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Calorie - The amount of heat needed to raise the Class B Fires - Fires involving flammable
temperature of one liquids, greases
gram of water one degree Centigrade. and gases.
Centigrade - (Celcius) On the Centigrade scale, Class C Fires - Fires involving energized
zero is the melting electrical equipment.
point of ice; 100 degrees is the boiling point of
water. Class D Fires - Fires involving
combustible metals, such as
Chemical Heat Energy magnesium, titanium, zirconium, sodium
and potassium.
Heat of Combustion - The amount of heat
generated by the Class K Fires - Class K is a new
combustion (oxidation) process. classification of fire as
of 1998 and involves fires in combustible
Heat of Decomposition - The release of cooking fuels such
heat from decomposing as vegetable or animal fats.
compounds. These compounds may be
Combustion - is the self-sustaining process of electrical force through a conductor such
rapid oxidation of a as a wire or
fuel being reduced by an oxidizing agent along an appliance.
with the evolution of
heat and light. Static Electricity Heating - Heat released
as an arc between
Dry Chemicals and Halons - method of fire oppositely charged surfaces. Static
extinguishment, interrupt electricity can be
the flame producing chemical reaction, resulting generated by the contact and separation of
in rapid extinguishment. charged surfaces
or by fluids flowing through pipes.
Electrical Heat Energy
Oxidation - The complex chemical reaction of Chief of the Fire Bureau - rank is Director.
organic material with
oxygen or other oxidizing agents in the formation Deputy Chief for Administration of the Fire
of more stable Bureau - 2nd
compounds. highest officer in the BFP. Rank is Chief
Superintendent.
Oxidizing Agents - are those materials that yield
oxygen or other Deputy Chief for Operation of the Fire
oxidizing gases during the course of a chemical Bureau - the 3rd
reaction. highest officer in the BFP. Rank is Chief
Superintendent.
Oxygen Dilution - is the reduction of the oxygen
concentration to Chief of Directorial Staff of the Fire Bureau
the fire area. - 4th highest
officer in the BFP. Rank is Chief
Phases of Fire Superintendent.
Assistant Regional Director for Fire In no case shall any officer who has retired
Protection - The or is retirable
assistant heads of the Department's within six (6) months from his/her
regional offices - rank compulsory retirement age
is Senior Superintendent. be appointed as Chief of the Fire Bureau
or Chief of the
District Fire Marshall - the heads of the Jail Bureau.
NCR district offices -
rank is Senior Superintendent. The Chief of the Fire Bureau and Chief of
the Jail Bureau
Provincial Fire Marshall - the heads of the shall serve a tour of duty not to exceed
provincial offices - four (4) years.
rank is Superintendent.
The President may extend such tour of
District Fire Marshall - heads of the district duty in times of war
offices - rank or other national emergency declared by
is Chief Inspector. Congress.
Chief of Municipal/City Fire Station - (also RA 9514 - this act shall be known as the fire
called City/ code of the Philippines
Municipal Fire Marshall) - the heads of the of 2008. An Act establishing a comprehensive
municipal or fire code of the
city stations - rank is Senior Inspector. Philippines repealing PD 1185 and for other
purposes.
Fire Station - at least one in every
provincial capital, city Specific Gravity - the density of liquids in
and municipality. relation to water.
Cellulose Nitrate or Nitro Cellulose - A highly Damper - A normally open device installed inside
combustible and an air duct system
explosive compound produced by the reaction of which automatically closes to restrict the passage
nitric acid with a of smoke or fire.
cellulose material.
Distillation - The process of first raising the
Cellulose Nitrate Plastic (Pyroxylin) - Any temperature in separate
plastic substance, the more volatile from the less volatile parts and
materials or compound having cellulose nitrate then cooling and
(nitro cellulose) condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce
as base. a nearly purified
substance.
Combustible, Flammable or Inflammable -
Descriptive of materials Duct System - A continuous passageway for the
that are easily set on fire. transmission of air.
Combustible Fiber - Any readily ignitable and Dust - A finely powdered substance which, when
free burning fiber such mixed with air in the
as cotton, oakum, rags, waste cloth, waste proper proportion and ignited will cause an
explosion. and the safeguarding of life and property.
Electrical Arc - An extremely hot luminous Fire Lane - The portion of a roadway or public
bridge formed by passage way that should be kept
of an electric current across a space between opened and unobstructed at all times for the
two conductors or expedient operation of
terminals due to the incandescence of the fire fighting units.
conducting vapor.
Fire Protective and Fire Safety Device - Any
Ember - A hot piece or lump that remains after a device intended for the
material has protection of buildings or persons to include but
partially burned, and is still oxidizing without the not limited to
manifestation of flames. built-in protection system such as sprinklers and
other automatic
Finishes - Materials used as final coating of a extinguishing system, detectors for heat, smoke
surface for ornamental and combustion
or protective purposes. products and other warning system components,
personal protective
Fire - The active principle of burning, equipment such as fire blankets, helmets, fire
characterized by the heat suits, gloves and other
and light of combustion. garments that may be put on or worn by persons
to protect themselves
Fire Trap - A building unsafe in case of fire during fire.
because it will burn
easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fire Fire Safety Constructions - Refers to design
escapes. and installation of walls,
barriers, doors, windows, vents, means of
Fire Alarm - Any visual or audible signal egress, etc. integral to and
produced by a device or incorporated into a building or structure in order
system to warm the occupants of the building or to minimize danger
fire fighting to life from fire, smoke, fumes or panic before the
elements of the presence or danger of fire to building is
enable them to evacuated. These features are also designed to
undertake immediate action to save life and achieve, among others,
property and to suppress safe and rapid evacuation of people through
the fire. means of egress sealed
from smoke or fire, the confinement of fire or
Fire Door - A fire resistive door prescribed for smoke in the room or
openings in fire floor of origin and de lay their spread to other
separation walls or partitions. parts of the building
by means of smoke sealed and fire resistant
Fire Hazard - Any condition or act which doors, walls and floors.
increases or may cause an It shall also me an to include the treatment of
increase in the probability of the occurrence of buildings components
fire, or which or contents with flame retardant chemicals.
may obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with fire
fighting operations Flash Point - The minimum temperature at
which any material gives off conductor used to bypass a
vapor in sufficient concentration to form an safety device in an electrical system.
ignitable mixture with air.
Occupancy - The purpose for which a building or
Forcing - A process where a piece of metal is portion thereof is
heated prior to changing used or intended to be used.
its shape or dimensions.
Occupant - Any person actually occupying and
Fulminate - A kind of stable explosive compound using a building or
which explodes by portions thereof by virtue of a lease contract with
percussion. the owner or
administrator or by permission or sufferance of
Hazardous Operation/Process - Any act of the latter.
manufacturing, fabrication,
conversion, etc., that uses or produces materials Organic Peroxide - A strong oxidizing organic
which are likely compound which
to cause fires or explosion. releases oxygen readily. It causes fire when in
contact with
Horizontal Exit - Passageway from one building combustible materials especially under
to another or through conditions of high temperature.
or around a wall in approximately the same floor
level. Overloading - The use of one or more electrical
appliances or devices
Hose Box - A box or cabinet where fire hoses, which draw or consume electrical current beyond
valves and other equipment the designed capacity
are stored and arranged for fire fighting. of the existing electrical system.
Hose Reel - A cylindrical device turning on an Owner - The person who holds the legal right of
axis around which a possession or title
fire hose is wound and connected. to a building or real property.
Hypergolic Fuel - A rocket or liquid propellant Oxidizing Material - A material that readily
which consist of yields oxygen in
combinations of fuels and oxidizers which ignite quantities sufficient to stimulate or support
spontaneously on combustion.
contact with each other.
Pressurized Or Forced Draft Burning
Industrial Baking and Drying - The industrial Equipment - Type or burner where
process of subjecting the fuel is subjected to pressure prior to
materials to heat for the purpose of removing discharge into the
solvents or moisture combustion chamber and/or which includes fans
from the same, and/or to fuse certain chemical or other provisions for
salts to form a the introduction of air at above normal
uniform glazing the surface of materials being atmosphere pressure into the
treated. same combustion chamber.
Damper - a normally open device installed Fire Lane - the portion of a roadway or public
inside an air duct system which automatically way that should be kept opened and
closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire. unobstructed at all times for the expedient
operations of firefighting units.
Distillation - the process of first raising the
temperature to separate the more volatile from Fire Protective and Fire Safety Device - any
the less volatile parts and then cooling and device intended for the protection of buildings or
condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce persons to include but not limited to built in
as nearly purified substance. protection system such as sprinklers and
other automaticextinguishing system,detectors
Duct system - a continuous passageway for the for heat,smoke and combustion products and
transmission of air. other warning system components,personal
protective equipment such as fire
Dust - a finely powdered substance which when blankets,helmets,fire suits,globes and
mixed with air in the proper proportion and other garments that may be put on or worn by
ignited will cause an explosion. persons to protect themselves during fire.
Electrical arc - an extremely hot luminous bridge Fire Safety Constructions - refers to design and
formed by passage of an electric current across a installations
space between two conductors or terminals due of walls,barriers,doors,windows,vents,means of
to the incandescence of the conducting vapor. egress etc. integral to and incorporated into a
building or structure in order to minimize danger
to life,from smoke,fire,fumes or panic before the Organic Peroxide - a strong oxidizing organic
building is evacuated. compound which release oxygen readily. It
causes fire
Flash Point - the minimum temperature at which when in contact with combustible materials
any material gives off vapor in sufficient especially under conditions of high temperature.
concentration to form an ignitable mixture with
air. Overloading - the use of one or more electrical
appliances or devices which draw or consume
Forcing - a process where a piece of metal is electrical current beyond the designed capacity
heated prior to changing its shape or dimensions. of the existing electrical system.
Fulminate - a kind of stable explosive compound Owner - the person who holds the legal right of
which explodes by percussion. possession or title to a building or real property.
Hazardous operation/process - any act of Oxidizing Material - a material that readily yields
manufacturing, fabrication, conversion etc., or oxygen in quantities sufficient to stimulate or
produces materials which are likely to cause fires support combustion.
or explosions.
Pressurized or Forced Draft Burning
Horizontal exit - passage way from one building Equipment - type or burner where the fuel is
to another or through or around a wall in subjected to pressure prior to discharge into the
approximately the same floor level. combustion chamber and /or which includes fans
or other provisions for the introduction of air
Hose Box - a box or cabinet where fire hoses, above normal atmosphere pressure into the
valves and other equipment are stored and same combustion chamber.
arranged for firefighting.
Public Assembly Building - any building or
Hose Reel - a cylindrical device turning on an structure where 50 0r more people congregate,
axis around which a fire hose is connected.\. gather or assemble for any purpose.
Hypergolic fuel - a rocket or liquid propellant Public Way - any street, alley or other strip of
which consist of combinations of fuels and land unobstructed from the ground to the sky,
oxidizers which ignite simultaneously on contact dedicated for public use.
with each other.
Pyrophoric - descriptive of any substance that
Industrial Baking and Drying - the industrial ignites spontaneously when exposed to air.
process of subjecting materials to heat for the
purpose of removing solvents or moisture from Refining - a process where impurities and,or
the same and,or to fuse certain chemical salts to deleterious materials are removed from a mixture
form a uniform glazing the surface of materials in order to produce a pure element of compound.
being treated. It shall also refer to partial distillation and
electrolysis.
Jumper - a piece of metal or an electrical
conductor used to bypass a safety device in an Self Closing Doors - automatic closing doors
electrical system. that are designed to confine smoke and heat and
delay the spread o fire.
Occupancy - the purpose for which a building or
portion thereof is used or intended to be used. Smelting - melting or fusing of metallic ores or
compounds so as to separate impurities from
Occupant - any person actually occupying and pure metals.
using a building or portions thereof by virtue of a
lease contract with the owner or administrator or Sprinkler System - an integrated network of
by permission or sufferance of the latter. hydraulically designed piping installed in a
building, structure or area with outlets arranged Headed by a Chief who shall be assisted
in a systematic pattern which automatically by a Deputy Chief. It shall composed of a
discharges water when activated by heat or Provincial, District, City and Municipal
combustion products from a fire. stations.
In large provinces, district offices may be
Standpipe System - a system of vertical pipes in established to be headed by a district fire
a building to which fire hoses can be attached on marshall.
each floor, including a system by which water is In large cities and municipalities, district
made available to the outlet as needed. offices may be established with
subordinate fire stations headed by a
Vestibule - a passage hall or ante chamber district fire marshall.
between the outer doors and the interior parts of There shall be at least one fire station in
a house or building. every provincial, capital, city and
municipality.
Vertical Shaft - a enclosed vertical space of The local government unit shall provide
passage that extends from floor to floor as well the site of the fire station.
as from the base to the top of the building.
RA no.9514 - Revised Fire Code of the BFP Key Positions
Philippines of 2008 (Dec. 19, 2008).
PD. 1185 - known as the fire code of the The Chief of the Fire Bureau - rank is
Philippines, was enacted into law 1977, repealed Director.
by RA no. 9514. The Deputy Chief of the Fire Bureau -
rank is Chief Superintendent.
RA no. 9263 - Bureau of Fire Protection and Assistant Regional Director for Fire
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Protection - rank is Senior
Professionalization Act of 2004. Superintendent.
District Fire Marshall of NCR District
BFP Powers/Functions Offices - rank is Senior Superintendent.
Provincial Fire Marshall - rank is
1. Preventions and suppression of all Superintendent.
destructive District Fire Marshall of Province - rank is
fires on Chief Inspector.
a. buildings Chief of City/Municipal Fire Station - rank
b. houses is Senior Inspector.
c. other structure
d. forest
e. land transportation vehicles Key Positions - Qualifications
f. ships/vessels 1. Municipal Fire Marshal - should have the
g. petroleum industry installations rank of
h. plane crashes and similar incidents Senior Inspector.
2. Enforcement of the Fire Code of the a. Must have finished at least 2nd year
Philippines Bachelor of
3. Investigate all causes of fire Laws or earned at least 12 units in a
4. File proper complaints with the prosecutors masters
office degree program in public administration,
management, engineering, public safety,
criminology or other related discipline.
note: Vessel/Ship must be docked at piers b. Must have satisfactory passed the
or wharves or anchored in major seaport. necessary
training of career courses for such position
as
BFP Organization may be established by the fire bureau.
2. City Fire Marshal - should have the rank of
Chief must
Inspector. be a holder of a masters degree in public
a. Must have finished at least 2nd year administration, management, engineering,
Bachelor of public safety, criminology or other related
Laws or earned at least 24 units in a disciplines.
masters b. Must have satisfactory passed the
degree program in public administration, necessary
management, engineering, public safety, training or career courses as may be
criminology or other related disciplines. established
b. Must have satisfactory passed the by the fire bureau.
necessary 6. Chief of the Fire Bureau - should have the
training or career courses for such position rank
as of Director.
may be established by the fire bureau. a. Must be a member of the Philippine Bar or
3. District Fire Marshal/Provincial Fire Marshal/ a
Assistant Regional Director for Administration/ masters degree in public administration,
Assistant Regional Director for Operations/ management, engineering, public safety,
Chief of Directorial Staff - should have the rank criminology or other related discipline.
of b. Must satisfactory passed the necessary
Superintendent. the training or career courses for such
a. Must be a graduate of Bachelor of Laws or position
a as may be established by the fire bureau.
holder of a Masters degree in public
administration, management, engineering,
public safety, criminology, or other related
disciplines.
b. Must have satisfactory passed the
necessary
training or career courses for such position
as
may be established by the fire bureau.
4. District Fire marshal for the NCR/Regional
Director for Fire Protection/Director of the
Directorate of the National Headquarters
Office -
should have at least the rank of Senior
Superintendent.
a. Must be a graduate of Bachelor of Laws or
a
holder of masters degree in public
administration,
management, engineering, public safety,
criminology, or other related disciplines.
b. Must have satisfactory passed the
necessary
training or career course for such position
as may
be established by the fire bureau.