A transient house in Mandaluyong City was gutted by a fire on Tuesday night, May 6, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported.The BFP said the blaze on Ligaya Street, Barangay Plainview, started at 11:03 p.m. and was declared fire out at 12 a.m.Based on the spot report, the fire started after...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is pushing to remove the P1-billion cap in the Bureau of Fire Protection's (BFP) utilization of revenues from the Fire Code of the Philippines.During the Senate plenary deliberations on the 2025 national budget, Dela Rosa said that the special provision on the...
Senator Cynthia Villar recently hailed members of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for the significant role they play as “guardians of safety.” Villar commended the firefighters for their invaluable service to save lives and properties due to fires and other disasters, noting that...
PAGBILAO, Quezon – A 25-year-old fireman was electrocuted while battling a blaze in Barangay Santa Catalina here on Tuesday morning, August 6.Police identified the victim as Fire Officer 1 Marlon Atis of the Pagbilao Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).Atis stepped on a melted live electrical...
BACOLOD CITY – Eleven houses were destroyed in a fire that hit Purok Baybay, Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 25.A FIRE hit Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 25. (Photo courtesy of Barangay Daga Facebook)The Bureau of Fire Protection...
BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection here recorded 63 fire incidents from January 1 to July 17.These were usually caused by faulty electrical wiring and unattended cigarette butts.The BFP said 20 were residential fires, 18 were grass fires, 11 were forest fires, seven were...
CEBU CITY – An official of the Cebu City Fire Station (CCFS) was arrested for allegedly extorting money from an applicant.BFP-7 headquarters in Cebu City. (FB) The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested Fire Insp. Roy Mat Castro in an entrapment operation inside a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection denied foul play behind the death of a trainee during training activities last week in Pagadian City.BFP Assistant Regional Director for Operations Fire Senior Supt. Clint Cha said health officials attributed the death of Jerwin Gonzales to...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced the release of over P2 billion to acquire firetrucks and ambulances to enhance emergency response.Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman has approved the special allotment release order amounting to P2.880 billion for the Department of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Forty-seven families composed of 144 individuals lost their homes in a fire in Purok Interior, Barangay 18, this city, on Saturday, April 13.A FIRE hits a residential area in Barangay 18, Bacolod City on Saturday, April 13. (Photo courtesy of BFP-Bacolod)The Bureau of Fire...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here is implementing controlled burning of grasslands to manage grass fires in this city.Controlled burning was first enforced in the vicinity of Pope John Paul II Tower in Barangay 8 on Monday night.THE Bureau of Fire Protection...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) recorded 209 grass fire incidents in this city from January to March this year.The BFP-Bacolod said 54 were reported in January, 78 in February, and 77 in March.THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod personnel responded to a recent grass fire...
