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Vestibule. A passage hall or antechamber between the outer doors and the
interior parts of a house or building.
Ventilation. Refers to the copious flushing of an area with fresh air for the
mitigation of explosion and other fire hazards.
Water Treatment Plants. Single or compact or multi-stage units and/or
combination of unit processes and operation systems, including but not
limited to their facilities, appurtenances, service areas and premises, for the
purification or treatment of raw water or water from a source that requires the
removal and/or reduction of impurities or improvement of its quality to
comply with water quality standards as prescribed by the concerned
government agency, intended for public use or for specific industrial
applications.
Waste Water. Liquid waste generated by human activities that use water
and/or those water that come from residential, commercial, institutional,
recreational, industrial, agricultural and other facilities, similar occupancies
and related activities.
Waste Water Treatment Plants. Single or compact or multi-stage units and/or
combination of unit processes and operation systems, including but not
limited to their facilities, appurtenances, service areas and premises, for the
treatment of used water or waste water generated by residential,
recreational, institutional, commercial
and industrial and other similar
occupancies and related activities that required the removal and/or
reduction of contaminants and/or pollutants or improvement of its quality to
comply with effluent water quality standards of receiving body of water or
environment as prescribed by the concerned government agency.
RULE 4. AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF, BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION
SECTION 4.0.0.1
GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE RA 9514
AND ITS IRR
The Administration and Enforcement of the Fire Code and this IRR shall be
under the direct supervision and control of the Chief, BFP, through the
hierarchy of organization as provided for in Chapter VI of Republic Act No.
6975, the DILG Reorganization Act of 1990 as amended by Republic Act No.
9263, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology (BJMP) Professionalization Act of 2004.
SECTION 4.0.0.2
AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF, BFP SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF SILG
The Chief, BFP, with the approval of the Secretary, DILG, is hereby authorized
to:
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