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...
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...
BAGUIO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection is holding the 8th National Fire Olympics, one of the highlights of the Fire Prevention Month celebration, at the Melvin Jones football ground at Burnham Park here from March 19 to 21. FIREMEN compete in Tower Blitz scenario during the 8th National Fire...
Vice-Mayor April Aguilar with Fire Marshall Supt. Melchor Isidro, and Las Piñas chief of police, Col. Sandro Tafalla (Photo courtesy of Las Piñas PIO). The Las Piñas City government conducted the 11 th Inter-Barangay Fire Olympics at the City Hall grounds last Saturday, March 16, to...
As the number of fire incidents grew this year from the same period last year, the Climate Change Commission (CCC) urged the public to remain vigilant and take preventive measures against urban and forest fires exacerbated by the ongoing El Niño phenomenon. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/MANILA...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Legazpi and a popular mall here successfully held a fire drill on Wednesday, March 13, in line with Fire Prevention Month. Madonna Rempillo, chief of operations of BFP-Legazpi, said the event sought to raise awareness about the...
DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection recorded an increase in fire incidents here and the Davao region in the first two months of this year compared to the same period in 2023. BAROZZO (Ivy Tejano) In a press conference at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in this city on Wednesday, March 6, marking...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod has provided supplemental water supply to barangays here to address water shortage from the El Niño phenomenon. THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) rations water to residents in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City. (BFP-Bacolod) The BFP...