Republic Act 9514 DIVISION 3.

FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY ASSESSMENT REPORT

SECTION 9.0.3.1 APPLICABILITY

A. All private and public buildings, facilities and structures to be constructed or being constructed upon the effectivity of this IRR shall be required to submit FALAR 1 and 2, among other documents, to the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction as one of the requirements for securing FSEC or FSIC for the issuance of Building Permit and Occupancy Permit.

B. All existing private and public buildings, facilities or structures with occupancy of at least fifty (50) persons shall be required to submit FALAR 3 annually to the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction when securing FSIC.

SECTION 9.0.3.2 PROCEDURES

A. Three (3) sets of FALAR 1 shall be submitted to the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction by the building owner duly signed by the Architect and Fire Safety Practitioner duly accredited by the BFP, together with six (6) sets of plans and specifications. The City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction shall not issue a FSEC for the issuance of Building Permit without the submission of FALAR 1.

B. Prior to beneficial occupancy, together with the Certificate of Completion of Construction, three (3) sets of FALAR 2 shall be submitted to the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction by the building owner, duly signed by the Construction Manager and Contractor. The City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction shall not issue a FSIC as a requirement for the issuance of Occupancy Permit without the submission of FALAR 2.

C. The building owner shall make available for submission to the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction, three (3) sets of FALAR 3, duly signed by the Building Administrator during the regular annual fire safety inspection. The City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction shall not issue a FSIC as a requirement for the issuance of Business Permit without the submission of FALAR 3.

SECTION 9.0.3.3 FORMAT OF PREPARATION

A. FALAR 1 - Documentation on Fire and Life-Safety Features of the Facility (Consisting of a written report prepared by the Architect and his Fire Protection Consultant. This is a compilation of the plans/specification and design analysis normally submitted by the Architect and Engineers. )

1. Objectives 2. Short Project Description 3. Statement of who is the enforcing authority for the National Building Code and the Fire Code of the Philippines. 4. Statement of the Codes and Standards used in the design. 5. Discussion of Fire Protection and Life Safety Issues.

a. Building Classification and Construction; b. Hazards of contents and combustible loading including fire scenarios adopted if design is performance based; c. Occupancy Classification; d. Structural Requirements/Separation of Building Spaces; e. Exit and egress description i. Basis of design; ii. Number of exits; iii. Travel distances; iv. Exit calculations (may be included in appendices); and v. Timed-exit analysis (for equivalencies and variances); f. Fire Suppression Description i. Design criteria used for sprinkler system/standpipe;

ii. Other suppression systems; iii. Water supplies, and fire pumps, capacities; iv. Portable extinguishers; v. Hydraulic and other calculations (may be placed in appendices); and vi. Riser diagrams (may be placed in appendices); g. Fire detection, alarm, communication and evacuation systems i. Description of each system including features and controls; and ii. Sound pressure calculations (for equivalencies and variances); h. Smoke Control Management i. Description of smoke control strategies; ii. Design criteria used; iii. Calculations (may be included in appendices); and iv. Equipment capacities and description i. Exit light and emergency lighting systems i. Description; ii. Typical location of exit lights and emergency lighting systems; iii. Design criteria; and iv. Calculations (equivalencies and variances). j. Emergency Power Supply i. Description; ii. Capacities; and iii. Calculations (may be included in appendices) k. Fire Department Access i. Description and location of street hydrant and BFP station; and l. Other issues not discussed above including elevator recall and use of elevators for evacuation

B. FALAR 2 - Documentation submitted by the Contractor/s and the Construction Manager certifying that the construction was in accordance with the FALAR 1 and authorized changes. (Documents will be a compilation report of all approved submittals, test and acceptance forms of all fire protection and life safety features and shall form part of the as-built documents turned over by the contractor to the building owner.)

1. Short Description of Project. 2. Objectives of the Report. 3. Enforcing Authorities. 4. Standards used for Authorized Changes. 5. Fire Protection and Life Safety Issues. a. Building classification and construction - a statement saying there is no deviation from FALAR 1.

b. Hazards of content and combustible loadings - description of authorized changes from FALAR 1. If none, a statement saying none.

c. Occupant characterization- description of any changes from FALAR 1. If none, a statement saying none.

d. Structural requirements and separation of building spaces and description of authorized changes from FALAR 1.

e. Exit and Egress

i. Calculations (for changes and variances) ii. Description of authorized major changes to FALAR 1. iii. Egress calculation for variances from code requirements.

f. Fire Suppression Systems

i. Description of authorized major changes to FALAR 1. ii. Calculations for major changes (maybe included in appendices)

g. Fire detection, alarm, communication and evacuation systems i. Description of authorized major changes. ii. Calculation for major changes. iii. Testing, commissioning and acceptance data of the fire alarm and detection system. iv. Testing, commissioning and acceptance data including fire and jockey pumps

h. Smoke Control Management i. Description of Authorized Changes ii. Calculation for major changes iii. Testing, commissioning and acceptance data for smoke exhaust and pressurization blowers

i. Emergency Power Supply i. Description of authorized changes ii. Calculation for major changes iii. Testing, commissioning and acceptance data of the generator set.

j. Other issues including testing and commissioning of the elevator recall system.

C. FALAR 3 - Documentation on the required periodic maintenance and upkeep of the fire and life-safety features of the facility.(It consists of a written report prepared by the building owner, his fire safety officer or his authorized representative. This is a compilation of the maintenance and testing records kept by the buildings engineering and maintenance departments. )

1. Objectives 2. Short Description of Building or Facilities. 3. Statement on who is the enforcing authority for the National Building Code and the Fire Code of the Philippines. 4. Statement of Testing and Maintenance Standards Used. 5. Discussions of Fire Protection and Life Safety Issues. a. Building Classification and Construction. b. Hazards of Content and Combustible Loadings. c. Occupancy Classifications. d. Separation of Building Spaces. e. Exit and Egress i. Number of active exits; and ii. Maintenance records done on egress component such as doors and enclosed stairways. f. Fire Suppression i. Maintenance and testing records done on fire pumps, sprinkler system, portable extinguishers, standpipes and other fire suppression systems; and ii. Submit results of annual fire pump flow tests, annual main drain tests, and water flow tests for standpipe; submit other test results as appropriate. g. Fire detection, alarm communication and evaluation system i. Testing and maintenance records done on the components of the detection and alarm system including the fire alarm control panel. h. Smoke Control Management i. Maintenance and testing records of the various component of the smoke management system. Include test records for pressurization fans for flows and fan controls. i. Emergency Power Supply i. Maintenance and testing records of the system components of the emergency power supply. j. Other testing and maintenance records, including test results of the elevator recall system.