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Any new construction which increases the height and/or floor area of existing buildings or structures.
ADDITION
Refers to any of the various units of the government including a department, bureau, office, instrumentality, or government owned or controlled corporation.
AGENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT
Works in buildings or structures involving changes in the materials used, partitioning, location or size of openings, structural parts, existing utilities and equipment but does not increase the building height and/or floor area.
ALTERATION
A reformatted prescribed application form duly accomplished and notarized by the respective design professional with validation matrices related to other building rules and regulations.
APPLICATION FORMS
Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, head of government or private institution, organization of any character applying for the issuance of permits and certificates.
APPLICANT or PERMITTEE
The Executive Officer of the OBO appointed by the Secretary.
BUILDING OFFICAL
A document issued by the Building Official (BO) to an owner or applicant to proceed with the construction, installation, addition, alteration, renovation, conversion, repair, moving, demolition or other work activity of a specific project, building or structure or portions thereof after the accompanying principal plans, specifications and other pertinent documents with the duly notarized application are found satisfactory and substantially conforming with the National Building Code of the Philippines (the Code) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).
BUILDING PERMIT
PD 1096, otherwise known as the National Building Code of the Philippines.
CODE
All on-site work done in the site preparation, excavation, foundation, assembly of all the components and installation of utilities, machinery and equipment of buildings or structures.
CONSTRUCTION
A change in the use or occupancy of buildings or structures or any portions thereof, which has different requirements.
CONVERSION
The systematic dismantling or destruction of a building/structure, in whole or in part.
DEMOLITION
The transfer of buildings or structures or portions thereof from original location or position to another, either within the same lot or to a different one.
MOVING
The applicable provisions of the various agency and technical professional codes that are supplementary to the Code.
REFERRAL CODES
Any physical change made on buildings or structures to increase the value, quality, and/or to improve the aesthetic.
RENOVATION
Remedial work done on any damaged or deteriorated portions of building or structure to restore to its original condition.
REPAIR
shall be of wood construction. The structural elements may be any of the materials permitted by the Code.
Type 1
shall be of wood construction with protective fire-resistant materials and one-hour fire-resistive throughout, except, that permanent non-bearing partitions may use fire-retardant treated wood within the framing assembly with one-hour resistivity.
Type 2
shall be of masonry and wood construction. Structural elements may be any of the materials permitted by the Code provided, that the building shall be one-hour fire-resistive throughout. Exterior walls shall be of incombustible fire-resistive construction.
Type 3
shall be steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction and walls, ceiling and permanent partitions shall be of incombustible fire-resistive construction, except, that permanent non-bearing partitions of one-hour fire-resistive construction may use fire-retardant treated wood within the framing assembly.
Type 4
shall be four-hour fire-resistive throughout and the structural elements shall be of steel, iron, concrete, or masonry construction.
Type 5
Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard.
Abatement
Any person who acts as agent of the owner and manages the use of a building for the latter.
Building Administrator
An airport, a defined area on land or water (including any building, installation and equipment) intended to be used wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement of aircrafts.
Aerodrome
A person who undertakes, whether directly or indirectly, by lease or any other arrangements, to engage in air transportation services or air commerce.
Air Carrier or Operator
Any engine used, or intended to be used, for the propulsion of an aircraft and includes all parts, appurtenances, and accessories thereof other than propellers.
Aircraft Engine
Any area used or intended for use for the parking, taxiing, takeoff, landing or other ground-based aircraft activity.
Aircraft Operation Area (AOA)
Any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface.
Aircraft
That portion of an airport where flammable liquids are stored or dispensed and shall include all facilities essential thereto, such as but not limited to, underground tanks from which aircraft fuel and lubricants may be drawn through dispensing devices.
Aircrafts Service Station
Any area of land or water designed, equipped, set apart or commonly used for affording facilities for the landing and departure of aircraft and includes any area or space, whether on the ground, on the roof of a building or elsewhere, which is designed, equipped or set apart for affording facilities for the landing and departure of aircrafts capable of descending or climbing vertically.
Airport
A medical gas used as anesthetic agents for surgical procedures that could either be flammable or non-flammable. Examples of flammable anesthetics are cyclopropane and ethylene. Examples of nonflammable anesthetic gases are nitrous oxides and halothane.
Anesthetics Gas
A stage or platform that opens on at least three (3) sides to audience seating. It may be with or without overhead scene handling facilities.
Arena stage
An integrated system of underground or overhead piping or both connected to a source of extinguishing agent or medium and designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards which, when actuated by its automatic detecting device, suppresses fires within the area protected.
Automatic Fire Suppression System
That portion of property where liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles and shall include any facilities available for the sale and service of tires, batteries and accessories, and for minor automotive maintenance work.
Automotive Service Station
A non liquid-tight transverse partition in a cargo tank.
Baffle
A large bundle or package of hay or a raw material such as cotton, tightly bound with string or wire to keep it in shape during transportation or storage.
Bale
A storage installation in which the maximum liquid level in the container below the surrounding grade or below a backfill berm, which is at least two hundred fifty centimeters (250 cm) wide at the top, and then slopes away from the container at natural angle of repose or is retained two hundred fifty centimeters (250 cm) from the container by a retaining wall, and constructed of earth, concrete, solid masonry or other suitable material designed to prevent the escape of liquid.
Below Ground Container
In open-pit mining, a berm refers to rocks piled alongside a haulage road or along the edge of a dump point intended as a safety measure. They are commonly required by government organizations to be at least one-half as tall as the wheel of the largest mining machine on-site.
Berm
Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.
Blasting Agent
A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
Blowout
The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the surrounding atmospheric pressure.
Boiling point
The expulsion of crude oil (or certain other liquids) from a burning tank in which the light fractions of the crude oil burn off producing a heat wave in the residue, which on reaching a water strata may result in the explosion of the portion of the contents of the tank in the form of a froth.
Boil-over
Any liquid cooled by the refrigerant and used for the transmission of heat without a change in its state, having no flash point or a flash point above sixty five and six-tenths Celsius (65.6°C) as determined by the American Society of Testing Materials Method D93.
Brine
Land covered with a dense undergrowth of small trees and brushes.
Brush
An assembly of equipment, such as oxygen storage containers, pressure regulators, safety devices, vaporizers, manifolds, and interconnecting piping, that has a storage capacity of more than five hundred sixty six cubic meters (566 m3) of oxygen including unconnected reserves on hand at the site.
Bulk Oxygen System
That portion of a property where liquids are received by tank vessel, pipelines, tank cars, or tank vehicle, and are stored or blended in bulk for the purpose of distributing such liquids by tank vessels, pipeline, tank car, tank vehicle, portable tank or container.
Bulk Plant
A liquid-tight closure between compartments of a cargo tank.
Bulkhead
Any tank having a liquid capacity more than four hundred fifty liters (450ℓ) used for carrying flammable and combustible liquids and mounted permanently or otherwise upon a tank vehicle. The term “cargo tank” does not apply to any container used solely for the purpose of supplying fuel for the propulsion of the tank vehicle upon which it is mounted.
Cargo Tank
A highly combustible and explosive compound produced by the reaction of nitric acid with a cellulose material.
Cellulose Nitrate or Nitro Cellulose
Any plastic substance, materials or compound having cellulose nitrate (nitro cellulose) as base.
Cellulose Nitrate Plastic (Pyroxylin)
The duly designated head of the City or Municipal Fire Station including those designated as “Officer-in-Charge” or in an “Acting” capacity. This shall also apply to highly urbanized Cities and Stations where by its approved organization the head is the District Fire Marshal or Station Commander as the case maybe.
City/Municipal Fire Marshal
A large integrated plant or that portion of such plant other than a refinery or distillery where flammable or combustible liquids are produced by chemical reactions or used in chemical reactions.
Chemical Plant
Fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood, cloth, rubber and plastics.
Class A Fires
Fires involving flammable liquids and gases.
Class B Fires
Fires involving energized electrical equipment.
Class C Fires
Fires involving combustible materials, such as sodium, magnesium, potassium, and other similar materials.
Class D Fire
Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats).
Class K Fires
Any container so sealed by means of a lid or other device that neither liquid nor vapor will escape from it at ordinary temperatures.
Closed Container
An accountable officer, who shall be responsible in the collection, deposit and remittance of fire code revenues from all fire code taxes, fees/charges and fines with AGDB or AGSB.
Collecting Officer
A pipeline system filled with water and connected to a constant water supply for the use of the BFP and the occupants of the buildings solely for fire suppression purposes.
Combination Standpipe
Any readily ignitable and free-burning fibers, such as but not limited, to cocoa fiber, cotton, excelsior, hay, hemp, henequen, istle, jute, kapok, oakum, rags, sisal, Spanish moss, straw, tow, waste cloth, waste paper, certain synthetic fibers commonly used in commerce, or any material in a fibrous or shredded form that will readily ignite when heat sources are present.
Combustible Fibers
Any liquid having a flash point at or above thirty seven and eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C)
Combustible Liquid
Any liquid that has a flash point at or above thirty seven and eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C) and below sixty degrees Celsius (60°C).
Class II Liquid
Any liquid that has a flash point at or above sixty degrees Celsius (60°C), but below ninety three degrees Celsius (93°C).
Class IIIA Liquid
Any liquid that has a flash point at or above ninety three degrees Celsius (93°C).
Class IIIB Liquid
Also known as loose waste material, are those generated by an establishment or process and, being salvageable, are retained for scrap or reprocessing on the premises where generated. These include, but not limited to, all combustible fibers, hay, straw, hair, feathers, down, wood shavings, turnings, styropor, all types of plastics, all types of paper products, soiled cloth trimmings and cuttings, rubber trimmings and buffings, metal fines, used oil and any mixture of the above items, or any other salvageable combustible waste material.
Combustible Waste
One that exists solely in the gaseous state under pressure in the range of two hundred seventy three kilopascal (273 KPa) to twenty four thousand nine hundred twenty three kilopascal (24,923 KPa) at all normal atmospheric temperature ranging from twenty degrees Celsius (20°C) to thirty seven and eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C) inside its container.
Compressed Gas
A pressure container designed to hold compressed gases at pressures greater than one atmosphere at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C).
Compressed Gas Container
Any vessel of less than two hundred twenty seven liters (227ℓ) capacity used for transporting or storing liquids.
Container
Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.
Corrosive Liquid
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.
Cryogenic
A pressure or low-pressure or atmospheric container of any size designed or used for the transportation, handling or storage of a cryogenic fluid, and which utilizes venting, insulation, refrigeration or a combination thereof to maintain the pressure within the design parameters for such container and to keep the contents in a liquid state.
Cryogenic Container
Fluids produced or stored at very low temperatures and that have normal boiling point below negative fifty five degrees Celsius (-55°C).
Cryogenic Fluids
A container in which the maximum liquid level is below the normal surrounding grade and is constructed of natural materials, such as earth and rock and pendent upon the freezing of watersaturated earth materials for its tightness or impervious nature.
Cryogenic Inground Container
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.
Curtain Board
A normally open device installed inside air duct systems which automatically closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire.
Damper
A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
Derrick
process for rapidly removing excess wet coating material from a dipped or coated object or material by passing it through an electrostatic field.
Detearing
A tank, vat or container of flammable or combustible liquid in which articles or materials are immersed for purposes of coating, finishing, treating, or similar processes.
Dip Tank
The process of first raising the temperature to 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.
Distillation
A plant or that portion where liquids produced by fermentation and distillation are concentrated, and where the concentrated products may also be mixed, stored, or packaged.
Distillery
A container which has a total capacity of two hundred twenty seven liters (227ℓ) used in storing liquid.
Drum
A type of standpipe system in which the pipes are normally not filled with water. Water is introduced into the system thru fire service connections when needed.
Dry Standpipe
Any finely divided solid, four millimeters (4 mm) or less in diameter (that is, material capable of passing through a U.S. No. 40 standard sieve) which, if mixed with air in the proper proportion, becomes explosive and may be ignited by a flame or spark or other source of ignition.
Dust
An extremely hot luminous bridge formed by the passage of an electric current across a space between two conductors or terminals.
Electrical Arc
A hot piece or lump that remains after a material has partially burned, and is still oxidizing without the manifestation of flames.
Ember
A partially enclosed portion of an assembly room the ceiling of which is not more than one hundred fifty five centimeters (155 cm) above the proscenium opening that is designed or used for the presentation of plays, demonstrations, or other entertainment wherein scenery, drops, decorations or other effects may be installed or used.
Enclosed Platform
Buildings, structures, or facilities used for the storage of explosive, shells, projectiles and ammunitions.
Explosive Magazines
Includes any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion.
Explosive
Materials used as final coating of a surface for ornamental or protective purposes.
Finishes
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.
Fire Alarm
A fire alarm system activated by the presence of fire, where the signal is transmitted to designated locations instead of sounding a general alarm.
Fire Alerting System
A collective term that is used to refer to a group of firefighters, primarily performing fire suppression activities in areas such as, but not limited to, community/barangay, company, and other government and nongovernment establishments.
Fire Brigade
A fire resistive door prescribed for openings in fire separation walls or partitions.
Fire Door
A practice drill for the orderly and safe evacuation of occupants in the buildings.
Fire Exit Drill
Any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the probability of the occurrence of fire, or which may obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with fire fighting operations and the safeguarding of life and property.
Fire Hazard
The portion of a roadway or public way that should be kept opened and unobstructed at all times for the expedient conduct of fire fighting operations.
Fire Lane
Any device intended for the protection of buildings or persons to include, but not limited to, built-in protection system such as sprinklers and other automatic extinguishing system, detectors for heat, smoke and combustion products and other warning system components, personal protective equipment such as fire blankets, helmets, fire suits, gloves and other garments that may be put on or worn by persons to protect themselves during fire.
Fire Protective and Fire Safety Device
The time duration that a material or construction can withstand the effect of a standard fire test.
Fire Resistance Rating
A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fire escapes.
Fire Trap
An organized group of private firefighters recognized by the BFP, who have voluntarily formed themselves to perform fire-related activities.
Fire Volunteer Organization (FVO)
A wall designed to prevent the spread of fire, having a fire resistance rating of not less than four (4) hours with sufficient structural stability to remain standing even if construction on either side collapses under fire conditions.
Fire Wall
The active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion.
Fire
Any compound or mixture which when applied properly improves the resistivity or fire resistance quality of fabrics and other materials.
Flame Retardant
The time in which flame will spread over the surface of a burning material.
Flame Spread Rating
The characteristic of a material on how easily it will burn or ignite, causing fire or combustion.
Flammability
Are liquids having flash points below thirty seven and eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C) except any mixture having components
Flammable Liquids
A kind of stable explosive compound which explodes by percussion.
Fulminate
Any substance which, by itself or in combination with any other substance, emits or liberates a gas, fume or vapor used for the destruction or control of insects, fungi, vermin, germs, rats, or other pests, and shall be distinguished from insecticides and disinfectants which are essentially effective in the solid or liquid phases. Examples are methyl bromide, ethylene dibromide, hydrogen cyanide, carbon disulphide and sulfuryl fluoride.
Fumigant
The utilization within an enclosed space of a fumigant in concentrations that is hazardous or acutely toxic to humans.
Fumigation
A large building in which aircrafts are kept or repaired.
Hangar
Any area covered with dry grass, cogon, reeds, brush, and other highly combustible growth or any area used for stockpiling of used or waste materials that, by virtue of exposure to environment, may cause its deterioration, decomposition or other conditions that fires are likely to occur therein and hard to suppress.
Hazardous Fire Area
Castings greater than eleven and three tenths kilograms (11.3 kg) with walls of large cross-sectional weights six and four tenths millimeters (6.4 mm). Castings less than eleven and three tenths kilograms (11.3 kg) are considered light.
Heavy Casting
An area of land or water or a structural surface that is used, or intended for use, for the landing and taking off of helicopters, and any appurtenant areas which are used, or intended for use, for heliport buildings and other heliport facilities.
Heliport
Same as “heliport,” except that fueling, defueling, maintenance, repairs or storage of helicopters is not permitted.
Helistop
A box or cabinet where fire hoses, valves and other equipment are stored and arranged for fire fighting.
Hose Box
A cylindrical device turning on an axis around which a fire hose is wound and connected.
Hose Reel
Any flammable gas liquefied through pressure. The liquid vaporizes under normal atmospheric pressure.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
A highly flammable metal which burns to over two thousand nine hundred eighty degree Celsius (2,980 °C). It is used as a principal element of aluminum alloy for the manufacture of mobile phones, laptop computers, cameras, and other electronic components, beverage cans, flashlight photography, flares, pyrotechnics, fireworks sparklers, automotive and truck components.
Magnesium
Is a continuous and unobstructed route of exit from one point in a building, structure or facility to a public way.
Means of Egress
A method of securing flat-bottomed compressed gas containers upright in a tight mass using a contiguous three-point contact system whereby all containers within a group have a minimum of three points of contact with other containers, walls or bracing.
Nesting
The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is used or intended to be used.
Occupancy
The maximum number of persons that may be allowed to occupy a particular building, structure, or facility, or portions hereof.
Occupant Load
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.
Occupant
A strong oxidizing organic compound which releases oxygen readily. It causes fire when in contact with combustible materials especially under conditions of high temperature.
Organic Peroxide
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.
Overloading
A mechanical device consisting of linkages and horizontal bars across a door, which when pushed from the inside will cause the door to open and facilitates exit from the building, structure or facility.
Panic Hardware
An air compartment or chamber to which one or more ducts are connected and which form part of an air distribution system.
Plenum
Any closed vessel having a liquid capacity over two hundred twenty seven liters (227ℓ) and not intended for fixed installation.
Portable Tank
A fire resistive wall which separates a stage or enclosed platform from the public or spectators’ area of an auditorium or theater.
Proscenium wall
Any street, alley or other strip of land unobstructed from the ground to the sky, deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated for public use.
Public Way
Descriptive of any substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed to air.
Pyrophoric
A process of restoring used tire to a usable condition by bonding new rubber onto the worn thread and lateral surface.
Recapping
An assembly of four (4) major components, namely the compressor, condenser, expansion valve, the evaporator, through which a very low boiling point substance (refrigerant) flow in cycle, and absorbs heat from the immediate surroundings, thereby producing the cooling effect (also known as the refrigerating effect).
Refrigerating System
An approved container, of not more than eighteen and nine tenths liter (18.9ℓ)-capacity having a spring-closing lid and spout cover and so designed that it will safely relieve internal pressure when subjected to fire exposure.
Safety Can
Is the ratio of the design burst pressure to the maximum working pressure and shall not be less than four (4).
Safety Factor
Automatic closing doors that are designed to confine smoke and heat and delay the spread of fire.
Self-Closing Doors
Refers to the process of melting or fusing metallic ores or compounds so as to separate impurities from pure metals.
Smelting
An integrated network of hydraulically designed piping system 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.
Sprinkler 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 water outlets as needed.
Standpipe System
The lowest part of a mine, vault, tank or a hole in the ground used to collect water, waste water and sludge for purposes of draining through a submersible pump.
Sump Pit
The process of supplying or removing air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space. Such air may or may not have been conditioned.
Ventilation
An enclosed vertical space of passage that extends from floor to floor, as well as from the base to the top of a building.
Vertical Shaft
A passage hall or antechamber between the outer doors and the interior parts of a house or building.
Vestibule
Refers to the copious flushing of an area with fresh air for the mitigation of explosion and other fire hazards.
Ventilation
