RA 9514 Flashcards
RA NO. 9514
Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008
RA No. 9514 repealed what PD no.?
PD No. 1185
policy of the State 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
RA 9514
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 him.
Administrator
Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.
Blasting Agent
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)
Descriptive of materials that are easily set on fire.
Combustible Flammable / Inflammable
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.
Combustible Fiber
Any liquid having a flash point at or above 37.8°C (100 °F).
Combustible Liquid
Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.
Corrosive Liquid
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
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 normally open device installed inside the air duct system which automatically closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire.
Damper
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 continuous passageway for the transmission of air.
Duct System
A finely powdered substance which, when mixed with air in the proper proportion and ignited will cause an explosion
Dust
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.
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
Materials used as final coating of a surface for ornamental or protective purposes.
Finishes
The active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion.
Fire
A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fire escapes.
Fire Trap
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 to enable them to undertake immediate action to save life and property and to suppress the fire.
Fire Alarm
