This document outlines the causes for separation from service for uniformed personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), including retirement, resignation, dismissal, death, and disability. It discusses the different types of retirement (compulsory, optional) and benefits provided. It also describes the process and benefits for separation due to death (in the line of duty, not in the line of duty) or disability (permanent total, permanent physical, partial/temporary). The benefits include retirement pay, pensions, gratuities, and survivor benefits. It provides definitions and conditions for determining compensability of death or disability claims.

1. CAUSES FOR SEPARATION FROM THE
SERVICE
• RETIREMENT
• RESIGNATION
• DISMISSAL
• DEATH
• TOTAL PERMANENT PHYSICAL
DISABILITY
• PARTIAL OR TEMPORARY
DISABILITY

2. The benefits granted under
Res. No. 2001-01 shall not accrue
to a uniformed personnel who was
separated for cause by virtue of a
final judgment except when
entitlement to such benefits is
expressly mandated by a competent
court or appropriate administrative
agency.

3. RETIREMENT

4. * 56 years of age
* At least 10 years of active service
Provided, that an officer with a rank equivalent
to CSUPT or higher may, upon recommendation
of the Chief, BFP be allowed service extension
for a non-extendable period of one (1) year by
the Secretary, DILG with the approval of the Civil
Service Commission
COMPULSORY RETIREMENT

5. OPTIONAL RETIREMENT
- Accumulated at least twenty (20) years satisfactory
active service
- Regardless of age
- Entitled to one rank higher than the permanent
grade last held
- Provided, that they have served at least one (1)
year of active service in permanent grade

6. Retirement Benefits
When an officer or non- non-officer is
retired from the Bureau of Fire Protection,
he/she shall, at his option, be entitled to
one (1) of the following retirement and
separation benefits:

7. Retirement Benefits
Monthly retirement Pay shall be
1. 50% of the base pay and longevity
pay of the retired grade in case of 20 years
of active service, increasing by 2.5 % for
every year of active service rendered
beyond 20 years to maximum of 90% for
36 years of active service and over.

8. Retirement Benefits
Monthly retirement Pay shall be
2. The retiree or survivor may, at his/her
option be entitled to receive in advance
and in lump sum his/her annual retirement
pay/survivorship benefits for the initial 3
years and thereafter receive his/her annual
retirement pay/survivorship benefits
payable in equal monthly installment as
they accrue.

9. Retirement Benefits
Survivors of an officer or non-officer who
retired under Sub-Sections 8.2 and 8.3
(Compulsory and Optional Retirement)
shall be entitled to a monthly annuity
equivalent to 75% of the monthly
retirement pay the retiree was receiving to
be divided among them in equal shares
and with the right of accretion among
surviving heirs.

10. DEATH

11. DEATH IN LINE OF DUTY
An officer or non-officer of the Bureau of
Fire Protection who died in the performance
of his/her duty or by reason of his office/
position.

12. DEATH
CAUSE OF
SEPARATION
FROM THE
SERVICE
FACTOR:LENGTH OF SERVICE
DEATH
Less than 20
years
At least 20
years
Not in line
of duty
Drop from the
Rolls (DFR)
Posthumous
Retirement
In line of
Duty
Posthumous
Separation
thru Death in
the Line of
Duty
Posthumous
Retirement
thru Death in
the Line of
Duty

13. Less than 20 years At least 20 years
DEATH
Not in the Line of
Duty Drop from the Rolls (DFR) Posthumous Retirement
In the Line of Duty
OFFICER/NON-OFFICER
Posthumous Separation thru Death in the Line of Duty
SURVIVOR
• survivors shall be entitled to a monthly annuity equivalent to
fifty percent (50%) of his/her base and longevity pay based
on his/her separation grade to be divided among them in
equal shares and with the right of accretion among the
surviving heirs
Posthumous Retirement thru Death in the line of
Duty
1) Gratuity equivalent to one (1) year salary
2) Burial expenses equivalent to three (3) months salary
3) Monthly pension equivalent to eighty percent (80%) of his/her salary for a period of five (5) years from the date
of death.
In case the BFP uniformed personnel was hospitalized before his death, the legal beneficiaries shall be reimbursed
of any reasonable expenses for medicines, medical attendance, hospital fees, necessary transportation and
subsistence expenses.
Any deducted leave credits for absences for incapacity incurred in line of duty shall be restored.
The salary in this sub-section shall mean the base and longevity pay.

14. MEMO CIRCULAR NO. 2008-008
Rules and Regulations Governing the
Investigation and Adjudication of Death
and Disability Benefits of the Bureau of
Fire Protection (BFP) Uniformed
Personnel in the Active Service

15. Any loss or impairment of the normal
functions of the physical or mental faculties
of a BFP member which reduces or
eliminates his capacity to continue with his
present employment.
DISABILITY

16. PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY
Same as defined under Sec.1 Article 1
of BFP Board Resolution No. 2001-01

17. •Any impairment of the body which
renders the BFP uniformed personnel
incapable of performing substantially
the functions of his/her duties or
occupation which is expected of him
during the course of his/her
employment.
PERMANENT PHYSICAL DISABILITY

18. The following shall be considered as total
permanent physical disability:
a. Irreparable loss of power of speech
b. Irreparable loss of sense of hearing

19. c. Loss of one (1) or both hands
d. Loss of one (1) or both feet
e. Loss of one (1) or both eyes
f. Loss of one (1) or both limbs at
above the ankle or wrist

20. g. Paralysis of one (1) or both limbs
h. Brain injury resulting in incurable
imbecility or insanity

21. i. Any sickness contracted in the
performance of duties which renders
such member unfit or unable to perform
substantially all the duties of his/her
position.

22. In all cases, the disability shall be deemed
permanent if it has persisted for a period
exceeding six (6) months, without fixed
healing period and renders the BFP
personnel incapable of performing his
duties and functions;

23. Provided further, that in case the
disability is found to be permanent
beyond doubt upon medical
examination of the said personnel,
the waiting period of six (6) months
may be waived.

24. LESS THAN 20 YEARS AT LEAST 20 YEARS
TOTAL
PERMANENT
PHYSICAL
DISABILITY
Not in Line of Duty Drop from the Rolls (DFR) OPTIONAL RETIREMENT
In Line of Duty
(Officer/Non-Officer)
Compulsory Separation thru TPPD
• separation gratuity equivalent to one and one fourth (1 ¼)
month’s base and longevity pay of the permanent grade he
holds for every year of active service including fractions
thereof
COMPULSORY RETIREMENT
1) Gratuity equivalent to one (1) year’s salary of his/ her retired grade
2) A lifetime pension equivalent to eighty percent (80%) of his last salary
3) Reimbursement of reasonable expenses for medicines, medical attendance, hospital fees,
necessary transportation and subsistence expenses which were incurred during hospitalization
4) Restoration of deducted leave credits.
Should such member who has been retired under Total Permanent Physical Disability under this
section die within five (5) years from retirement, hi/her surviving spouse and surviving
dependents, legitimate, legitimated or adopted children shall be entitled to a pension for the
REMAINDER of the five (5) years guaranteed period.
The salary hereof shall mean the base and longevity pay.
SURVIVOR
* survivors shall be entitled to a monthly annuity equivalent to
fifty percent (50%) of his/her base and longevity pay based on
his/her separation grade to be divided among them in equal
shares and with the right of accretion among the surviving heirs

25. PARTIAL or
TEMPORAR
Y
DISABILITY
Not in the Line of Duty N/A Optional Retirement
In Line of Duty
OFFICER/NON-OFFICER
Optional Separation
* separation gratuity equivalent to one and
one fourth (1 ¼) month’s base and longevity pay
of the permanent grade he holds for every year
of active service including fractions thereof
SURVIVOR
* survivors shall be entitled to a monthly
annuity equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of
his/her base and longevity pay based on his/her
separation grade to be divided among them in
equal shares and with the right of accretion
among the surviving heirs
Optional Retirement

26. GROUNDS FOR
COMPENSABILITY
a. For the injury and resulting disability or death to
be compensable, the injury must be the result of an
employment accident satisfying any of the following
conditions:
1. The BFP personnel must have been injured at the
place where his work requires him to be and must
have been performing his official functions;

27. GROUNDS FOR
COMPENSABILITY
2. If the death or injury is sustained
elsewhere, the BFP personnel must have
been executing or acting upon a lawful order
from his Fire Marshal or from his supervisor,
as the case may be;

28. GROUNDS FOR
COMPENSABILITY
3. The death occurred or injury sustained by
reason of or while in the performance of
official duty;

29. GROUNDS FOR
COMPENSABILITY
b. For the sickness and the resulting
disability or death to be compensable, the
sickness must be the result of occupational
disease or that the risk of contracting the
disease is increased by the working
conditions as determined by the board.

30. SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
17.1 The average of six (6) months of base and longevity pay
including all allowances and bonuses during the last twelve (12)
months immediately preceding the death or permanent incapacity of
uniformed personnel.
The same benefits shall be computed for those who have served
less than twelve (12) months and the payment shall come from the
expected salary, allowances and bonuses of the deceased or
incapacitated personnel for the next six (6) months after his death or
permanent incapacity.