BRGY. MA-AO, Community Fire Auxiliary Group CFAG

𝐀𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐁𝐅𝐏𝟔 𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 "𝐒𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐠-𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐠, 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐤𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐠-𝐢𝐢𝐬𝐚," 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲.

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫: 𝐕𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲 (𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬.

𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.

DILG-BFP Kicks Off Fire Prevention Month 2024

MANILA - The Bureau of Fire Protection officially kicks-off the observance of Fire Prevention Month this March with a grand Kick-Off Parade at the Quirino Grandstand, Manila today, March 1, 2024 at 3:00 in the afternoon.

Firefighters from the BFP and volunteer fire brigades, various government agencies such as the AFP, PNP, Coast Guard, MMDA, DOH, DPWH and partners in the private and corporate sector attend the civic parade of fire trucks, emergency vehicles, and related assets and capabilities at the said event.

The country continues to observe the Fire Prevention Month with Presidential Proclamation 115-A of former President Marcos Sr. in 1966. According to statistics from the BFP, fire incidents frequently occur in the months of March and April, and are seen as having a direct correlation of the rising temperatures brought about by the summer season.

Fires electrical in origin still remain to be the leading cause of these incidents, averaging at about 40.72% of the 16,433 incidents recorded in the previous year 2023. In the sweltering heat of this summer season, forest fires, particularly the ongoing incident at Benguet, have been keeping our firefighters on their toes due to the challenging terrain and difficulties in the transportation of extinguishing capabilities.

The BFP recommends the maintenance of electrical connections by licensed professionals once every two years. Exercise caution in using electricity especially with electric fans, air conditioners, and refrigerators. Having a good exit drill in the home and practicing good housekeeping are also recommended to minimize the chances of the occurrence of fire.

The BFP is continuously implementing Oplan Ligtas na Pamayanan, its flagship program in fire prevention with the immersion of our firefighters at our communities, reducing fire hazards, doing fire safety education, and pre-fire planning in our communities. We encourage the cooperation of everybody as we attempt to reduce the number of fires this year.

In case of fire and other emergencies, dial 911. Have a fire-safe day to us all!