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COMMERCIAL LAWS SUPPLEMENT

6.00 m. to less than 10.00 m. With

Balcony

.90 m.

10.00 m. up to 11.00 m.

With

Balcony

1.00 m.

10.00 m. to less than 11.00 m. With

Balcony

1.10 m.

12.00 m. to less than 13.00 m. With

Balcony

1.30 m.

13.00 m. to less than 14.00

m.

With

Balcony

1.40 m.

14.00 m. or over

With

Balcony

1.50 m.

TABLE 1106-A. Type of Protection Required for Pedestrian

HEIGHT OF

CONSTRUCTION

DISTANCE FROM

CONSTRUCTION

PROTECTION

REQUIRED

Eight feet or

less

Less than six feet

Rating

Six feet or more

None

Less than six feet

Fence and

Canopy

Six feet or more

but not more

than one-fourth

the height of

construction

Fence and

Canopy

More than

eight feet

Six feet or more,

but between

one-fourth to one

half the height

of construction

None

Six feet or more

but exceeding

one-half the

construction

height

Fence

Note: All protective devices shall include appropriate

lights and warning signs

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 73 No. 22 Page 4441

on May 23, 1977.

(National Building Code of the Philippines, Presidential

Decree No. 1096, [February 19, 1977])

RA No 9514 | Fire Code of the Philippines

of 2008

December 19, 2008

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9514

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE FIRE CODE

OF

THE

PHILIPPINES,

REPEALING

PRESIDENTIAL

DECREE NO. 1185 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the "Fire Code of

the Philippines of 2008".

SECTION 2. 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 3. Definition of Terms. — As used in this Fire

Code, the following words and phrases shall mean and be

construed as indicated:

Abatement — Any act that would remove or neutralize a

fire hazard.

Administrator — Any person who acts as agent of the

owner and manages the use of a building for him.

Blasting Agent — Any material or mixture consisting of a

fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.

Cellulose

Nitrate

or

Nitro

Cellulose

—

A

highly

combustible and explosive compound produced by the

reaction of nitric acid with a cellulose material.

Cellulose

Nitrate

Plastic

(Pyroxylin)

—

Any

plastic

substance,

materials

or

compound

having

cellulose

nitrate (nitro cellulose) as base.

Combustible Flammable or Inflammable — Descriptive of

materials that are easily set on fire.

Combustible Fiber — Any readily ignitable and free

burning fiber such as cotton, oakum, rags, waste cloth,

waste paper, kapok, hay, straw, spanish moss, excelsior

and other similar materials commonly used in commerce.

Combustible Liquid — Any liquid having a flash point at

or above 37.8ºC (100ºF).

Corrosive Liquid — Any liquid which causes fire when in

contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.

Curtain Board — A vertical panel of non-combustible or

fire resistive materials attached to and extending below

the bottom chord of the roof trusses, to divide the

underside of the roof into separate compartments so that

heat and smoke will be directed upwards to a roof vent.

Cryogenic — Descriptive of any material which by its

nature or as a result of its reaction with other elements

produces a rapid drop in temperature of the immediate

surroundings.

Damper — A normally open device installed inside air

duct system which automatically closes to restrict the

passage of smoke or fire.

Distillation — The process of first raising the temperature

in separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts

and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapor so

as to produce a nearly purified substance.

Duct

System

—

A

continuous

passageway

for

the

transmission of air.

Dust — A finely powdered substance which, when mixed

with air in the proper proportion and ignited will cause an

explosion.

Electrical

Arc

—

An extremely hot luminous bridge

formed by passage of an electric current across a space

between

two

conductors

or

terminals

due

to

the

incandescence of the conducting vapor.

Ember — A hot piece or lump that remains after a

material has partially burned, and is still oxidizing without

the manifestation of flames.

Finishes — Materials used as final coating of a surface for

ornamental or protective purposes.

Fire — The active principle of burning, characterized by

the heat and light of combustion.

Fire Trap — 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 warn 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.

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