Republic of the Philippines
MINISTRY OF FINANCE Office of the Minister Manila
ICUSTRY ORDER NO. //March 22, 1979 In compliance with the requirements of the Office of Civil Defense, Camp General Aguinaldo, Quezon City, and in line with the proposal submitted by the Committee created to study and propose measures/plans to enable the personnel and the general public to vacate the Finance Building in an orderly and peaceful manner in case of fire or other emergencies when public safety demands, the following FIRE PLANT is hereby adopted and made effective immediately for the guidance and information of all concerned: I - ORGANIZATION There shall be designated and/or organized in each floor of'the Finance Building the following: a One (1) Marshall b Firefighting Force c Physical Security Force The marshalls and members of the firefighting force for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors of the building shall be designated by the Chairman, Civil Service Commission upon the recommendation of the Director Office of Administrative Services, that Commission, while those for the 4th and 5th floors thereof shall be designated by the Minister of Finance upon the recommendation of the Chief, Administrative Service. The Physical Security Force shall be composed of the present members of the Ministry of Finance Security Force and the Civil Service Commission and such augmentation troops as may subsequently be assigned to the building by proper authorities. II - FUNCTIOI?S a) I-10,SH.ALL He shall be responsible for the peaceful and orderly evacuation of his place of assignment when public safety so demands and shall assign the most convenient exits which, insofar as practicable, shall be as follows: c. a) 1st and 4th floors . Main Door b) 2nd and 3rd floors . . . . . Marble Hall c) 5th floor . . . . . . . . . . Doors Facing Rizal Park
"Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa"
-2In addition, it shall be his duty to coordinate the activities of the firefighting force in his place of assignment until the regular firefighters shall have arrived. b) FIF_EFIGHTING FORCE The firefighting force shall be in charge of all firefighting equipment until the regular firefighters shall have arrived. The members thereof shall be designated from among the officials and employees of this Ministry and the Civil Service Commission at present assigned in the various floors of the building. c) PHYSICAL SECURITY FORCE This shall comprise the entire Security Force.of the Ministry of Finance and the Civil Service Commission. It shall be its duty, among others, to secure the building and cordon the area to prevent looting, etc., until the fire shall have been placed under control or the emergencies shall have subsided. It shall likewise be the responsibility of the Finance and Civil Service Security Force in close coordination with one another to sound the alarm, as follows: 1. Two (s) LONG BLAST in case of fire 2. Two (s) SHORT BLAST in other emergencies when public safety demands the evacuation of the building. For this reason, everybody is advised to call up the Ministry of Finance Security Force by dialing Tel. Nos. 47-84-04 (PLDT) in case of fire and other emergencies for immediate response. III - EVACUATION PLAN Once the alarm is sounded, the MAP.SHALL shall immediately activate the firefighting force within the area of responsibility and shall alert the personnel and oversee the orderly and peaceful evacuation. The personnel shall then proceed to their assigned exits stated above. Exit signs shall be posted at the corridors in each floor to indicate the exit for public convenience. IV - FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT The Chief General Services Division of the Ministry of Finance is hereby directed to conduct a physical inspection of the firefighting facilities at present installed in the Finance Building to determine their serviceability and usefulness. Those that are found to be useless, obsolete and/or beyond repair should be condemmed and replaced with those that are handy (portable) and simple to operate.
-3Sufficient funds should be provided from its appropriations for the purchase of the necessary firefighting equipments. V - OVERALL COORDINATOR The Chief, General Services Division is hereby designated as overall coordinator. He shall be assisted by the Chief, General Services Division, Civil Service Commission) and the Chief, Supply and Procurement Section this Ministry. He shall be charged with the duty of coordinating the activities of the marshall, firefighting force and physical Security Force, seeing to it that all security measures/plans adopted are properly implemented or enforced. This revokes Department Order No. 57-72 VI - EFFECTIVITY This order shall take effect immediately.
CESAR VIR.ATA Minister
Copy Furnished : Civil Service Commission