ENGR ARIEL TAN MIRANDA, DFSEDEPUTY CHIEF FIRE SAFETY ENFORCEMENT UNIT

and Concurrent as Chief Technical Staff

Technical consultant on High Rise BuildingFire Safety Evaluator

Plan Reviewer/EvaluatorMember:

Technical Committee on Preparation of IRR (Revision of Fire Code)Technical Committee of Revision of Fire Safety Correction Sheets

DILG – BFP

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No. 2005-143dated 15 December 2005

SET OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION

AND PERIODIC MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING

The Birth of FALAR24 April 2003 - Meeting of BFP, RADIAN and

USEC M. Corpuz to discuss FALAR

07 July 2003 - Bureau (BFP) Order No. 2003-1149Creating the committee on FALARSigned by Fire Chief: C Supt Francisco S. Senot

19 January 2005 - SOPI Endorsement on FALAR

15 December 2005- DILG Memo Circular 2005-143To : All Concerned/All Chiefs of the Local Fire ServiceSubject: FALAR Signed by: Rogelio F. Asignado, CESO IV

Chief BFPApproved by: Angelo T. Reyes

Secretary, DILG

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What is a Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report

(FALAR)? A vital document to be submitted to the Chief of the Local Fire Service (CLFS)

Expedite the processing of the Building Permit, Fire Safety Inspection Certificate and Occupancy Permit.

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FALAR - ObjectivesTo meet the two (2)-day plan review time requirement of

the DILG through the BFP.To ensure effective compliance on the provisions of the Fire

Code of the Philippines.To ensure high reliability of the active and passive fire

protection appurtenancesTo help BFP personnel better appreciate and understand

the fire protection and life safety measures adopted on every building.

To be able to conduct more efficient regular annual inspection by the BFP personnel, which will result in an increase in the number of buildings inspected by the same number of fire safety inspectors.

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APPLICABILITY

• All private and public buildings, facilities and structures to be constructed or being constructed upon the effectivity of this Memorandum, with occupancy of at least fifty (50) persons, shall be required to submit the FALAR Part 1 and 2, among other documents, to the CLFS as one of the pre-requisites for securing Fire Safety Inspection Certificate or endorsement for the release of the building permit and the occupancy permit.

• All existing private and public buildings, facilities or structures with occupancy of at least fifty (50) persons shall be required to submit FALAR Part 3 annually to the CLFS when securing the Fire Safety Inspection Certificate.

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What is a Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report

(FALAR)?The report shall have 3 parts:

Part 3 – Post Construction Phase

Part 2 – Construction Phase

Part 1 – Pre Construction Phase

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What is a Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report

(FALAR)?

Prepared and certified by the Architect

and his Fire Protection Consultant. Prepared and certified by Construction

Manager; Prepared and certified by owner or

authorized representative

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FALAR Part 1 – Pre-Construction

Compilation of

Plans Specifications Design Approach Criteria Calculations

All these documents are produced by the A/E as part of their scope of work in the normal design process

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DOCUMENTATION ON FIRE AND LIFE-SAFETY FEATURES OF THE FACILITY.

Consisting of a written report prepared by the Architect and his Fire Protection Consultant. This is a compilation of the plans/specification and design analysis normally submitted by the Architect and Engineers.

A. ObjectivesB. Short Project DescriptionC. Statement of who is enforcing authority for National Building Code

and Fire Code.D. Statement of the Codes and Standards used in the design.

1. Building Classification and Construction2. Hazards of contents and combustible loading including fire

scenarios adopted if design is performance based (for repair and renovation requirement)

3. Occupancy Classification4. Structural Requirements/Separation of Building Spaces

E. Discussion of Fire Protection and Life Safety Issues

5. Exit and egress description

a. basis of designb. no. of exitsc. travel distancesd. exit calculations (may be included in appendices)e. timed-exit analysis (for equivalencies and variances)

6. Fire Suppression Description

a. Design criteria used for sprinkler system/standpipe.b. Other suppression systemsc. Water supplies, and fire pumps, capacitiesd. Portable extinguisherse. Hydraulic and other calculations (maybe placed in appendices)f. Riser diagrams (maybe placed in appendices)