This research intended to establish the extent of
citizen’s compliance with Republic Act 9514–the 2008 Fire
Code of the Philippines, and introduce intervention
strategies for its implementation. The study was a
a univariate-descriptive approach that utilized secondary
data, a consolidated accomplishment report on fire safety
evaluation and inspection by the fire stations in Davao City from
2016 to 2018. A total of 115,089 data were analyzed using
descriptive statistics to realize the objectives of the study.
Results showed that only the business and mercantile
structure owners have the highest percentage of compliance
at about 45 percent, compared to the rest of the structure
owners. Moreover, the data exposed a decreasing trend in
the Fire Safety Inspection Certificates (FSIC) issuances
from 2016 to 2018, which suggested that more and more
building owners did not comply with the fire code every
year. Overall, the data implied a high risk of fire
occurrences in the city, considering the high percentage of
non-compliance with the fire code. Hence, the researcher
calls for adopting the proposed intervention strategies
recommended in this study to optimize compliance with RA
9514.
Keywords: public administration, RA 9514, Fire Code of the
Philippines, compliance, Bureau of Fire Protection