FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Minimum Width Of An Exit Door- 0.71 Mts.

Minimum Floor To Ceiling Height - 2.30 Mts.
Maximum Stair Rise For Class A Stair - 0.19 Mts.
Maximum Heights Between Landings For A Class A Stair - 2.75 Mts.
Minimum Headroom For Class A And B Stairs - 2.00 Mts.
Unit Area Per Person For Waiting Areas Or Standing Room - 0.28 Sqm.
Number Of Exits For Place Of Assembly For 1000 Occpants - 4
Travel Distance To An Exit Without Fire Sprinkler System - 46.00 Mts.
Travel Distance To An Exit With Fire Sprinkler System - 61.00 Mts.
Minimum Spacing Of Rows Of Seats From Back To Back For A Public Assembly Building - 0.83
Mts.
Maximum Number Of Seats In A Row Between Aisles - 14 Seats
Maximum Number Of Seats In A Row Opening To An Aisle On One Side - 7 Seats
Standard Width Of A Seat Without Dividing Arms For Places Of Assembly - 0.60 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle Serving An Occupant Load Of 60 - 0.91 Mts.
Minimum Headroom Created By Any Projection From The Ceiling - 2.00 Mts.
Minimum Clear Width Of Turnstiles - 0.56 Mts.
Minimum Direction Width Of Landings In The Direction Of Travel For Class A And B Stairs. 1.12 MTS.
Minimum Number Of Risers In Any One Flight Of Stairs. - 3
Minimum Height Of A Handrail Above The Upper Surface Of The Tread - 0.76 Mts.
Minimum Clearance Of A Handrail From Any Wall - 0.38 Mts.
Minimum Height Of A Guardrail - 0.91 Mts.
Maximum Height Of A Guardrail - 1.06 Mts.
Minimum Inner Radius Of A Monumental Stair - 7.50 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Any Balcony Or Bridge. - 1.12 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Any Class A Ramp.-1.12 Mts.
Maximum Rise Of Any Floor From The Balcony To Which An Access Door Leads. - 0.203 Mts.
Maximum Vertical Height In Floors Of An Escalator - 1 Floor
Minimum Width Of A Fire Escape Stair For Existing Stairs - 0.559 Mts.
Minimum Width Of A Landing For A Fire Escape Stair For Existing Stairs - 0.559 Mts.
Minimum Tread For Fire Escape Stair Of A Small Building - 0.1525 Mts.
Maximum Rise For Fire Escape Stair Of A Small Building - 0.305 Mts.
Maximum Rise For Fire Escape Stair Of Existing Stairs - 0.229 Mts.
Maximum Height Between Landings Of A Fire Escape Stair For Existing Stairs. - 3.66 Mts.
Minimum Headroom Clearance For Fire Escape Stairs For Existing Stairs.- 2.13 Mts.
Minimum Headroom Clearance For Fire Escape Stairs For Small Buildings - 1.98 Mts.
Number Of Exits For Place Of Assembly For 600-1000 Occupants -3
Maximum Occupant Load For Class C Public Assembly - 50-300
Minimum Number Of Exits For An Institutional Type Of Structure - 2 Exits
Maximum Travel Distance Between Room Door Intended As Exit Access And Exit With
Sprinkler System For Institutional Use. - 30 Meters
Maximum Travel Distance From Door Of Any Room To Exit For Hotels With Sprinkler -30
Meters

 Maximum Travel Distance From Main Entrance Door To Exit For Apartments With Sprinkler 31 Meters
Maximum Increase In Width For An Aisle Per Linear Meter - 0.025 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle Serving An Occupant Of 60 Or More Serving One Side Of A Public
Assembly Building - 0.91 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle Serving An Occupant Of 60 Or More Serving Two Sides Of A
Public Assembly Building - 1.00 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle Serving An Occupant Of Below 60 For A Public Assembly Building
-0.76 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle For An Educational Use Building -1.80 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle For Hospitals Or Nursing Homes. -2.44 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle For Custodial Care Institutions. - 1.83 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle For Business Use Structure -1.12 Mts.
Minimum Width Of An Aisle For An Industrial Building - 1.12 Mts.
Occupant Load Per Person For Laboratories -4.60 Sqm.
Jails Are Classified Under What Type Of Occupancy? -Institutional
Courtrooms With An Occupant Load Of More Than 100 Are Classified Under What
Classification Of Occupany? -Assembly
Armories With An Occupant Load Of More Than 100 Are Classified Under What Classification
Of Occupancy? -Assembly
Libraries Are Classified Under What Classification Of Occupancy? - Business
Rooms Where Baled, Bundled Or Piled Materials Segregated Into Desired Sizes Or GroupsPicking Rooms
Buildings Or Structures Which Are 15 Meters Or More In Height? - High Rise Building
Buildings Or Structures Used For Storage Of Explosives, Shells, Projectile, Etc. - Explosive
Magazine
An Air Compartment Or Chamber To Which One Or More Ducts Are Connected And Which
Form Part Of An Air Distribution System - Plenum
A Kind Of Stable Explosive Which Explodes By Percussion - Fulminate
Descriptive Of Any Material That Instantly Ignites When Exposed To Air - Pyrophoric
Material That Readily Yealds Oxygen In Quantities Sufficient To Stimulate Or Support
Combustion - OXIDIZING MATERIAL
A Process Where A Piece Of Metal Is Heated Prior To Changing Its Shape And Dimension Forging
The Process Of First Raising The Temperature To Separate The More Volatile From The Less
Volatile Parts And Then Cooling And Condensing The Result Vapor As To Produce A Nearly
Purified Substance.-Distillation
A Finely Powdered Substance Which When Mixed With Air In The Proper Proportion And
Ignited Will Cause An Explosion - Dust
Temperature Rating At Flash Point - 37.8 Deg C/ 100 Deg F
Class Of Fire With Flammable Liquid And Gasses - Class B
Temperature At Which Liquid Is Transformed Into Vapor - Boiling Point
Minimum Fire Resistance Rating For Fire Wall - Four Hour Fire Rating
Continuous Passageway For The Transmission Of Air - Duct System
Minimum Temperature At Which Material Gives Off Vapor In Sufficient Concentration To Form
An Ignitable Mixture With Air - Flash Point

 A Gas, Fume Or Vapor Used For The Destruction Or The Control Of Insects, Fungi, Vermin,
Germs, Rodents Or Other Pests. - Fumigant
Minimum Width Of Any Driveway In And Around A Lumber Yard/ Piles - 4.50 Mts.
Minimum Height Of Fence For A Lumber Yard For Exterior Storage Of Lumber - 1.80 Mts.
Maximum Width Of Sumps For The Retention Of Oil And Petrolium Products. For Refineries,
Distilleries, And Chemical Plants, Minimum Heiht Of Fence - 1.50 Mts.
Minimum Travel Distance From Any Individual Room Subject To Occupancy By Not More Than 6
Persons- 15.00 Mts.
Maximum Distance Of Travel From The High Hazard Area To An Exit. - 23.00 Mts.
Minimum Distance Of An Incinerator From Any Structure Used Other Than A Single Family
Dwelling.- 3.00 Mts.
Maximum Reduction Of Width Of A Stair By A Handrail. - 0.09 Mts.
Minimum Width Of A Single Door In A Doorway - 0.71 Mts.
Maximum Change In Elevation Between The Interior Of A Door To The Outside If Its Other Than
A Balcony - 0.205 Mts.
Maximum Force In Kilograms Required For A Panic Hardware - 7 Kgs.
Maximum Height Required For A Panic Hardware - 1.12 Mts.
Minimum Height Required For A Panic Hardware - 0.76 Mts.
Maximum Number Of Occupants For A Subdivided Room Or Space By A Folding Partition - 20
Minimum Width Of A Door For Family Daycare Homes - 0.61 Mts.
Minimum Stair Width For Class B Stairs Having An Occupant Load Of More Than 50
Occupants -0.91 Mts.
In Exit Hallways The Width Of A Hallway Should Not Be Reduced By More Than _________
Considering An Opened Door - 0.08 Mts.
Length Of Nosing Or Effective Projection Over The Level Immediately Below It For Tread Below
25 Cm In Dimension - 0.025 Mts./ 25 Mm / 1
Maximum Height Of Handrail - 0.865 Mts.
Combustible Liquids Are Liquids Having A Flash Point Of Or Above - 37.8 Deg C / 100 Deg F
The Time Duration That A Material Or Construction Can Withstand The Effect Of Standard Fire
Test Is Known As- Fire Resistance Rating
Any Material Which By Its Nature Or As A Result Of Its Reaction With The Other Elements
Produces A Rapid Drop In Temperature Of The Immediate Surroundings. - Cryogenic
The Travel Distance To Exits Shall Be For Mercantile Occupancies. - 30.50 Mts.
Under What Classification Of Occupancy Does Pool Rooms Fall - Assembly
Under What Classification Of Occupancy Does Home For The Aged Fall? - Institutional
Under What Classification Of Occupancy Does Court Houses Fall? - Business
Under What Classification Of Occupancy Does Refineries Fall? - Industrial
Under What Classification Of Occupancy Does Drugstores Fall? - Mercantile
Minimum Width Of An Aisle For Mercantile Occupancies? - 0.71 Mts.
Minimum Number Of Aisles For Class A Stores? - 1 Aisle
Minimum Clear Width Of Aisles For Class A Stores? - 1.50 Mts.
Minimum Clear Width Of Exits Through A Covered Mall? - 3.66 Mts.
Minimum Height Of Buildings Requiring Automatic Sprinkler Protection? - 15 Mts.
Standard Inner Radius Of A Curved Stair In Business Occupancies? - 0.763 Mts.
Maximum Height Of Riser For Class A Stairs? - 0.19 Mts.
Maximum Height Of Riser For Class B Stairs? - 0.20 Mts.

 Minimum Width Of Class B Stairs Serving More Than 50 Persons? - 1.12 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Class B Stairs Serving 50 Persons And Below? - 0.91 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Class A Stairs? - 1.12 Mts.
Maximum Projection Of A Handrail Over A Stair? - 0.038 Mts. / 38 Mm
Minimum Height Between Landings For Class B Stairs? - 3.70 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Landings In Direction Of Travel For Class A And B Stairs? - 1.12 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Class A Ramp? - 1.12 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Class B Ramp? - 0.76 Mts.
Standard Slope Of Class B Ramp In Percentage? - 10-17%
Maximum Height Between Landings For A Class A Ramp? - No Limit
Maximum Height Between Landings For A Class B Ramp? - 3.66 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Ramps For 3 Or More Stories In Height? - 1.20 Mts.
Minimum Width For Fire Escape For Existing Stairs? - 0.559 Mts.
Minimum Horizontal Dimension Of Any Landing Or Platform For Existing Stairs For Fire Escape?
- 0.559 Mts.
Maximum Rise For Fire Escape In Small Buildings? - 0.305 Mts.
Maximum Height Between Landings For Fire Escape For Existing Stairs? - 3.66 Mts.
Minimum Distance Of Travel To An Exit For Storage Of High Hazard Commodities? - 23.00 Mts.
Class Of Fire Involving Combustible Metals, Such As Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, And
Other Similar Materials? - Class D
Class Of Fire Involving Combustible Materials, Such As Wood, Paper, Cloth, Rubber And
Plastics? -Class A
A Tank Vat Or Container Of Flammable Or Combustible Liquid In Which Articles Or Materials
Are Immersed For The Purpose Of Coating, Finishing, Treating Or Similar Properties? - Dip
Tank
An Integrated System Of Underground Or Over Head Piping Or Both Connected To A Source
Of Extinguishing Agents Or Medium And Designed In Accordance With Fire Protection
Engineering Standards Which When Actuated By Its Automatic Detecting Device,
Suppresses Fire Within The Area Protected - Automatic Fire Suppression System
A Continuous And Unobstructed Route Of Exit From Any Point In A Building To A Public Way Means Of Egress
Minimum Distance Of An Incinerator Containing Kindled Fire Or Rubbish Fire Or Bonfires 5.00 Mts.
Under What Classification Do Museums Fall Under? - Assembly
Under What Classification Do Town Halls Fall Under? - Business
Maximum Width Of A Single Door In A Doorway? - 1.22 Mts.
Minimum Tread For Fire Escape Stairs For Exisiting Stairs? - 0.229 Mts.
Maximum Spacing Of Rungs For A Fire Escape Ladder? - 0.305 Mts.
Minimum Spacing Of Rungs For A Fire Escape Ladder? - 0.250 Mts.
Class Iii Combustible Liquids Shall Mean Any Liquid Having A Flash Point At How Many
Degrees Celsius? - 60 Degrees C
In Standard Seating Minimum Spacing Back To Back - 0.830 Mts.
Minimum Space From The Back Of A Chair To The Front Of The Chair Behind - 0.30 Mts.
Maximum Slope For Aisles For Public Assembly Structures -1:8 / 12.5%
Size Of Standpipe Provided For Each Stage For Public Assembly Building - 63.5 Mm
Occupant Load Per Person For Classrooms - 1.8 Sqm.

 Where Exterior Corridors Or Balconies Are Provided As Means Of Exit, They Shall Open To The
Outside And Shall Be Spaced ______ Meters Apart. (Educational) - 76.25 Mts.
Minimum Dimension Of A Rescue Window For Educational Occupancies - 0.550 Mts.
Maximum Height From The Floor For A Rescue Window For Educational Occupancies - 0.82
Mts.
Minimum Width Of Corridors, Aisles, And Ramps For Exits In Hospitals And Nursing Homes 2.44 Mts.
Minimum Width Of Corridors, Aisles, And Ramps For Exits In Residential Custodial Care 1.83 Mts.
Any Room For Sleeping In Institutional Occupancies If Subdivided Shall Have A Maximum
Area Of How Many Square Meters. - 465 Sqm.
Includes Buildings Or Groups Of Building Under The Same Management In Which There Are
More Than 15 Sleeping Accomodations For Hire. - Hotel
Includes Buildings Containing Three Or More Living Units Independent Cooking And
Bathroom Facilities, Whether Designed As Rowhouse, Apartment House, Tenement,
Garden Apartment, Or By Any Other Name. - Apartment Buildings
Minimum Number Of Stories Of Apartment Buildings Requiring Fire Alarm System - 3
Minimum Number Of Aprtment Units Requiring A Fire Alarm System - 12