FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES (PD 9514)

TYPES OF OCCUPANCY
RESIDENTIAL
DETENTION & HIGH-RISE
PLACES OF ASSEMBLY EDUCATIONAL HEALTHCARE SINGLE & MERCANTILE BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL
CORRECTIONAL HOTELS APARTMENT BUILDING
DUPLEX
0.65 sqm/person 1.80 sqm/person 11.1 sqm/person 2.80 sqm/person
street floor or below
auditorium, dance halls,
classroom sleeping departments street floor; covered
church
malls
1.40 sqm/person 4.60 sqm/person 22.3 sqm/person 5.60 sqm/person
Occupant Load 11.1 sqm/person 18.60 sqm/person 9.30 sqm/person 9.30 sqm/person
conference room, dining in-patient treatment
shops/laboratories upper floors
room, gym departments
0.28 sqm/person 3.30 sqm/person 9.30 sqm/person
standing room/waiting dry nurseries w/ sleeping
offices
space facilities
1120 mm 900 mm
sleeping, diagnostic,
exit access
Door Widths shops/laboratories and treatment rooms
910 mm 700 mm
all other rooms any room
2 exits 2 exits
Number of Exits 50 or more persons, 93
for every floor
sqm or more
1120 m
1120 m
50 or mor persons
Minimum Corridor Width 1.83 meters 1.83 & 2.44 meters 1120 m 910mm - 1120mm
1120 m
1120 m
50 or mor persons
46 m 46 m 30 m 30 m 15.50 m 30 m 46 m 31 m
w/ SS w/ SS between any room door from door to exit w/in any unit to exit w/o SS w/ SS w/o SS
61 m 61 m 46 m 23 m 31 m or 46 m 46 m 61 m 46 m
w/o sprinkler (from
between any point in the
w/o SS w/o SS guest suite to corridor w/ sprinklers w/ SS w/o SS w/ SS
Travel Distance to Exits room
door)
10 m 38 m
w/ sprinkler (from
any point in the room to
guest suite to corridor
the door of that room
door)
830 mm
rows of seat
300 mm
aisle between back of one
seat to the front of another
seat
Seating 14 seats
seats between aisles
7 seats
seats between wall and aisle
600 mm/person
seats w/o arms
760 mm
if 60 seats or less
915mm - 1220mm
Width of Aisles more than 60 seats
25 mm
increment each meter
towards exit