January 24, 2022
Dear Marjorie Salvador,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Feb 06, 2020 08:11:53 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for Requirements and qualifications of a fire safety practitioner.
Response to Request
Fire Safety Practitioner. Any qualified person, recognized by the BFP, engaged in, but not limited to, the design, construction, installation, repair and maintenance, assessment, and rehabilitation of fire safety construction, suppression and control systems, protective and warning systems and life safety related services, or employed as a safety officer of public
and private establishments/companies.
SECTION 9.0.3.5 FIRE SAFETY PRACTITIONERS
Only Fire Safety Practitioners issued with Certificate of Competency (COC) shall be allowed to prepare, sign and certify the FSCR, FSCCR and FSMR. The issuance of COC shall be pursuant to the duly issued guidelines.
In the case of fire safety practitioners, they shall undergo mandatory training on fire safety inspection, and mandatory continuous professional education and competency evaluation of their expertise, knowledge and skills in the area of fire science, engineering and technology to be conducted
by the BFP.
Our recommendation is to get a FIre Safety Practitioner Competency Training at a training center of your choice to obtain a Certificate of Competency from the BFP. This training is ideally a prerequisite to building and construction courses (Engineering, Architecture).
We apologize for the extreme delay in your request, as we have only activated our Freedom of Information Portal recently. Nevertheless, we are encouraging you to use our eFOI Portal again for your queries and we will answer at the soonest possible time.
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to DIRECTOR LOUIE S PURACAN, Chief, BFP, at
[email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Dexter Ace Carolino
FOI Receiving Officer
