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E. Combination Standpipes
3. Location
4. Detailed Requirements
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c. Riser shut off valve and drain. Each individual riser must be
equipped with an OS and Y valve at its base and an approved
valve for draining.
e. All fire service connections shall be located on a street front not less
than forty six centimeters (46 cm) nor more than one hundred
twenty two centimeters (122 cm) above grade and shall be
equipped with an approved straight-way check valve and
substantial plugs or caps. All fire service connections shall be
protected against mechanical injury and shall be visible and
accessible. The number
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F. Building Under Construction
1. During the construction of the building and until the permanent fire-
extinguishing system has been installed and is in service, fire protection
shall be provided in accordance with this Section.
2. Every building, six storeys or more in height, shall be provided with not
less than one standpipe for fire service use during construction. Such
standpipes shall be installed when the progress of construction is not
more than fifteen meters (15m) in height above grade. Such standpipe
shall be provided with fire service inlet connecting at accessible
locations adjacent to usable stairs. Such standpipe system shall be
extended as construction progresses to within one floor of the highest
point of construction having secured decking or flooring.
3. In each floor there shall be provided sixty four millimeter (64mm) valve
outlet for fire service use. When construction height requires installation
of a combination standpipe, fire pumps and water main connection
shall be provided to serve the standpipe.
1. Basement pipe inlets shall be installed in the first floor of every storey,
warehouse, or factory having cellar or basement.
3. All basement pipe inlets shall be of cast iron, steel, brass, or bronze with
lids of cast bronze.
4. The basement pipe inlet shall consist of a sleeve not less than twenty
centimeter (20cm) inside diameter extending through the floor and
terminating flush with or through the basement or cellar ceiling and
shall have a top flange recessed with an inside shoulder to receive the
lid. The top flange shall be installed flush with finish floor surface. The lid
shall be a solid casting and have a lift recesses in the top. This lid shall
be provided with a casting sign reading: FIRE SERVICE ONLY, DO NOT
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COVER. The lid shall be installed in such a manner to permit its easy
removal from the flange shoulder.
A. The City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction shall designate the type
and number of fire extinguishers to be installed and maintained in all
buildings, structures and facilities, but shall not be less than the minimum
requirements as outlined in this Section.
B. All buildings, structures and facilities shall be installed with portable fire
extinguishers that are designed, installed and maintained in accordance
with this Section. Fire extinguishers shall be installed even if the property is
equipped with automatic sprinklers, standpipe and hose, or other fixed
protection equipment.
C. Classification of Hazards
1. Low Hazard
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2. Moderate Hazard
3. High Hazard
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fire extinguishers classified for use on Class C, Class D hazards shall not
be required to have a number preceding the classification letter.
a. soda acid
d. cartridge-operated water
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surface in accordance with the manufacturers instructions. Wheeled-
type fire extinguishers shall be located in a designated location.
12. Where fire extinguishers are installed in closed cabinets that are
exposed to elevated temperatures, the cabinets shall be provided
with screened openings and drains. Vented fire extinguisher cabinets
should utilize tinted glass and should be constructed to prevent the
entrance of insects and the accumulation of water. Vented fire
extinguisher cabinets constructed in this manner will lower the
maximum internal temperature 5.6C to 8.3C.
13. Water-type (e.g., water, AFFF, FFFP) fire extinguishers shall not be
installed in areas where the temperatures are outside the range of 40f
to 120f (4c to 49c). All other types shall not be installed in areas
where temperatures are outside the range of -40f to 120f (-40c to
49c). Fire extinguishers shall not be exposed to temperatures outside
of the range shown on the fire extinguisher label, except: where it is
installed in locations subject to temperatures outside these ranges, it
shall be of a type approved and listed for the temperature to which it
is exposed, or it shall be placed in an enclosure capable of
maintaining the stipulated temperature range.
14. The fire extinguisher owner or the owners agent shall be provided with
an instruction manual that details condensed instructions and cautions
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necessary to the installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance
of the fire extinguisher(s). The manual shall refer to this standard as a
source of detailed instruction.
1. General Requirements
2. Selection by Hazard
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3. Application for Specific Hazards
1. General Requirements
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f. Rooms or areas shall be classified generally as light (low) hazard,
ordinary (moderate) hazard, or extra (high) hazard. Limited areas
of greater or lesser hazard shall be protected as required.
g. On each floor level, the area protected and the travel distances
shall be based on fire extinguishers installed in accordance with
Tables 1 and 2.
a. Class A Hazards
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Table 10: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASS B HAZARDS
TYPE OF MIN. MAX. TRAVEL MAX. AREA
HAZARD EXTINGUISHER DISTANCE TO (OPEN AREA) PER
RATING EXTINGUISHER EXTINGUISHER
(m) (m2)
Low 5-B 10 200
Moderate 10-B 10 100
High 40-B 10 75
iii. Travel distances for portable fire extinguishers shall not exceed
ten meters (10 m).
d. Class C Hazards
e. Class D Hazards
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ii. Fire extinguishers or extinguishing agents (media) shall be
located not more than fifteen meters (15 m) of travel distance
from the Class D hazard.
B. Smoke partitions shall have openings only for ingress and egress and for
building service equipment. Doorways shall be protected by doors
meeting the provisions of paragraph "C" hereof, and any openings where
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building service equipment pierces the partitions shall be closed. Transfer
grills, whether equipped with fusible links, release dampers or not, shall not
be used in these partitions.
4. Doors in smoke partitions shall close the opening with only the clear-
ance for proper operation under self-closing.
B. Any swinging fire door and any door in stair enclosure walls designed to
prevent the spread of fire shall be provided with approved positive
latching means to hold it in the closed position against the pressure of
expanding fire gases.
A. Equipment using gas and related gas piping shall be in accordance with
NFPA 54, National Fuel Gas Code, or NFPA 58, Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Code, as the case may be.
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SECTION 10.2.7.2 HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIRCONDITIONING
A. Design and installation of smoke venting facilities, where required for safe
use of exits, in windowless buildings, underground structures, and large
area factories in accordance with the Philippine Mechanical Code.
B. Natural draft smoke venting shall utilize roof vents in walls at or near the
ceiling level. Such vents shall be normally open or if closed shall be
designed for automatic opening in case of fire.
C. Where smoke venting facilities are installed for purposes of exit safety in
accordance with the requirements of this Rule, they shall be adequate to
prevent dangerous accumulations of smoke during the time necessary to
evacuate the area served, using available exit facilities with a standard
margin of safety to allow for unforeseen contingencies.
A. Every chute and incinerator flue shall be enclosed and the openings
therein shall be protected in accordance with Section 11.2.6.2 "A" (1) and
"A" (3) of this IRR, respectively. In new construction, inlet openings serving
chutes shall open only to a room that is designed and used exclusively for
accessing the chute opening rubbish chutes and laundry chutes shall be
permitted to open into rooms not exceeding 37 m2 that are used for
storage, provided that the rooms is protected by automatic sprinklers.
B. Every incinerator flue, rubbish chute, and laundry chute shall be designed
and maintained in accordance with the Philippine Mechanical Code.
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D. The above requirements shall not apply to detached single- or two-family
dwellings.
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5. Every room constituting a place of assembly and not having fixed
seats shall have the occupant load of the room posted in a
conspicuous place near the main exit from the room. Approved signs
shall be maintained in legible manner. Signs shall be durable and shall
indicate the number of occupants permitted for each room.
7. In areas not in excess of nine hundred thirty square meters (930 m2),
the occupant load shall not exceed one person in forty-six tenths
square meters (0.46 m2); in areas in excess of nine hundred thirty
square meters (930 m2), the occupant load shall not exceed one
person in sixty-five tenths square meters (0.65 m2).
A. Capacity of Exits
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height, multiply the stair width in Table 8 by factor A, where
C. Location of Exits
1. Main Exit
2. Other Exits
The width of any exit access corridor serving 50 or more persons shall not
be less than one hundred twelve centimeters (112 cm).
Exits shall be so arranged that the total length of travel from any point to
reach an exit will not exceed forty six (46) meters in any place of assembly
for spaces not protected by approved, supervised sprinkler system and
sixty one (61) meters in areas so protected.
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F. Types of Exits
1. Exits of the specified number and width shall be of one or more of the
following types, in accordance with the provisions of Division 5 of this
Rule.
b. Horizontal exits
c. Smokeproof enclosures
d. Stairs
e. Ramps
2. Turnstiles
G. Panic Hardware
1. Seating
a. The spacing of rows of seats from back to back shall be not less
than eighty three centimeters (83 cm), nor less than sixty eight
centimeters (68 cm) plus the sum of the thickness of the back and
inclination of the back. There shall be a space of not less than thirty
centimeters (30 cm) from the back of one seat and the front of the
seat immediately behind it as measured between plumb lines.
b. Rows of seats between aisles shall have not more than fourteen
(14) seats.
c. Rows of seats opening onto an aisle at one side only shall have not
more than seven (7) seats.
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2. Aisles
a. When serving more than sixty (60) seats; every aisle shall be not less
than nine hundred fifteen millimeters (915 mm) when serving seats
on one side only and not less than one hundred twenty-two
centimeters (122 cm) when serving seats on both sides. Such
minimum width shall be measured at the point farthest from an exit,
cross aisles, or foyer and shall be increased in width by two and a
half centimeters (2.5 cm) for each meter in length toward the exit,
cross aisles, or foyer.
b. When serving sixty (60) seats or less, aisles shall be not less than
seventy six centimeters (76 cm) wide.
c. Aisles shall terminate in a cross aisle, foyer, or exit. The width of such
cross aisle, foyer, or exit shall be not less than the sum of the
required width of the widest aisle plus fifty (50%) percent of the
total required width of the remaining aisles which it serves.
e. The length of travel to an exit door by any aisle shall be not greater
than forty six meters (46 m).
g. The gradient of sloping aisles shall not exceed twelve and a half
(12.5%) percent.
3. Railings
c. Cross aisles shall be provided with railings not less than sixty-six (66)
centimeters high.
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I. Lighting and Signs
A. Definitions
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5. Proscenium wall is a fire resistive wall which separates a stage or
enclosed platform from the public or spectators' area of an auditorium
or theater.
B. Every stage equipped with fly galleries, gridirons, and rigging for movable
theater-type scenery, and every enclosed platform larger than forty six
and a half square meters (46.5 m2) in area shall be protected with the
automatic fire suppression system at the ceiling, under the gridiron, in
usable spaces under the stage or platform and in auxiliary spaces and
dressing rooms, storerooms, and workshops.
When opening are provided in the stage floor for stage lifts, trap doors or
stairs, automatic fire suppression system shall be provided around the
opening at the ceiling below the stage, and baffles at least thirty (30)
centimeters in depth shall be installed around the perimeter of the
opening.
C. Every stage and every enclosed platform larger than forty six and a half
square meters (46.5 m2) shall have ventilators in or above it, operable from
the stage floor by hand and also opening by fusible links or other
approved automatic heat actuated device, or heat and smoke
actuated device, to give a free opening equal to at least five (5) percent
of the area floor of the stage or enclosed platform. Where mechanical
ventilation is provided it shall be so arranged that natural ventilation, at
least equal to the above, will be available. Make up air for mechanical
ventilation shall not be obtained from the audience (seating) areas.
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