by the | BFP- __Screening of Applicants as to Age, Height and Weight __ "| Medical Evaluation of Applicant's Submitted Results ist of Qualified Applicants in the | : si nis_|__23- 30 June 2020 01 - 17 April 2020 20 - 30 April 2020 04 May 2020 06 May 2020 ~~47 May 2020 142-14 May 2020 15 May 2020 19 May 2020 “21 = 22 May 2020 25 May 2020 __26 - 29 May 2020. O1 June 20200 02-11 June 2020 15-16 June 2020 17 June 2020 22 June 2020 07 July 2020 02 July 20203. Further, the following significant undertakings in connection with the conduct of hiring is hereby recommended, to wit a. Initial Screening. The concemed Regional Administrative Officer shall conduct preliminary’ initial screening of applicants’ documents based on the Qualification Standards and provisions of Republic Act No. 9263 as amended by Republic Act No. 9592. Profession category will be based on the need of the respective regions, The acceptance and evaluation of application folder for Fire Officer 1 (FO1) BFPwide as approved by the undersigned is from 23 March 2020 to 17 April 2020. It is expected that applicants with waiver will have their Certificate of Waiver attached in their application folders. Applicants must have Philheaith and Pag-ibig Numbers. Photocopy of Philhealth Member Data Record (MDR) and Pag-ibig Fund Member Data Form (MDF) must be included in his/her application folder. b. Medical Examination. The laboratory examination shall be conducted by any Government Health Facility or DOH accredited private laboratories within the region. The results of the Physical, Medical and Dental examination consisting of ECG, Urinalysis, CBC with Blood Typing, Hepa B Screening, Cholesterol, Creatinine, Chest X-Ray, FBS, Serum Pregnancy Test (for female), Dental Panoramic X-Ray shall be sealed and sent by the laboratory facility through personal service or courier to the corresponding BFP Regional Office where the applicant applied to. ONLY THE BFP MEDICAL TEAM ARE AUTHORIZED TO OPEN THE SEALED ENVELOPE CONTAINING THE LABORATORY RESULTS. The Government Health Facility or DOH accredited private laboratories where the laboratory examinations were performed shall issue an individual certification that an applicant has undergone laboratory ‘examination in the said facility. The laboratory examinations performed must be specified. The certification must be attached in the application folder for all applicants. The Medical Team shall be composed of Medical Officer who will evaluate the laboratory results and perform the complete physical examination. The Dental Officer will evaluate the dental panoramic x-ray result and examine the oral cavity and dental health of the applicant. The Physical Therapist will evaluate the neurologic status of the applicant The urses will do the vital signs monitoring and assist the Medical Officer. Dental Officer and Physical Therapist in doing the complete medical examination. Government Hospitals/Clinical Laboratories. The BFP Regional Office shall post the list of all Government Health Facility or DOH accredited private laboratories with complete clinical laboratory and x-ray capability within their respective region and must include certified true copy of the DOH accreditation with price quotation of their services. In the case that an applicant is found to be Hepa B positive, he/she will be required to seek confirmatory test. To determine the stage, virulence and extent of the disease. Applicants who are found to be physically and medically unfit through a medical resolution by the designated Medical Team shall be excluded in the Final List of Qualified Applicants. Only applicants who are MEDICALLY CLEARED are eligible to procs to the next stage of recruitment process.© Final List of Qualified Applicants (FLQA). The Final List of Qualified Applicants shall be submitted to the Office of Recruitment and Selection Section, HRMD thru softcopy in excel format NLT 04 May 2020 . Said list shall be posted in the DILG and BFP official website which shall be facilitated by the NHQ. 4. Qualifying Written Examination (QWE). The qualifying written examination shall be 40% of the corresponding maximum percentage Points. The conduct of simultaneous Qualifying Written Examination shall be facilitated by the concerned Regional HRMPSBs. Questionnaires. Qualifying Written Examination for Fire Officer 1 (Regular Quota) shall be prepared and printed by BFP NHQ Committee of Examiners (CoE). The packed and sealed questionnaires and answer sheets shall be mailed to respective Regional Offices. Venue. It shall accommodate all the examinees at one time to ensure uniformity in the communication of instructions. The Regional Committee of Examiners shall supervise and document the buming/shredding of used and unused Questionnaires and unused Answer Sheets. They shall also safe keep the used answer sheets of applicants who took the Qualifying Written Examination Regional Administrative Officers must provide armchairs for the convenience of the examinees. If and only if all efforts have been exhausted and armchairs are not available, Regional Administrative Officers may ask the examinees to bring their own folders instead. BFP Officers and personnel who will be involved in the conduct of Qualifying Written Examination must be in the venue at least four (4) hours before the intended start of the Written Examination, and they must wear their GOA/Bush Jacket. Examination Proper. The registration (evaluation of Valid IDs, seat Plans, etc.) will start at exactly 1200H 11 May 2020. The simultaneous conduct of qualifying examination will commence at exactly 1400H. Duration of examination is two (2) hours. Applicants must bring with them their two (2) valid IDs, passport size picture with nametag, folder, in case of unavailability of armchair, and Black Ballpen during the written examination, Attire of examinees shall be white t-shirt, maong pants and rubber shoes. Checking of Answer Sheets. The Answer Key shall be sent separately after the Qualifying Written Examination. The Checking of Answer Sheets will be carried out by the Regional Committee of Examiners (RCOE), Accordingly, the duly certified results of all examinees (hard and soft copy) will be sent to the RSS, HRMD, BFP NHQ (rssbfpnhq10@yahoo. com. ph) for publication on 15 May 2020. Results shall be posted in the DILG and BFP official website To standardize/rationalize the number of FO1 applicants who will proceed to the next stages of hiring, “Quota x 2” per Region shall be observed, to illustrate: Given: 150 @OFormula: Quota x 2 150 x 2= 300 Hence, only the top three hundred (300) applicants amongst the 450 applicants who took the Qualifying Written Examination shall be allowed to proceed to the next stage. Exemption. Pursuant to the Article V. Privileges of Registered Criminologists, Sec. 34. Privileges of Registered Criminologists and Sec.36 Preference of Appointment in Government Criminal Justice and Other Government Institutions of Republic Act No. 11131 also known as The Philippine Criminology Profession Act of 2018, all registered criminologists are exempted to take the Qualifying Written Examination For final ranking purposes, Criminoiogists will be given the grade of 75 points. However, Criminologists who want to take the QWE shall submit a letter waiving their exemption privileges. Physical Agility Test. The Physical Agility Test (PAT) shall be 30% of the Corresponding maximum percentage points. Prior to the conduct of PAT. initial physical assessment (blood pressure, heart rate, pulse rate) shall be conducted to applicants by the concemed BFP Medical Officers or Regional Emergency Medical Services. Applicants whose vital signs (blood pressure, respiratory rate, pulse or heart rate, body temperature) are not within the normal range during the initial assessment may be allowed to rest. However, they must undergo PAT within the prescribed schedule. Otherwise, they will be considered “FAILED” and disqualified to proceed to the next process. BFP Physical Agility Test Form (BFP-QSF-HRMD-011 Rev @@ (05.04.18)) shall be used in rating the performance of the applicants. Only applicants who passed the Physical Agility Test shall proceed to the next stage which is the Panel Interview. Posting of Results of Physical Agility Test in the DILG-RO and BFP-RO official website to shall be done by the BFP-RO. Panel Interview. The oral examination shall be 30% of the corresponding maximum percentage points based on the following Potential (physical and intellectual attributes) 40% Psychosocial Attributes 30% Personality Traits 30% Total 100% Only those applicants who passed the Panel Interview shall be subjected to Complete Background Investigation. No Special Panel Interview shall be conducted. Results of Panel interview shall be posted in the DILG-RO and BFP-RO official website. Complete Background Investigation (CBI). The Regional HRMPSB through the Regional Intelligence and Investigation Branch shall conduct a Complete Background Investigation in a maximum span of two (2) weeks to verify the authenticity of the submitted documents and to check the Personal background of the applicants. Only those applicants who have Passed the CBI shall undergo the Neuro-Psychiatric Examination and Drug Test. Neuro-Psychiatric Examination and Drug Test. The Regional HRMPSB shall ensure that only shortlisted applicants will be subjected to the @©Conduct of Neuro-Psychiatric Examinations and Drug Test in the event that the number of shortlisted applicants is less than the PDL, the “next.in- rank" applicants in the latest stage of the process (Panel interview) shall be prioritized Posting of Successful Applicants who passed the Neuro-Psychiatric Examinations and Drug Test shall be facilitated by the BFP-RO. Government Hospitals/Clinical Laboratories. The list of government hospitals and/or clinical laboratories operating within your respective regions must include certified true copy of the service providers’ proof of any accreditation from the Department of Health (DOH) and price quotations of their services. |. Deliberation of HRMPSB. The Regional HRMPSB shall convene, deliberate and prepare the final ranking of applicants based on their Performance from the commencement of the process until NPE/DT through a resolution signed by all Regional HRMPSB members for ‘subsequent submission to the appointing authority. For ranking purposes, the following criteria with the corresponding maximum percentage points will be observed Qualifying Written Examination 40% Physical Agility Test 30% Panel Interview 30% 100% J, Selection by the Appointing Authority. The appointing authority who is the Regional Director (RD) shall be guided by the Regional HRMPSB's comprehensive evaluation report of candidates screened for appointment and in the exercise of sound discretion, select, in so far as practicable. from among the top applicants deemed most qualifies for the appointment to the vacant position k. Posting of Final List of Successful Applicants. The final list of Successful applicants shall be posted in the DILG-RO and BFP-RO official website The appointing authority shail appoint only those who were included in the final ranking prepared by the Regional HRMPSB. As a requirement, your respective Regional HRMPSB resolutions shall contain the detailed stages of hiring and selection, to include the dates of correspondence issued for the purpose. |. Oath-taking Ceremony. Posting of appointments in the DILG-RO and BFP-RO official website shall be facilitated by the BFP-RO upon approval of the appointing authority In no case shall an appointee take her/his Oath of Office before the issuance of appointment by the appointing authority. ™m. Unit Assignment. The Regional Director must ensure that all appointees shall be assigned to City/Municipal Fire Stations or Sub- Stations.1. Submission of Documents. id oath takit rremony (10 2020), the following documents must be submitied to RSS, HRMD, BFP NHQ for requesting of budget to Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and validation of data encoded in the Payroll Management System (PMS) One (1) set of the following: ~ Regional Order (soficopy sent thru email, the day before the oath taking ceremony): ~ Regional Human Resource Merit Promotion and Selection Board Resolution; > Authority to Fill-up Vacancies * Certificate of below quota (for under quota); and > Certificate of Waiver signed by Chief, BEP ‘One (1) set of the following per recruit arranged as follows: > Appointment; and ~ Computer Data Sheet indicating Tax Identification, Philhealth and Pagibig Numbers + Certificate of Validation issued by the Regional Chief, Administrative Division, re: Tax identification, PhilHeaith and Pag-ibig Fund Numbers; and Photocopy of Tax Identification, PhilHealth Member Data Record (MDR) and Pag-ibig Fund Member Data Form (MDF). One (1) set of the following per recruit arranged as follows: Photocopy of ATM Card (front only): and * Photocopy of Land Bank of the Philippines Account Information Slip (Saving Transaction Inquiry or STI 1) Newly Appointed FO1 without Tax Identification Number. The following hardcopy required documents shall be sent to Remittance Section, BFP-NHQ: Two (2) duly accomplished Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Form No 1902 * Photocopy of Philippine Statistic Authority (PSA) Birth Certificate Photocopy of two (2) valid IDs en ri r the oath takir jony (10 Jul 2020), the following documents (hard and soft copy saved in pdf form in @ disk) in white folder with tabbing shall be submitted to Records Section, PRMD, BFP NHQ, for the 201 file of successful applicants for FO1 in the BFP: ~ Handwritten Personal Data Sheet (PDS) (CS Form No. 212 Revised 2017) (Use Blue Pen in affixing signature) ~ Certificate of Live Birth issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), > Marriage Certificate (if married), Birth Certificate of Dependents; » Clearance from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI); * Medical Certificate (CS Form No.211, Revised 2018) @©» Position Description Form (DBM-CSC Form No. 1, Revised 2017) One (1) authenticated copy of Appointment: * One (1) authenticated copy of Oath of Office ( CS Form No. 32. Revised 2018) > One (1) authenticated copy of Certification of Assumption to Duty (CS Form No. 4, Series of 2018) One (1) original copy of Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN); ~ One (1) authenticated Cerlificate of Eligibility (duly Authenticated by PRC and/or CSC); and 7 One (1) Authenticated Transcript of Records and Diploma (authenticated by School Registrar) In the case of applicants with previous government service, the following documents must be included in the 201 file folder: a. All applicants: Letter request for accreditation; + Service Record from previous office and BFP: and ~ No Money Property Accountability Clearance from Previous Office b. Appointed Personne! » Appointment papers of services ‘subject for accreditation; Certification of Last Payment of Salary; > Certification of Non-availment of Separation Pay; and Itemized Leave Record from previous government service (applicable for services requested for accreditation within ‘one (1) year upon entry in the BFP) ‘ ©. Elected Official Oath of Office: Certification from COMELEC; Certification from current City/Municipal Mayor; and Barangay Chairman *Note: All photocopied documents must be AUTHENTICATED by the originating office. yu 4. In this regard, you are directed to submit the following requirements (ATTENTION: RSS, HRMD, DHRD, BFP NHQ) NLT 04 May 2020: a. Name and address of your respective venues for Written Examination (gymnasiums, covered courts, auditoriums and the like, ) b. Final List of Qualified Applicants in hard and soft copies in Excel Format: Region 1 (No. First | Middle Name N a | | Dimaan Cruz 2 [Castillo Evangelista | 3. [Jester | Lastimosa | Fajardo za 4. “Mario | Asuncion Gonzales “OONote: Email and Send the softcopy in excel format to rssbfpnhq10@yahoo.com.ph c. Alphabetically arranged Examination Seat Plan with right thumb mark, signature and latest passport size picture (with nametag) of each examinee, using the attached format. Seat Plan shall not be submitted to the BFP-NHQ; and d. List of proctors from Regional Offices together with their cellular phone numbers. For every fifty (50) qualified applicants who will undergo the qualifying examination, two (2) proctors shall be recommended by the Regional Director. 5. For immediate and strict compliance. BY AUTHORITY OF CHIEF, BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION: eres whew BELINDA B OCHAVE SSUPT BFP Director, DHRD mrssilocald/freotficer1/2020/regularfotcalendar