Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008

The Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008, officially codified as Republic Act No. 9514, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2553 and House Bill No. 4115, enacted and passed the Senate and the House of Representatives on October 6, 2008 and October 8, 2008, respectively. It was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on December 19, 2008.

The Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008
14th Congress of the Philippines
Long title An Act Establishing a Comprehensive Fire Code of the Philippines, Repealing Presidential Decree No. 1185 and For Other Purposes
Citation	Republic Act No. 9514 Presidential Decree No. 1185 s. 1977
Territorial extent	Philippines
Enacted by	House of Representatives
Enacted by	Senate
Signed	December 19, 2008
Effective	January 3, 2009
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Representatives
Bill title	"An Act Amending Presidential Decree No. 1185 Otherwise Known as the "Fire Code of the Philippines" and For Other Purposes"
Bill citation	House Bill No. 4115
Introduced by	Darlene Magnolia Antonino-Custodio (Legislative district of South Cotabato#1st District)
Introduced	May 12, 2008
First reading	May 19, 2008
Second reading	May 27, 2008
Third reading	June 11, 2008
Committee report	House Committee on Public Order and Safety Report No. 512
Second chamber: Senate
Bill title	"An Act Amending Presidential Decree No. 1185, Otherwise Known as the Fire Code of the Philippines, and For Other Purposes"
Bill citation	Senate Bill No. 2553
Member(s) in charge	Francis Escudero, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Bong Revilla, Manny Villar, Gregorio Honasan, and Benigno Aquino III
First reading	September 3, 2008
Second reading	September 29, 2008
Third reading	October 6, 2008
Committee report	Senate Committee on Public Order and Illegal Drugs Report No. 94
Conference committee bill passed by House of Representatives	October 8, 2008
Conference committee bill passed by Senate	October 6, 2008
Repeals
Presidential Decree No. 1185, s. 1977
Status: In force

This Act repealed Presidential Decree No. 1185, as amended, otherwise known as the "Fire Code of the Philippines", dated August 26, 1977.^[1]

R.A. No. 9514 and R.A. No. 6975 designated and empowered the Bureau of Fire Protection as the implementing arm of the Department of the Interior and Local Government for fire control and protection, fire inspection, investigation, and search and rescue. It also penalizes acts of obstruction of emergency exits, fire hydrants and fire lanes, overcrowding, locking fire exits, smoking in fire hazard areas, the removing, destroying, obliterating, any authorized seals, signs, mark or tags, and the tampering, overloading and/or destruction of electrical wires.