FIRE IN THE HEART SENDS

SMOKE INTO THE HEAD.

PRESENTED BY GROUP 4
Galleposo; Joven; Ricalde; Bona; Labasbas;
Latuga; Obligado; Tuyogon; Dalde; Molina;
Suyu; Dianito
Accidental and Arson Fires have
different distinctions.

• Accidental Fire — fire because of an accident and

without bad faith, which only has 1 origin.
• Arson Fire — fire made by an arsonist, which may
have several origins (2 or more fires).

Presenter: GALLEPOSO
Identifying the Fire Origin
To identify the origin of fire, one must
cross the most damaged area in the scene.

• Pattern — smaller and deeper at points where

flammable liquids were used.
• Alligator Pattern — charred wood giving it the
appearance of alligator skin caused by fire often
can be used to trace the fire to its origin.

Presenter: GALLEPOSO
 White Smoke
Humid materials, such as hay, vegetable
fibers, phosphorus, are burning.

Example Case:
In August 2023, a series of Hawaii
wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of
Hawaii, predominantly on the island
of Maui.

Presenter: JOVEN
 Biting Smoke
There is a lack of air, and products made
from petroleum and rubber are burning.

Example Case:
In May 2015, a footwear factory fire
in Valenzuela City, Manila, killed at
least 45 people.

Presenter: JOVEN
 Reddish-Brown Smoke
Chemicals, such as nitrocellulose, S1, H2,
SO4, HNO3, or HCI, are burning.

Example Case:
In August 2020, a fire broke out in Warehouse
12 at the Port of Beirut, Lebanon. The blast
killed at least 218 people and injured over
6,000 others.

Presenter: JOVEN
Overview
Approved on: December 19, 2008
Approved by: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Repealing the: Presidential Decree No. 1185, otherwise known
as the “Fire Code of the Philippines”.

Short Title
Republic Act No. 9514 shall be known as the “Revised
Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008”. (Section 1, RA
9514)

Presenter: RICALDE
Policy
(1) Ensure public safety and promote economic
development through the prevention and
suppression of all kinds of destructive fires;

(2) Promote the professionalization of the

fire service as a profession;

(3) Ensure adherence to standard fire prevention

and safety measures; and

(4) Promote accountability for fire safety in the fire protection service
and prevention service. (Section 2, RA 9514)

Presenter: RICALDE
 Definition of Terms
Abatement — Any act that would remove or
neutralize a fire hazard;

Firetrap — A building unsafe in case of fire

because it will burn easily or because
it lacks adequate exits or fire escapes;

Fire Alarm — Any visual or audible signal produced by a

device or system to warm 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;

Presenter: BONA
 Definition of Terms
Fire Hazard — Any condition or act which increases the
probability of the occurrence of fire, or which may obstruct, delay,
hinder, or interfere with firefighting operations;

Fire Protective and Fire Safety Device — Any device intended for
the protection of buildings or persons to include built-in
protection system such as sprinklers, detectors for heat, smoke,
and combustion products, personal protective equipment such as
fire blankets, helmets, fire suits, gloves, and other garments that
may be put on or worn by persons to protect themselves during
fire;

Presenter: BONA
 Definition of Terms
Fire Safety Constructions — Design and installation of
walls, barriers, doors, windows, vents, means of egress,
etc. integral to and incorporated into a building or
structure in order to minimize danger to life from fire,
smoke, fumes or panic before the building is evacuated;

Hazardous Operation/Process — Any act of

manufacturing, fabrication, conversion, etc., that uses or
produces materials which are likely to cause fires or
explosions;

Presenter: BONA
 Definition of Terms
Jumper — A piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to
bypass a safety device in an electrical system;

Public Assembly Building — Any building or structure where

fifty (50) or more people congregate, gather, or assemble for any
purpose; and

Sprinkler System — 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. (Section 3, RA 9514)

Presenter: BONA
Applicability of the Code
The provisions of the Fire Code shall apply to all
persons and all private and public buildings,
facilities, or structures erected or constructed
before and after its effectivity.
(Section 4, RA 9514)

Responsibility for the

Enforcement of this Code
This Code shall be administered and enforced by the
Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), under the direct
supervision and control of the Chief of the BFP. (Section
5, RA 9514)

Presenter: LATUGA
Technical Staff
The Chief of BFP shall constitute a technical staff
of highly qualified persons who are knowledgeable
on fire prevention, fire safety, and fire suppression.
They may be drawn not only from the organic
members of the BFP and other government offices
and agencies, but also from other sources. In the
latter case, they will either be appointed into the
service or hired as consultants in accordance with
law.
(Section 6, RA 9514)

Presenter: LATUGA
 Inspections, Safety Measures,
Fire Safety, Constructions, and Protective
and/or Warning Systems

Inspection Requirement — A fire safety inspection shall be

conducted by the Chief of BFP or his duly authorized
representative as prerequisite to the grants of permits and/or
licenses by local governments and other government
agencies concerned;

Presenter: OBLIGADO
 Inspections, Safety Measures,
Fire Safety, Constructions, and Protective
and/or Warning Systems

Safety Measures for Hazardous Materials — Fire safety

measures shall be required for the manufacture, storage,
handling, and/or use of hazardous materials;

Safety Measures for Hazardous Operation/Processes —

Fire Safety measures shall be required for the hazardous
operation/processes; and

Presenter: OBLIGADO
 Inspections, Safety Measures,
Fire Safety, Constructions, and Protective
and/or Warning Systems

Provision on Fire Safety Construction, Protective and

Warning System — Owners, occupants, or
administrator of buildings, structures, and their
premises or facilities shall incorporate and provide
therein fire safety construction, protective, and
warning system, and shall develop and implement fire
safety programs.
(Section 7, RA 9514)

Presenter: OBLIGADO
Prohibited Acts
(01) Obstructing or blocking the exit ways to buildings
clearly marked for fire safety purposes, such as but not
limited to aisles in interior rooms, any part of
stairways, or exit of any kind;

(02) Prevention, interference or obstruction of any operation

of the Fire Service, or of duly organized and authorized
fire brigades;

(03) Obstructing designated fire lanes or access to fire

hydrants;

Presenter: TUYOGON
Prohibited Acts
(04) Overcrowding or admission of persons beyond the
authorized capacity in movie houses, theaters,
coliseums, auditoriums or other public assembly
buildings, except in other assembly areas with
sufficient safe exits;

(05) Locking fire exits during period when people are inside
the building;

(06) Use of fire protective of fire fighting equipment of the

fire service other than for fire fighting except in other
emergencies where their use are justified;

Presenter: TUYOGON
Prohibited Acts
(07) Giving false or malicious fire alarms;

(08) Smoking in prohibited areas as may be determined by

fire service, or throwing of cigars, cigarettes, burning
objects in places which may start or cause fire;

Removing, destroying, tampering or obliterating any

(09) authorized mark, seal, sign or tag posted or required by
the fire service for fire safety in any building, structure
or processing equipment; and

Presenter: TUYOGON
Prohibited Acts
(10) Use of jumpers or tampering with electrical wiring or
overloading the electrical system beyond its designated
capacity or such other practices that would tend to
undermine the fire safety features of the electrical
system.
(Section 8, RA 9514)

Presenter: TUYOGON
 Violation, Penalties, and Abatement of
Fire Hazard
Fire hazards shall be abated immediately. The Chief of
BFP or his/her duly authorized representative, upon the
report that a violation of this Code is being committed,
shall issue notice to comply to the owner, administrator,
occupant, or other responsible person, indicating among
other things, the period within which compliance shall be
effected, which shall be within 10 to 15 days after the
receipt of the notice;

Presenter: DALDE
 Violation, Penalties, and Abatement of
Fire Hazard
If, after the lapse of the aforesaid period, the owner,
administrator, occupant, or other responsible person failed to
comply, the Chief of BFP or his/her authorized representative
shall put up a sign “WARNING: THIS
BUILDING/STRUCTURE IS A FIRE HAZARD” in front of the
building or structure. It shall remain posted until such time that
the owner, administrator, occupant, or other responsible person
abates the same, but such period shall not exceed 15 days from
the lapse of the initial period given in the notice to comply;

Presenter: DALDE
 Violation, Penalties, and Abatement of
Fire Hazard
If the owner, administrator, or occupant does not abate the same
within the period fixed in said order, the building, structure,
premises or facilities shall be ordered closed by the Chief of BFP
or his/her duly authorized representative;

Any building or structure assessed and declared by the Chief of

BFP or his/her duly authorized representative as a firetrap on
account of the gravity or palpability of the violation or is causing
clear and present imminent fire danger to adjoining
establishments and habitations shall be declared a public
nuisance;
Presenter: DALDE
 Violation, Penalties, and Abatement of
Fire Hazard
If the assessed value of the nuisance or the amount to be
spent in abating the same is not more than P100,000, the
owner, administrator, or occupant shall abate the hazard
within 15 days. If the assessed value is more than
P100,000, the owner, administrator, or occupant shall
abate the hazard within 30 days from receipt of the order
declaring said building or structure a public nuisance;
and

Presenter: MOLINA
Violation, Penalties, and Abatement of
Fire Hazard
Failure to comply within 5 days from the receipt
of the notice shall cause the Chief of BFP or
his/her duly authorized representative to put up a
sign “FIRETRAP” in front of the building or
structure, at or near the entrance of such
premises. It shall remain until the owner,
administrator, occupant, or other responsible
person abate the same within the specified
period.
(Section 9, RA 9514)

Presenter: MOLINA
 Violation, Penalties, and Abatement of
Fire Hazard
Summary Abatement — all corrective measures undertaken
to abate hazards which shall include, but not limited to
remodeling, repairing, strengthening, reconstructing,
removal and demolition, either partial or total, of the
building or structure. The expenses incurred by the
government for such summary abatement shall be borne by
the owner, administrator or occupant. These expenses shall
constitute a prior lien upon such property.
(Section 9, RA 9514)

Presenter: MOLINA
Enforcement of the Lien
If the owner, administrator, or occupant fails to
reimburse the government of the expenses incurred in
the summary abatement within 90 days from the
completion of such abatement, the building or structure
shall be sold at public auction in accordance with
existing laws and rules. No property subject of lien
under Section 9 hereof, may be sold at a price lower
than the abatement expenses incurred by the
government. The property shall be forfeited in favor of
the government if the highest bid is not at least equal to
the abatement expenses. (Section 10, RA 9514)

Presenter: MOLINA
 Penalties Against the Private
Individual
Administrative Fine — Any person who violates any provision of
the Fire Code shall be penalized by an administrative fine of not
exceeding P50,000, or by stoppage of operations or by closure of
such buildings which do not comply with the requirements, or by
both such administrative fine and closure/stoppage of operation
to be imposed by the Chief of BFP. The payment of the fine,
stoppage of operations, and/or closure of such buildings shall not
absolve the violator from correcting the deficiency or abating the
fire hazard;

Presenter: SUYU
 Penalties Against the Private
Individual
Punitive — In case of willful failure to correct
the deficiency or abate the fire hazard, the
violator shall, upon conviction, be punished by
imprisonment of not less than 6 months nor
more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more
than P100,000, or both such fine and
imprisonment;

Presenter: SUYU
 Penalties Against the Private
Individual
Any person who, without authority, maliciously removes the
sign that a building or structure is a fire hazard/firetrap placed
by the authorized person in this Code shall be liable for
imprisonment for 30 days or a fine not exceeding P100,000, or
both in the discretion of the court; and

Any person who disobeys the lawful order of the fire ground
commander during a firefighting operation shall be penalized
with imprisonment of one 1 day to 30 days and a fine of P5,000.
(Section 11, RA 9514)

Presenter: SUYU
Penalties Against the Public
Officer/Employee

Administrative — Public officer/employee who is in

charge of the enforcement of this Code and wilfully
violated the acts or omissions enumerated under Section
11 subparagraph 2(A), shall be held administratively
liable and shall be punished by reprimand, suspension,
or removal in the discretion of the disciplining authority,
depending on the gravity of the offense; and

Presenter: LABASBAS
Penalties Against the Public
Officer/Employee

Punitive — In the case of willful violation involving the

acts or omissions enumerated under Section 11
subparagraph 2(A) the public officer/employees shall, upon
conviction, be punished by imprisonment of not less than 6
months nor more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than
P100,000, or both such fine and imprisonment. Where the
violation is attended by injury, loss of life and/or property,
the violator shall be proceeded against under the applicable
provisions of the Revised Penal Code. (Section 11, RA
9514)

Presenter: LABASBAS
 Appropriation and Sources of
Income
To support the manpower, infrastructure, and equipment
needs of the fire service of the BFP, such amount as may
be necessary to attain the objectives of the Fire Code shall
be appropriated and included in the annual appropriation
of the BFP; and

To partially provide for the funding of the fire service the

collected taxes and fees shall accrue to the General Fund
of the National Government.
(Section 12, RA 9514)

Presenter: LABASBAS
Collection of Taxes,
Fees, and Fines
All taxes, fees and fines provided in this Code, shall be
collected by the BFP. The 20% of such collection shall be
set aside and retained for use by the city or municipal
government concerned, which shall appropriate the same
exclusive for the use of the operation and maintenance of
its local fire station. The remaining 80% shall be remitted
to the National Treasury under a trust fund assigned for
the modernization of the BFP.
(Section 13, RA 9514)

Presenter: DIANITO
Collection of Taxes,
Fees, and Fines
Assessment of Fire Code Taxes, Fees,
and Fines. Vested upon the BFP.
(Section 13-A, RA 9514)

Collection and Assessment of Local Taxes,

Fees, and Fines. Shall be a function of the
concerned local government units.
(Section 13-B, RA 9514)

Presenter: DIANITO
Collection of Taxes,
Fees, and Fines
Use of Income Generated from the Enforcement of the Fire
Code. The Chief of BFP is authorized, subject to the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior and Local
Government, to use the income generated under the Fire
Code for procurement of fire protection and fire fighting
investigation, rescue, paramedics, supplies and materials,
and related technical services necessary for the fire service
and the improvement of facilities of the BFP and abatement
of fire hazards.
(Section 13-C, RA 9514)

Presenter: DIANITO
FIRE IN THE HEART SENDS
SMOKE INTO THE HEAD.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
Galleposo; Joven; Ricalde; Bona; Labasbas;
Latuga; Obligado; Tuyogon; Dalde; Molina;
Suyu; Dianito
 Act that would remove or neutralize
a fire hazard.

Abatement Firetrap
 Act that would remove or neutralize
a fire hazard.

Abatement Firetrap
 Act that would remove or neutralize
a fire hazard.

Abatement Firetrap
 A charred wood, giving it the appearance of alligator
skin caused by fire, can often be used to trace the fire to
its origin.

Pattern Alligator Pattern

 A charred wood, giving it the appearance of alligator
skin caused by fire, can often be used to trace the fire to
its origin.

Pattern Alligator Pattern

 A charred wood, giving it the appearance of alligator
skin caused by fire, can often be used to trace the fire to
its origin.

Pattern Alligator Pattern

 It is formed because of a lack of air, and
products made from petroleum and rubber are
burning.

Biting Smoke White Smoke

 It is formed because of a lack of air, and
products made from petroleum and rubber are
burning.

Biting Smoke White Smoke

 It is formed because of a lack of air, and
products made from petroleum and rubber are
burning.

Biting Smoke White Smoke

 Who is the authorized representative who shall put
up a sign “WARNING: THIS
BUILDING/STRUCTURE IS A FIRE HAZARD”
in front of the building or structure?

Technical Staff Chief of BFP

 Who is the authorized representative who shall put
up a sign “WARNING: THIS
BUILDING/STRUCTURE IS A FIRE HAZARD”
in front of the building or structure?

Technical Staff Chief of BFP

 Who is the authorized representative who shall put
up a sign “WARNING: THIS
BUILDING/STRUCTURE IS A FIRE HAZARD”
in front of the building or structure?

Technical Staff Chief of BFP

 What shall be conducted by the Chief of BFP or his
duly authorized representative as prerequisite to the
grants of permits and/or licenses by local governments
and other government agencies concerned?

Fire Safety Inspection Fire Safety Measures

 What shall be conducted by the Chief of BFP or his
duly authorized representative as prerequisite to the
grants of permits and/or licenses by local governments
and other government agencies concerned?

Fire Safety Inspection Fire Safety Measures

 What shall be conducted by the Chief of BFP or his
duly authorized representative as prerequisite to the
grants of permits and/or licenses by local governments
and other government agencies concerned?

Fire Safety Inspection Fire Safety Measures

 A highly qualified person who is
knowledgeable on fire prevention, fire safety,
and fire suppression constituted by Chief of
BFP.

Technical Team Technical Staff

 A highly qualified person who is
knowledgeable on fire prevention, fire safety,
and fire suppression constituted by Chief of
BFP.

Technical Team Technical Staff

 A highly qualified person who is
knowledgeable on fire prevention, fire safety,
and fire suppression constituted by Chief of
BFP.

Technical Team Technical Staff

 What department shall administer and enforce
the RA 9514?

Bureau of Fire Protection Bureau of Fire Fighters

(BFP) (BFF)
 What department shall administer and enforce
the RA 9514?

Bureau of Fire Protection Bureau of Fire Fighters

(BFP) (BFF)
 What department shall administer and enforce
the RA 9514?

Bureau of Fire Protection Bureau of Fire Fighters

(BFP) (BFF)
 Failure to comply within 5 days from the
receipt of the notice shall cause the Chief of
BFP to put up a sign ___ in front of the
building or structure.

Fire Hazard Firetrap

 Failure to comply within 5 days from the
receipt of the notice shall cause the Chief of
BFP to put up a sign ___ in front of the
building or structure.

Fire Hazard Firetrap

 Failure to comply within 5 days from the
receipt of the notice shall cause the Chief of
BFP to put up a sign ___ in front of the
building or structure.

Fire Hazard Firetrap

 All corrective measures undertaken to abate hazards
which shall include, but not limited to remodeling,
repairing, strengthening, reconstructing of the building or
structure.

Summary Abatement Fire Safety

 All corrective measures undertaken to abate hazards
which shall include, but not limited to remodeling,
repairing, strengthening, reconstructing of the building or
structure.

Summary Abatement Fire Safety

 All corrective measures undertaken to abate hazards
which shall include, but not limited to remodeling,
repairing, strengthening, reconstructing of the building or
structure.

Summary Abatement Fire Safety

 Wilfully violated the acts or omissions enumerated under Section
11 subparagraph 2(A), shall be held administratively liable and
shall be punished by reprimand, suspension, or removal in the
discretion of the disciplining authority.

Private Officer/Employee Public Officer/Employee

 Wilfully violated the acts or omissions enumerated under Section
11 subparagraph 2(A), shall be held administratively liable and
shall be punished by reprimand, suspension, or removal in the
discretion of the disciplining authority.

Private Officer/Employee Public Officer/Employee

 Wilfully violated the acts or omissions enumerated under Section
11 subparagraph 2(A), shall be held administratively liable and
shall be punished by reprimand, suspension, or removal in the
discretion of the disciplining authority.

Private Officer/Employee Public Officer/Employee