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1. Objectives
2. Short Project Description
3. Statement of who is the enforcing authority for the National Building
Code and the Fire Code of the Philippines.
4. Statement of the Codes and Standards used in the design.
5. Discussion of Fire Protection and Life Safety Issues.
a. Building Classification and Construction;
b. Hazards of contents and combustible loading including fire
scenarios adopted if design is performance based;
c. Occupancy Classification;
d. Structural Requirements/Separation of Building Spaces;
e. Exit and egress description
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
f.
Basis of design;
Number of exits;
Travel distances;
Exit calculations (may be included in appendices); and
Timed-exit analysis (for equivalencies and variances);
Fire Suppression Description
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Design criteria used for sprinkler system/standpipe;
Other suppression systems;
Water supplies, and fire pumps, capacities;
Portable extinguishers;
Hydraulic and other calculations (may be placed in
appendices); and
Riser diagrams (may be placed in appendices);
g. Fire detection, alarm, communication and evacuation systems
i.
ii.
Description of each system including features and controls;
and
Sound pressure calculations (for equivalencies and variances );
h. Smoke Control Management
i.
ii.
iii.
Description of smoke control strategies;
Design criteria used;
Calculations (may be included in appendices); and
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