Fire Suppression Devices,: General Safety Requirements

• Scope
GENERAL SAFETY • General Safety

REQUIREMENTS: Requirements
• Required Fire
Safety
• Fire Suppression Devices, Programs/Measures
Equipment, Systems • Changes in

Occupancy
• Definitions
• Fire Safety Construction
• Fire Protection and Warning

System
rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

division 1- GENERAL
PD 1185
THE FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
AND REGULATIONS
• Scope
• General Safety
CLASSES OF FIRE Requirements
• Class A- ordinary combustible materials • Required Fire
Safety
such as wood, cloth, paper, rubber and Programs/Measures
plastics • Changes in
Occupancy
• Class B- flammable liquids and gases • Definitions
• Class C- energized electrical equipment

• Class D- combustible metals such as
magnesium, sodium, potassium

division 1- GENERAL
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
DEGREE OF HAZARD: • Scope
probability that a building, structure or facility may • General Safety
catch fire Requirements
• Required Fire
difficulty in evacuating people Safety
Programs/Measures
difficulty in suppressing fire
• Changes in
Determinants : Occupancy
• construction materials used • Definitions
• combustibility of contents
• type of occupancy and load capacity
• height from ground level
• firefighter’s travel distance
• fire safety construction ;
protective/warning systems

division 1- GENERAL
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Automatic Fire Suppression System:
• Scope
an integrated system of underground or overhead piping or
• General Safety
both connected to a source of extinguishing agent or Requirements
medium…which when actuated by its automatic detecting
• Required Fire
device suppresses fire. Safety
Programs/Measures
Fire Alerting System:
• Changes in
a fire alarm system activated by the presence of a fire, Occupancy
where the signal is transmitted to designated locations • Definitions
instead of sounding a general alarm, in order to prevent
panic
Fire Protective Assembly:
incorporated in a structure to prevent spread of fire.
Examples are dampers, curtain boards, fire stoppers

division 1- GENERAL
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Dry Standpipe: standpipe system in which pipes are • Scope
not filled with water. Water is introduced thru fire • General Safety
Requirements
service connections when needed.
• Required Fire
Safety
Fire Wall: designed to prevent spread of fire, having a Programs/Measures
fire resistance of not less than 4 hours with sufficient • Changes in
Occupancy
structural stability to remain standing even if
• Definitions
construction on either side collapses under fire
conditions.
Means of Egress: a continuous and unobstructed

route of exit from any point in a building, structure or
facility to a public way.

division 1- GENERAL
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• Scope
Fire Retardant: any compound or mixture, which
• General Safety
when applied properly improves the fire resistant Requirements
quality of fabrics and other materials. • Required Fire
Safety
Programs/Measures
Panic Hardware: a mechanical device consisting of
• Changes in
linkages and a horizontal bar across a door, which Occupancy
when pushed from inside will case the door to open • Definitions
and facilitate exit from a building.
Organic Coating: a liquid mixture of binders and

combustible solvents, which when spread on a
surface becomes a durable protective and decorative
finish.
division 1- GENERAL
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Fire Resistance Rating:
• Scope
time duration that a material or construction can • General Safety

Requirements
withstand the effect of a hundred fire test
• Required Fire
Safety
Flame Spread Rating: Programs/Measures
• Changes in
time in which flame will spread over the surface of a Occupancy
burning material • Definitions
Smoke Developed Rating:
a rating of combustible material based on the density

and volume of smoke developed within a certain
period of time when its surface is ignited

division 1- GENERAL
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
EXIT COMPONENTS shall be constructed as an integral part
of the building or shall be permanently affixed thereto.
• Permissible exit
components
• SEPARATION OF EXITS:
• Protective enclosure
- 1-hour fire resistance rating for 3 stories or less of exits
- 2-hour fire resistance rating for 4 or more stories • Width and capacity
of means of egress
- any opening in the separation shall be enclosed by an approved
self-closing fire door • Egress capacity and
occupant load
• The TRAVEL DISTANCE to an exit shall be measured on • Arrangement of exit
the floor or other walking surface along the center line of the • Exit distance and
natural path of travel, starting 30cm.from the remote point, dead-end limits
curving around any corner or construction with a 30cm. • Travel distance &
Clearance therefrom, and ending at the center of the access to exits
doorway or other point at which the exit begins.

div 4- MEANS OF EGRESS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
In no case shall access to
exit be through a bathroom,
bedroom or other room • Permissible exit
A door from a room to an exit subject to locking, except components
or to a way of exit access where the exit is required to • Protective enclosure
shall be of the side-hinged, serve only the bedroom or of exits
swinging type; It shall swing other room subject to locking • Width and capacity
with exit travel when or adjoining rooms of means of egress
occupied by 50+ persons or constituting part of the same • Egress capacity and
used for high hazard dwelling or apartment used occupant load
occupancy for single family occupancy. • Arrangement of exit
• Exit distance and
Decorations or draperies shall not be placed on exit doors. dead-end limits
Mirrors shall not be placed in or adjacent to any exit in such a • Travel distance &
access to exits
manner as to confuse the direction of exit.

PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
All exits shall terminate directly at a public way or at
an exit discharge.
• Permissible exit
Where permitted for individual occupants by div.7-15, a components
maximum of 50% of the exits may discharge through • Protective enclosure
areas on the floor of discharge provided that: of exits
• exits shall discharge to a free, unobstructed and readily visible • Width and capacity
way to the exterior of the building of means of egress
• Egress capacity and
• the floor of discharge is protected with automatic fire
occupant load
suppression system or separated in accordance with the
required enclosure of exits • Arrangement of exit
• the entire area on the floor of discharge is separated from areas • Exit distance and
dead-end limits
below by construction of two-hour fire resistance rating
• Travel distance &
in no case shall the ceiling height (headroom) be less than 2.3
access to exits
meters nor any projection from the ceiling be less than 2.0 meters
from the floor
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
UNITS OF EXIT WIDTH
• only the clear width of the • Permissible exit
doorway when the door is in components
the open position shall be • Protective enclosure
measured; any projections of exits
into the doorways by • Width and capacity

of means of egress
doorstops or by the hinge
stile shall be disregarded • Egress capacity and
occupant load
• where a doorway is divided • Arrangement of exit
by mullions, the exit width
• Exit distance and
shall be the sum of the units dead-end limits
of exit width measured • Travel distance &
separately for each access to exits
individual door

PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
UNITS OF EXIT WIDTH
• single door in a doorway • panic hardware
shall not be less than .71m • maintenance of
and not more than 1.22m. locks
• power operated
CHANGES IN LEVEL doors
• floor on both sides of a door • revolving doors

shall have the same • turnstiles
elevation on both sides, for • folding partitions
a distance at least equal to
the width of the widest
single door
• when a door discharges to
the outside, change in floor
level shall not be more
than .205m. rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
TREADS AND RISERS
• sum of 2 risers and a tread • classes of stairs
exclusive of nosing • treads and riser
projection should be
• enclosure of
between .60-.635m interior stairs
• minimum number of risers • stair details
in any 1 flight is 3 • guards and
handrails
• treads and landing floor
• monumental
shall be solid
stairs
LOADS • outside stairs
Stair, platform, landing, balcony
and stair hallway shall carry a
load of 88 kg.per sq.m. or a
concentrated load of 136 kg.
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
HORIZONTAL EXIT
• is a way of passage from EXIT PASSAGEWAY
• horizontal exits
one building to an area of • any hallway, corridor, • egress from area
refuge in another building passage or tunnel protected by of refuge
on approximately the same separation, and with solid • bridges and
level floor balconies
• or a way of passage through • openings through

or around a wall or partition Class A ramp - 8-10% slope walls for
horizontal exits
to an area of refuge on Class B ramp - 10-17% • fire partitions
approximately the same
level in the same building • ramps
• exit
• every fire section shall have, in addition to the passageways
horizontal exit or exits at least 1 stairway, doorway
leading outside, or other standard exit

PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
FIRE ESCAPE STAIRS
• may be used as required means of egress only for existing
buildings • fire escape stairs
• shall not constitute more than 50% of required exit capacity • ladders and slide
escapes
Types of fire escape stairs
• return platform types with superimposed runs
• straight run with platforms continuing in the same direction
LADDERS: cannot be used as fire escape, spaced at 3m, positively inclined
SLIDE ESCAPES: where permitted as required exits,

shall be rated at 1 exit unit per slide, with rated travel
capacity of 60 persons per minute

PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
EMERGENCY LIGHTING
• shall be arranged to maintain specified level of • emergency
illumination in the event of failure of the normal lighting lighting
for a period of at least 1.5 hours in buildings more than • exit marking
36.5 meters in height
EXIT SIGNS
• every exit shall have
the word “EXIT” in
plainly legible letters
not less than 15cm
height with principal
strokes of letters at
least 19mm wide

PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• combination of an automatic or smoke detection system, • vertical openings
automatic exhaust system and an automatic water curtain and concealed
spaces
• escalator
• combination of an automatic fire or smoke detection system openings
and a system of high velocity water spray nozzle • sprinkler vent
method
• spray nozzle
• automatic self-closing rolling shutter which completely methods
encloses the top of each escalator • rolling shutter
method
• kiosk designed to provide an effective barrier to the spread • partial enclosure

method
of smoke from floor to floor
• fire-stopping
• concealed space in which exposed materials with flame- concealed
spread rating greater than class A are fire-stopped spaces

div 5- FEATURES OF FIRE
PROTECTION
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Assembly • main exit must accommodate 1/2 of occupant
Educational load
Institutional • travel distance not to exceed 46 meters if not

protected by automatic fire suppression; 61
Residential meters if protected
Mercantile Multiple Seating

Business • rows of seats between aisles shall not have more than 14
seats; 7 if row opens to 1 aisle only
Industrial
• back to back spacing, not less than .83 m
Storage • seats w/o dividing arms must allow .60m per person
Mixed • aisle width: 0.91-1.00 for more than 60 seats;
Occupancies 0.76 for less than 60 seats
Miscellaneous
rule 3: FIRE SAFETY IN BUILDINGS,
STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Assembly
Class A- 1000 or more 4 exits
Educational • Classification of
Class B- 600 or more 3 exits
Occupancy
Institutional 300-600 2 exits • Hazard of Contents
Residential
Class C- OCCUPANT
50- 300 LOADS
2 exits
Mercantile
Business concentrated use w/o fixed seats such as an auditorium,
church, dance floor, lodge room - .65sq.m./person
Industrial
Storage less concentrated use such as conference room, dining
Mixed room, exhibit room, gymnasium - 1.4 sq.m./person
Occupancies standing room or waiting space - 0.28 sq.m./person
Miscellaneous
div 7- PLACES OF ASSEMBLY
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Assembly
every room or space with a capacity of
Educational over 50 persons or over 93 sq.m. in area • Classification of
Occupancy
Institutional shall have at least 2 doorways providing
access to separate exits; where egress is • Hazard of Contents
Residential through corridors, shall open to a
Mercantile common corridor leading to separate exits
in opposite directions
Business
OCCUPANT LOADS
Industrial
classroom - 1.80
Storage sq.m./person
Mixed shops, laboratories, vocational rooms - 1.40 sq.m./person
Occupancies
dry nurseries w/ sleeping facilities - 3.25 sq.m./person
Miscellaneous
div 8- EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Assembly CLASSIFICATION
• Definitions
Educational • Health Care Facilities (Hospitals and Nursing Homes) • Classifications
• Residential Custodial Care (Nurseries, Home for the • General
Institutional Aged, Mentally-retarded Care) requirements
Residential • Residential-Restrained Care (Penal Institutions,

Reformaries, Jails)
Mercantile
OCCUPANT LOADS
Business
sleeping departments - 11 sq.m./person
Industrial
in-patient treatment departments - 22 sq.m./person
Storage dry nurseries w/ sleeping facilities - 3.25 sq.m./person
Mixed elevators and revolving doors shall not be • New/ Existing
hospital, nursing
Occupancies counted as required exits homes & residential
custodial care
Miscellaneous
div 9- INSTITUTIONAL OCCUPANCIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• Definitions
Educational • Hotels (more than 15 sleeping accommodations for hire • Classifications
• Apartment Buildings (3 or more living units w/ • General
Institutional independent cooking and bathroom facilities) requirements
Residential • Dormitories (group sleeping accommodations for persons
not members of the same family)
Mercantile • Lodging or Rooming Houses (separate rented living
Business rooms for 15 or less, on transient or permanent basis)
• Single and 2-family Dwelling (detached dwellings where
Industrial each unit is occupied by family members)
Storage OCCUPANT LOAD

Mixed • 18.60/ person (except for single & 2-family dwellings • New/ Existing
hospital, nursing
Occupancies homes & residential
custodial care
Miscellaneous
div 10- RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• Classification
Educational • Class A: stores with gross area of 2,787 sq.m. or more or • General
utilizing more than 3 levels for sales purposes requirements
Institutional • Class B: stores with gross area of 287 to less than 2787 • Protection
Residential sq.m. Utilizing floor above or below street floor level for • Building service
sales purposes equipment
Mercantile
• Class C: stores with gross area of less than 287sq.m. • Special provisions
utilizing street floor only for sales.
Business
OCCUPANT LOAD
Industrial • street floor/ below street floor - 2.8 sq.m./person
Storage • upper floors - 5.6 sq.m./person
• floors not open to public - 9.3 sq.m./person
Mixed
• covered malls
Occupancies - 2.8 sq.m./person
Miscellaneous
div 11- MERCANTILE OCCUPANCIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Assembly
• Classification
Educational • General
requirements
Institutional CLASSIFICATION • Exit details
Residential • office occupancy shall be classified as “Light Hazard • Protection
Mercantile Occupancy” • Building service
equipment
Business OCCUPANT LOAD • High-rise buildings
• business - 9.3 sq.m./person

Industrial
HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
Storage
Buildings over 15 meters shall be provided
Mixed throughout with automatic sprinkler protection
Occupancies
Miscellaneous
div 12- BUSINESS OCCUPANCIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• Classification
Educational • General Industrial: all except high hazard • General
manufacturing operations requirements
Institutional
• Special Purpose: contents liable to burn with extreme • General industrial
Residential rapidity or from which poisonous fumes or explosions • Special Purpose
Mercantile are feared • Open industrial
Business • Open Industrial: operations conducted in open air
Industrial OCCUPANT LOAD

• industrial - 9.3 sq.m./person
Storage
every high hazard occupancy shall have
Mixed automatic fire suppression system
Occupancies protection or such other protection
appropriate to the particular hazard
Miscellaneous
div 13- INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Assembly CLASSIFICATION of CONTENTS
• Classification
Educational • ordinary hazard • Occupancy
Institutional • high hazard • General storage

• Special provisions
Residential • low hazard for garages
Mercantile Parking garages of closed or open type, above or
for aircraft hangars
Business below ground • Special provisions
storage of servicing areas for grain elevators
Industrial
Storage
Mixed
Occupancies
Miscellaneous
div 14- STORAGE OCCUPANCIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• Classification
Educational • ordinary hazard • Occupancy
Institutional • high hazard • General storage

Residential • low hazard for garages
Mercantile • Special provisions
for aircraft hangars
Business • Special provisions
for grain elevators
Industrial OCCUPANT LOAD
• industrial - 9.3 sq.m./person
Storage
Mixed
Occupancies
Miscellaneous
div 15- MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPANCIES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
DOORS • Scope
• Exit Obstruction
• openable from inside w/o keys, • Doors
effort and special knowledge • Corridor and
Exterior Balconies
• approved bolting devices • Stairways
• Ramps
• readily distinguishable • Horizontal Exit
• Exit Enclosures
EXIT OBSTRUCTION
• Smoke proof
Enclosures
•obstruction
• Exit Courts
•overcrowding • Exit Passageway
• Signs and
•aisles Illumination
•fire escapes
•storage of materials rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT
WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
CORRIDORS AND EXTERIOR EXIT BALCONIES • Scope
• any covered or enclosed exit passageways including • Doors
walkways, tunnels, walls • Corridor and
Exterior Balconies
• can include foyers, lobbies and reception room • Stairways
• Ramps
• do not include railings and partitions below 1.5m. • Horizontal Exit
• handrails & fully opened doors should not reduce • Exit Enclosures
• Smoke proof
width by 8cm; doors in any position should not Enclosures
reduce width by more than half • Exit Courts
• Exit Passageway
• required 2m clearance
• Signs and
Illumination
• access to all exits
rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
STAIRWAYS • Scope
• handrail projection up to 9cm from each side • Doors
• Corridor and
• headroom clearance of 195cm Exterior Balconies
• Stairways
• 1-hour resistive construction for storage underneath
• Ramps
• Horizontal Exit
RAMPS • Exit Enclosures
•1/8 or 12.5% slope • Smoke proof
Enclosures
•handrails required for slopes of 1/10 or higher • Exit Courts
• Exit Passageway
•rough, non-slip material • Signs and
Illumination

WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• Scope
• Doors
• Corridor and
Exterior Balconies
• Stairways
• Ramps
• Horizontal Exit
• Exit Enclosures
• Smoke proof
Enclosures
• Exit Courts
• Exit Passageway
• Signs and
Illumination

WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
HORIZONTAL EXIT • Scope
• may be considered as a required exit • Doors
• Corridor and
• fire-resistance, opening protection and Exterior Balconies
discharge areas shall be maintained • Stairways
• Ramps
• Horizontal Exit
• Exit Enclosures
• Smoke proof
Enclosures
• Exit Courts
• Exit Passageway
• Signs and
Illumination

WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
EXIT ENCLOSURES • Scope
• include landings, floors connecting flights of • Doors
stairs, ground floor corridor from stairs to • Corridor and
Exterior Balconies
building exterior
• Stairways
• no openings except doorways and exterior wall • Ramps
openings • Horizontal Exit
• Exit Enclosures
• self-closing and automatic doors • Smoke proof
Enclosures
• should not continue beyond grade level • Exit Courts
• Exit Passageway
• no enclosed usable space under stairs in exit
• Signs and
enclosure Illumination

WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
SMOKEPROOF ENCLOSURES • Scope
• consist of vestibule/open exterior balcony and • Doors
stairway from highest to lowest point • Corridor and
Exterior Balconies
• exit to public way or exit passageway to public • Stairways
way • Ramps
• Horizontal Exit
• should not go beyond grade level • Exit Enclosures
• with adequate ventilation • Smoke proof

Enclosures
• Exit Courts
• Exit Passageway
• Signs and
Illumination

WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
EXIT COURTS • Scope
• width reduction to be effected by a 90cm high • Doors
guard rail making an angle of not more than 30 • Corridor and
Exterior Balconies
degrees with exits
• Stairways
• Ramps
• Horizontal Exit
EXIT PASSAGEWAY • Exit Enclosures
• Smoke proof
• no opening except for required exits Enclosures
• Exit Courts
• fire-resistance, widths, heights to be • Exit Passageway
maintained • Signs and
Illumination

WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
SIGNS AND ILLUMINATION • Scope
• light intensity of at least 1 footcandle at floor • Doors
level • Corridor and
Exterior Balconies
• exit signs with letters of at least 12.7cm high • Stairways
• Ramps
• main exit doors need not be sign posted • Horizontal Exit
• exit signs illuminated with 2 electric lamps of • Exit Enclosures
• Smoke proof
not less than 5 watts each Enclosures
• Exit Courts
• Exit Passageway
• Signs and
Illumination

WAYS
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
DEFINITIONS
• Installation
• Removal
COMBINATION STANDPIPE: a fire line system • Maintenance
with a constant water supply and installed for • Foam fire protection
the use of the Fire Service and the occupants of • Vaporizing liquid
the building • Parking stations
• Detailed installation
DRY STANDPIPE: a fire line system without a requirements
constant water supply, is equipped with a fire • Buildings under
service inlet and outlet connections and installed construction
exclusively for the use of the Fire Service
rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION

APPLIANCES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
DEFINITIONS
• Installation
• Removal
• Maintenance
WET STANDPIPE: is an auxilliary fire line
• Foam fire protection
system with a constant water supply installed
• Vaporizing liquid
primarily for emergency fire use by the
occupant of the building • Parking stations
• Detailed installation
FIRE DEPARTMENT HOUSE CONNECTION: requirements
is a hose connection at grade or street level for • Buildings under
use by the Fire Service only construction

APPLIANCES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS • Installation
DRY STANDPIPE • Removal

• Maintenance
• 1 outlet connection at every floor level landing
above the floor of every required enclosed
stairway or smokeproof enclosure
• Parking stations
• will withstand 21kg/sqcm of water pressure • Detailed installation
requirements
• 20% slope for horizontal runs • Buildings under
construction
• 102mm where highest outlet is 23m or less above
fire service connection
• 153mm where highest outlet is higher that 23m
above fire service connection

APPLIANCES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS
• Installation
DRY STANDPIPE • Removal
• Maintenance
• all 102mm dry standpipes to be equipped with a
• Foam fire
four-way connection protection
• fire service connections on street front 46cm to • Vaporizing liquid
122cm above grade • Parking stations
• Detailed
• for each standpipe, a 6.4cm outlet, 61cm-122cm installation
above floor level of each storey requirements
• Buildings under
• for less than 34% roof slope, 2-way 6.4cm outlet construction
above the roof line

APPLIANCES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
WET STANDPIPE • Removal

• Maintenance
• required from cellar to topmost story for
assembly buildings of more than 1000 occupants
• required for hazardous storage, business and • Parking stations
mercantile occupancies with more than • Detailed installation
1,860sq.m per floor requirements
• Buildings under
• not required in buildings with automatic fire construction
suppression system
• not required in assembly areas for worship

APPLIANCES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• Installation
• all portions of building must be within 6m of a • Maintenance
nozzle attached to 22m of hose • Foam fire

protection
• each side of stage , balcony or rear of • Vaporizing liquid
auditorium • Parking stations
• 64mm when height of riser is 15m or more • Detailed

installation
above the source requirements
• Buildings under
• 51mm when height of riser is less than 15m
construction
above the source
• 38mm valve per story, 91cm-192cm above floor

APPLIANCES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
• Installation
• Maintenance
• water supply at 132liters/minute with
• Foam fire
1/8kg/sqcm residual pressure from each outlet protection
for 30 minutes • Vaporizing liquid
• hose of not less that 38mm required per • Parking stations
standpipe • Detailed
installation
requirements
• Buildings under
construction

APPLIANCES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
COMBINATION STANDPIPE • Removal

• Maintenance
• at least 15cm diameter
• Foam fire
protection
• 4-way service connection required for
combination of 2 systems
• Parking stations
• 2 4-way service connections for combinations of • Detailed installation
3 or more systems requirements
• Buildings under
• for each standpipe, a 64mm outlet, 61cm-122cm construction
above floor level at each storey
• sign saying ‘COMBINATION STANDPIPE
AND TEST CONNECTIONS’

APPLIANCES
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
a device that contains within it chemicals,
fluids, or gases for extinguishing fires, the
means for application of its contents for
that purpose, and is capable of being
readily moved from place to place
servicing portable fire extinguishers includes any

or all of the following- charging, filling,
maintaining, recharging, refilling, repairing and
testing
rule 37: FIRE EXTNGUISHER
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
PROHIBITED ACTS
• removal of inspection tags attached to fire extinguishers
• refilling a discharged extinguisher with an extinguishing
agent other than what the unit was designed to contain
• selling extinguishers not appropriate to the hazard
• selling prohibited types of extinguisher
• selling defective or substandard extinguishers
• using/installing 2 or more thermatic special hazard
vaporizing liquid units in rooms with volume greater than
the nominal capability of 1 unit
• use of uncalibrated gauges
rule 37: FIRE EXTNGUISHER
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
HIGH RISE BUILDING- one which is at least 15 meters
high measured from the floor of the topmost level to the
ground level
SMOKE CONTROL: in protected spaces, the atmosphere shall not include
more than 1% by volume of the contaminated atmosphere from the fire area
Automatic fire suppression systems- high rise

buildings shall be protected with approved type of automatic fire
suppression systems installed in accordance with internationally
recognized standards
must protect all spaces including every closet and concealed
spaces
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS
Exits- all stairwells shall be enclosed and
protected
all doors on stairwells shall be kept closed
First aid protection- each floor shall
be provided with at least 19mm lightweight
flexible hose providing water at 19-38liters
per minute for 30 minutes
Emergency escape- capable of
attachment and use for escape from windows
this means of escape shall not exceed 25% of
the required number of units of exit widths
PD 1185
AND REGULATIONS

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• Scope

GENERAL SAFETY • General Safety

Equipment, Systems • Changes in

• Fire Protection and Warning

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Class C- energized electrical equipment

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Means of Egress: a continuous and unobstructed

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Organic Coating: a liquid mixture of binders and

time duration that a material or construction can • General Safety

Smoke Developed Rating:

a rating of combustible material based on the density

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

doorway or other point at which the exit begins.

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

into the doorways by • Width and capacity

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

• floor on both sides of a door • revolving doors

• or a way of passage through • openings through

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

LADDERS: cannot be used as fire escape, spaced at 3m, positively inclined

SLIDE ESCAPES: where permitted as required exits,

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

• kiosk designed to provide an effective barrier to the spread • partial enclosure

rule 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Institutional • travel distance not to exceed 46 meters if not

Mercantile Multiple Seating

Residential • Residential-Restrained Care (Penal Institutions,

Storage OCCUPANT LOAD

• business - 9.3 sq.m./person

Business • Open Industrial: operations conducted in open air

Industrial OCCUPANT LOAD

Institutional • high hazard • General storage

Institutional • high hazard • General storage

rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

• with adequate ventilation • Smoke proof

rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

rule 4: MAINTENANCE OF EXIT

COMBINATION STANDPIPE: a fire line system • Maintenance

rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION

rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION

DRY STANDPIPE • Removal

rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION

rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION

WET STANDPIPE • Removal

rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION

• all portions of building must be within 6m of a • Maintenance

nozzle attached to 22m of hose • Foam fire

• 64mm when height of riser is 15m or more • Detailed

rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION

rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION

COMBINATION STANDPIPE • Removal

rule 6: FIRE PROTECTION