Seven men extracting sand, stranded in middle of rising river in Toledo, rescued

Futch Anthony Inso 10/28/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Seven men were rescued after they were stranded in the middle of Hinulawan River in Barangay Cambang-ug, Toledo City at around 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The Toledo Bureau of Fire…

Lawmakers tell BFP to buy more fire trucks, not guns

Beatrice Pinlac - @inquirerdotnet 10/07/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) was grilled during a Senate sub-panel hearing Friday where it pitched to use nearly half of its unspent P94-million fund for fire trucks to buy more than 2,000…

Mandaue City to give additional allowance to members of PNP, BFP and BJMP

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/04/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Members of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire and Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology assigned in Mandaue City may receive an additional allowance from the city government soon.…

Mandaue Disaster Risk Reduction office plans to train, develop brgy disaster teams

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/03/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City government wants to empower more its barangay disaster teams to enable them to respond to any disaster and emergency. Buddy Alain Ybañez, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Danao lauds PNP for ‘very peaceful, successful’ Bongbong Marcos inauguration

Beatrice Pinlac 07/01/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Lt. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. on Friday, July 1, 2022, lauded his officers and men for a “very peaceful and successful conduct” of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ‘s…

COMELEC Cebu City lays plans for filing of COCs

Dyrecka Letigio 09/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu City has already submitted a recommendation for an orderly and secure filing of candidacy this October 1 to 8, 2021. Lawyer Chauncey Boholst, the North District…

Cebu City Police to help BFP-7 in fire-prevention campaign

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/02/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will be helping the Bureau of Fire Protection in Central Visayas (BFP-7) in its fire-prevention campaign. Police Colonel Wilbert Parilla, deputy director for operations of CCPO, said…

A firefighter’s mission: Save lives, protect properties

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/01/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — He worked for almost 20 hours while he helped others like him put out the fire that burned a paint warehouse in Barangay Cabancalan, Mandaue City on February 11, 2021. Fire Officer 1…

BFP-7 goes digital, urges public to be preventive not only responsive

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 03/01/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Bureau of Fire Protection Region 7 welcomes March 2021 with a theme, ‘Sa Pag-iwas sa Sunog, Hindi ka Nag-iisa’, to encourage everyone to take part not only in responding but also in preventing…

BFP Cebu City pushing for Guba fire station

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 10/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Bureau of Fire Protection in Cebu City (BFP Cebu City) is pushing for a fire station in Barangay Guba, a strategic place for faster response to all other mountain barangays. BFP Cebu…

Search for the infected: Firemen also tapped

Nestor Corrales 07/18/2020

Even firemen will be part of the action. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday ordered the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to join the Philippine National Police in assisting health workers in the transfer of COVID-19 patients…

Frasco to BFP, PNP: Probe Tuesday night fire

Doris C. Bongcac 05/27/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Liloan Mayor Christina Frasco has ordered an investigation on the fire incident which damaged two establishments in Barangay Poblacion, Tuesday night. A post on the town’s official Facebook page said that Frasco has…

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