1. ENGR ARIEL TAN MIRANDA, DFSE
FIRE AND LIFE-SAFETY
ASSESSMENT REPORT
( F A L A R )
ENGR ARIEL TAN MIRANDA, DFSE
DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE SAFETY ENFORCEMENT UNIT
and Concurrent as
Chief Technical Staff
Technical consultant on High Rise Building
Fire Safety Evaluator
Plan Reviewer/Evaluator
Member:
Technical Committee on Preparation of IRR (Revision of Fire Code)
Technical Committee of Revision of Fire Safety Correction Sheets

2. FIRE AND LIFE-SAFETY
ASSESSMENT REPORT
( F A L A R )
DILG – BFP MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR No dated 15 December SET OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERIODIC MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING

3. FIRE AND LIFE-SAFETY
ASSESSMENT REPORT
( F A L A R )

4. FIRE AND LIFE-SAFETY
ASSESSMENT REPORT
( F A L A R )

5. The Birth of FALAR 24 April 2003 - Meeting of BFP, RADIAN and
USEC M. Corpuz to discuss FALAR
07 July Bureau (BFP) Order No
Creating the committee on FALAR
Signed by Fire Chief: C Supt Francisco S. Senot
19 January SOPI Endorsement on FALAR
15 December DILG Memo Circular
To : All Concerned/All Chiefs of the Local
Fire Service
Subject: FALAR
Signed by: Rogelio F. Asignado, CESO IV
Chief BFP
Approved by: Angelo T. Reyes
Secretary, DILG

6. What is a Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report6
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.

7. 7
FALAR - Objectives
To 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 appurtenances
To 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.

8. APPLICABILITY 8
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.

9. What is a Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report9
What is a Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report
(FALAR)?
The report shall have 3 parts:
Part 1 – Pre Construction Phase
Part 2 – Construction Phase
Part 3 – Post Construction Phase

10. What is a Fire and Life Safety Assessment Report10
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

11. FALAR Part 1 – Pre-Construction11
All these documents are produced by the A/E as part of their scope of work in the normal design process
Compilation of
Plans
Specifications
Design Approach
Criteria
Calculations

12. PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE
FALAR Part I
PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE
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. Objectives
B. Short Project Description
C. Statement of who is enforcing authority for National Building Code and Fire Code.
D. Statement of the Codes and Standards used in the design.

13. PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE
FALAR Part I
PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE
E. Discussion of Fire Protection and Life Safety Issues
1. Building Classification and Construction
2. Hazards of contents and combustible loading including fire scenarios adopted if design is performance based (for repair and renovation requirement)
3. Occupancy Classification
4. Structural Requirements/Separation of Building Spaces

14. PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE
FALAR Part I
PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE
5. Exit and egress description
a.   basis of design
b.   no. of exits
c.   travel distances
d.  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 systems
c.  Water supplies, and fire pumps, capacities
d.  Portable extinguishers
e. Hydraulic and other calculations (maybe placed in appendices)
f.  Riser diagrams (maybe placed in appendices)