fa Republic of the Philippines Department of the Interior and Local Government BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Agham Road, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City’ Telefax Number: (02) 426 - 4399 Email: ofebfp@amail MEMORANDUM TO: ALL REGIONAL DIRECTORS Regions 1-12, ARMM, CAR, CARAGA and NCR SUBJECT: PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS CONDUCT OF CY 2019 REGULAR HIRING AND SELECTION FOR FIRE OFFICER 1 (FO1) DATE : 19 March 2019 1. References: a, Memorandum dated 06 March 2019 re: Approved Program of Activities for the Simultaneous Conduct of CY 2019 Regular Hiring and Selection for Fire Officer 1 (FO1); b. Memorandum from Director for Comptrollership, dated 01 December 2018, re: Items Included in the FY 2019 BFP Budget, c. Approved Annual Program Distribution List of Fire Officer 1 (FO1) Regular Quota for CY 2019; d. 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointment and Other Human Resource Actions (Revised July 2018); and . Approved Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Merit Selection Plan; 2. In line with the provision of the 2019 re-enacted budget for Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for the hiring/recruitment of 2,000 Fire Officer 1 (FO1) effective 01 July 2019, be informed of the following Program of Activities for the Simultaneous Conduct of the CY 2019 Regular Recruitment and Selection for FO1 No. Timetable 01-07 February 2019 Preparation of Assignment of Item Numbers an E 2 | ‘Authority to Fill (to be facilitated by the BFP-NHQ) 16 22 Méreh 2018) Period of Publication of Vacancies to be facilitated by | the respective Regional Offices 25-28 March 2019 | (10 calendar days period of publication pursuant to | | RA 7041) 4 | Announcement of Hiring | 26 March 2019 ‘Acceptance and Evaluation of Application Folders including Philhealth, Pagibig and Tax Identification 5 | Numbers 26 March 2019 to 30 April 2019 | A Certification from the Government health Facility of { DOH accredited private laboratories that the following @©[laboratory examinations were performed to an applicant must be attached in the application folder, to wit: -ECG -Urinalysis -CBC with Blood Typing -Hepa B Screening Cholesterol Creatinine Chest X-Ray -Fasting Blood Sugar -Serum Pregnancy Test (for females) Dental Panoramic X-Ray Screening of Applicants as to Age, Height and Weight Medical Evaluation of Applicant's Submitted Results Neuro-Psychiatric Examination and Drug Test to be 6 | of Physical, Medical and Dental Examination by 01 -10 May 2019 Medical Officer/Medical Team | 7 | Trade/Skills Test | 43-15May 2019 | ‘Submission of the Final List of Qualified Applicants (FLQA) to the Recruitment and Selection Section, 8 | Human Resource Management Division, Directorate 17 May 2019 for Human Resource and Development, BFP-NHQ (categorized into Drivers and Non-Drivers Category) Posting of the Final List of Qualified Applicants in the 7 ° | DiLG and BFP websites ea Mat ae 10 | Qualifying Writen Examinations (QWE) 21 May 2019 Checking of Answer Sheets to be facilitated by 2 "1 | Regional Committee of Examiners (RCOE) cee Submission of QWE Results to the Recruitment and Selection Section, Human Resource Management "2 Division, Directorate. for Human — Resource ae Development, BFP-NHQ Posting of Written Examination Results in the DILG 13 | and BEP websites et May 2019 14 | Physical Agility Test (PAT) 03-05 June 2019 Posting of Resulis of PAT in the DILG-RO and BFP- 15 | 20 official website to be facilitated by the BFP-RO O7 June 2018 16 | Panel Interview (P1) 10-11 June 2019 Posting of Results of Pl in the DILG-RO and BFP-RO 17 | official website to be facilitated by the BFP-RO epee 78 | Complete Background Investigation (CBI) 14-18 June 2019 19 | Neuro-Psychiatric Examination and Drug Test 19-21 June 2019 20 | Posting of Successful Applicants who passed the | 24 June 2019 @©facilitated by the BFP-RO 21 | Deliberation of Regional HRMPSB 25 June 2019 22 | Selection of the Appointing Authority 25 June 2019 “| Posting of the Final List of Successful Applicants in 23 | the DILG-RO and BFP-RO official website to be 26 June 2019 facilitated by the BFP-RO 24 | Preparation of appointments and other requirements 27 - 28 June 2019 | 25 | Oath-taking Ceremony aaa 01 July 2019 Posting of the newly appointed FO1 in the DILG-RO 26 | and BFP-RO official website to be facilitated by the 02 July 2019 BFP-RO 3. Further, you are hereby directed to observe the following significant undertakings in connection with the conduct of hiring, to wit a. Initial Screening. The concerned Regional Administrative Officer shall conduct preliminary! initial screening of applicants’ documents based on the Qualification Standards and provisions of Republic Act No. 9263 as amended by Republic Act No. 9592. Driver and Non-Driver Category. To ensure that the augmentation of the existing fire truck drivers in the BFP is properly addressed, Regional Directors are directed to prioritize FO1 applicants who are holders of unexpired Professional Driver's License with restriction code 2 and 3 (PDL 23) with or without National Certificate (NC) I! or Ill in Driving issued by the Technological Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Provided that applicants have complied with the minimum Qualification Standards (QS) stipulated under existing circulars, laws and rules. Applicants who are holders of unexpired PDL 23 with or without NC II or lil in Driving issued by TESDA shall be categorized as “Driver” Absence of the unexpired PDL 23 shall fall under the category of “Non- Driver” It is ministerial on the part of Regional Health Services (RHS) to facilitate the initial assessment of applicant based on the required height and weight. The RHS shall submit the list of names of the applicants who passed the Initial Screening to the RHRMPSB, to be used as basis in the next procedure which is the Trade Test. Licensed Architect and/or Engineer Category. To strengthen our pool of personnel who will be designated as Plan Evaluators and other engineering related functions, applicants who are licensed Engineers specifically Civil, Electrical, Mechanical Engineers and licensed Architects will be prioritized. The main duties and responsibilities of Plan Evaluators are to review and evaluate building plans and specifications including fire protection system to determine compliance to the requirement of the Fire Code, its IRR, Building Code of the Philippines and other Life and Safety Standard; and conduct site verification and inspection on building under construction to determine compliance with the approved plans and specifications.