fire

• This Act is known as the “Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008”.
• Vertical Shaft is an enclosed vertical space of passage that extends from floor to floor, as well as from the base to the top of the building.
• The policy of the State is 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.
• The State enforces all laws, rules and regulations to ensure adherence to standard fire prevention and safety measures, and promotes accountability in the fire protection and prevention service.
• As used in this Fire Code, the term “Abatement” refers to any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard.
• An “Administrator” is any person who acts as agent of the owner and manages the use of a building for him.
• A “Blasting Agent” is any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.
• Cellulose Nitrate or Nitro Cellulose is a highly combustible and explosive compound produced by the reaction of nitric acid with a cellulose material.
• Cellulose Nitrate Plastic (Pyroxylin) is any plastic substance, materials or compound having cellulose nitrate (nitro cellulose) as base.
• Combustible Flammable or Inflammable is descriptive of materials that are easily set on fire.
• Combustible Fiber is 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.
• Corrosive Liquid is any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.
• Curtain Board is 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 is 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 is a normally open device installed inside air duct system which automatically closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire.
• Distillation is 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 is a continuous passageway for the transmission of air.
• Dust is a finely powdered substance which, when mixed with air in the proper proportion and ignited will cause an explosion.
• Electrical Arc is 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.
• Occupancy  The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is used or intended to be used.
• Pyrophoric  Descriptive of any substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed to air.
• Vestibule  A passage hall or antechamber between the outer doors and the interior parts of a house or building.
• 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.
• Industrial Baking and Drying  The industrial process of subjecting materials to heat for the purpose of removing solvents or moisture from the same, and/or to fuse certain chemical salts to form a uniform glazing on the surface of materials being treated.
• Hypergolic Fuel  A rocket or liquid propellant which consist of combinations of fuels and oxidizers which ignite spontaneously on contact with each other.
• Occupant  Any person actually occupying and using a building or portions thereof by virtue of a lease contract with the owner or administrator or by permission or sufferance of the latter.
• Overloading  The use of one or more electrical appliances or devices which draw or consume electrical current beyond the designed capacity of the existing electrical system.
• Public Assembly Building  Any building or structure where fifty (50) or more people congregate, gather, or assemble for any purpose.
• Pressurized or Forced Draft Burning Equipment  Type of burner where the fuel is subjected to pressure prior to discharge into the combustion chamber and/or which includes fans or other provisions for the introduction of air at above normal atmospheric pressure into the same combustion chamber.
• Standpipe System  A system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be attached on each floor, including a system by which water is made available to the outlets as needed.
• It causes fire when in contact with combustible materials especially under conditions of high temperature.
• Hose Reel  A cylindrical device turning on an axis around which a fire hose is wound and connected.
• It shall also refer to partial distillation and electrolysis.
• Refining  A process where impurities and/or deleterious materials are removed from a mixture in order to produce a pure element or compound
• Jumper  A piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to bypass a safety device in an electrical system.
• Public Way  Any street, alley or other strip of land unobstructed from the ground to the sky, deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated for public use.
• Self-closing Doors  Automatic closing doors that are designed to confine smoke and heat and delay the spread of fire.
• Owner  The person who holds the legal right of possession or title to a building or real property.
• Smelting  Melting or fusing of metallic ores or compounds so as to separate impurities from pure metals.
• Organic Peroxide  A strong oxidizing organic compound which releases oxygen readily