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DIVISION 2. FIRE SAFETY EVALUATION AND INSPECTION
SECTION 9.0.2.1
BUILDING PLAN REVIEW
A. Upon receipt by the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction of six
(6) sets of the building plans from the Building Official (BO), the Costumer
Relation Officer or the designated staff shall check compliance of
documentary requirements, assess the Fire Code Fees (FCF) and issue
Order of Payment (OP) to be paid at the Cashier’s Office or the
Authorized Government Depository Bank (AGDB) or Authorized
Government Servicing Bank (AGSB) by the BFP. After payment of FCF, the
owner or his duly authorized representative shall submit copy of the
Official Receipt (OR). The Costumer Relation Officer shall record the
application for Building Plan Review including the date and time the plans
were received and the OR No., acknowledge and assign a control
number and endorse the same without delay to the Plan Evaluator.
B. The Plan Evaluator shall undertake the necessary evaluation and review of
the plans indicating whether or not such plans conform to the fire safety
and life safety requirements of the Fire Code of the Philippines and this IRR.
For this purpose, a Fire Safety Checklist (FSC) shall be used to facilitate
checking of the building plan. The evaluated plans and the
corresponding FSC shall then be submitted to the Chief, Fire Safety
Enforcement Section (FSES).
C. The Chief, FSES shall consolidate and review the findings of the Plan
Evaluator and shall submit, without delay, the evaluation report and/or
recommendations to the City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction.
D. The City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction will either approve or
disapprove
the
evaluated
plans
together
with
FSC.
The
approved/disapproved application for FSEC will then be transmitted to
the Costumer Relation Officer for its release.
E. No building plan shall be evaluated without the submission of Fire and Life
Safety Assessment Report 1 (FALAR 1) in accordance with Division 3 of this
Rule.
F. The City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction, through the Costumer
Relation Officer shall endorse back five (5) copies of the approved
Building Plans, together with the FSEC and FSC to the Building Official.
SECTION 9.0.2.2
INSPECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION
During construction, renovation, modification or alteration, the
City/Municipal Fire Marshal having jurisdiction, on the basis of issued FSC,
shall inspect the premises to determine whether the plans, and
specifications are being followed and fire safety precautions are being
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