BFP Sorsogon City intensifies “Ugnayan sa Barangay”

BFP Sorsogon City intensifies “Ugnayan sa Barangay”

By: Bennie A. Recebido

SORSOGON CITY, May 7 – Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Sorsogon City Fire Marshal SInsp Walter Marcial said that BFP’s campaign on fire prevention is going-on even if the Fire Prevention Month in March is over, since they believe that the effort must be done every day as fire may occur anytime, anywhere and can victimize anyone.

SInsp Marcial said that as part of the BFP’s mandate stated in RA 9514 or the Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008, Sorsogon City Fire Station intensifies its Fire Prevention Program through the Ugnayan sa Barangay.

Ugnayan sa Barangay is one among the many programs of the BFP aiming at educating residents of barangays of fire prevention and basic fire suppression techniques to avert further damage to life and properties.

“Ugnayan sa Barangay is one of the strategies that our office implement citywide to help educate the constituents, Barangay Fire Safety Officers and barangay officials about our advocacy on fire safety awareness,” Marcial said.

“We also believe that through this strategy, we can alleviate the growing statistics of destructive fires particularly in fire prone areas or large residential areas within the city,” he added.

Just three days ago, personnel of BFP Sorsogon City conducted said Ugnayan activity in Brgy. Talisay drawing 20 participants from different households.

They were given introduction and overview of the activity which was given by no less than SInsp Marcia,l while FO2 Wilfredo S. Decano lectured on how to prevent the occurrence of fire, what to do in case of fire, how to use fire extinguishers and fire safety tips.

The first aid application was demonstrated by FO1 Merbert G. Diesta. Following this, was the conduct of the pre-fire planning strategies and survey within Brgy. Talisay area which was facilitated by Shift “B” operation personnel headed by FO3 Lolito F. Canares, Jr.

Meanwhile, Brgy. Talisay Chairman Dennis Valladolid along with the residents who benefited the activity, aside from showing good responses during the conduct of the activity, have also expressed gratitude to the BFP personnel for giving them the relevant information necessary to make them at all time prepared in times of fire occurrence.

SInsp Marcial in return encouraged further barangay residents to constantly hold the same activity to make them updated on whatever information related to fire and disaster preparedness.

“Since January to April this year, we have already conducted Ugnayan sa Barangay to ten barangays out of the 64 total number of barangays in the city. We have already distributed letters to the remaining barangays to inform them of their schedule hoping to conduct the same activity, of course, through the support and cooperation of its officials and residents as well, before the year ends” he said. (BARecebido, PIA Sorsogon)