The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is eyeing faulty electrical wiring as one of the possible reasons in the fire that hit Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Health Office blaze where over 148,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were destroyed. BFP Region 9 Director Senior Supt. Renato Marcial said they are not...
Medical personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) will augment the vaccination teams of the local government units (LGUs) as the country aims a 70 percent total population target this year, Department of the...
A one-year-old boy died when he was trapped inside their burning house in Paranaque City Saturday afternoon. Senior Fire Officer 1 Gennie Huidem, Paranaque Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP) arson investigator, identified the fatality as Zach William Prado, of 4053 Culdesac Rotonda, Barangay Sun...
A total of 154 Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) nurses were deployed in the country’s 27 private hospitals to augment the shortage in hospital personnel as more health workers have been getting infected by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya explained...
A fire hit a residential area in Barangay Bagumbayan, Taguig shortly before midnight Wednesday. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Taguig, the fire happened at No. 409 Severina Subdivision, Bagumbayan on Sept. 15 with the first alarm raised at 11:39 p.m. Fire at Severina Subdivision,...
Amid criticisms on the logic behind arming firefighters, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) explained that the move will expand the role of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) during emergency and critical situations. “Aside from fire protection services, the BFP will also...
President Duterte personally justified the proposal to arm firefighters in the country, citing a need for the latter to protect themselves from aggressive citizens during fire incidents. On top of this, armed firemen can also be tapped to address situations concerning law and order, he said....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday called for the abolition of the Philippine International Trade Corporation (PITC) and the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) to prevent government agencies from developing a bad habit of parking funds within these two agencies....
House Deputy Minority leader Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, September 4, scored the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for still having more than P4.1 billion worth of funds “parked” at the Philippine International Trading...
A 14-year-old girl was killed after she was trapped inside their burning house in Las Piñas City Sunday. The Las Piñas Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the victim as Raniel Peña, 14, a resident of No. 7 Acacia St., Camella Homes, Barangay Pulang Lupa Dos, Las Piñas City....
A fire of still unknown origin destroyed a warehouse in Paranaque City on Friday morning. Gutted by the fire was the warehouse of fruits and vegetables located along Quirino Avenue, El Faro Kabihasnan, San Dionisio, Paranaque City owned by a certain Maria Legaspi. According to a report by the...
A man died in a fire that hit a factory in Valenzuela City on Tuesday morning. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Valenzuela identified the victim as Joselito Pelic, a security guard. Meanwhile, 47-year-old Nestor Purtisano sustained second degree burns. The fire started at 4:41 a.m. at the Gilvan...
