Fire destroys furniture store in Talisay

Carmel Loise Matus 08/21/2016

A woodcraft furniture display center was burned down by fire at sitio Mananga 1, barangay Tabunok in Talisay City at past midnight Sunday. Chief Insp. Randy Mendaros, fire marshal of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Talisay…

Lapu kicks off cleanup drive

Norman V. Mendoza 07/30/2016

THE Lapu-Lapu City government kicked off a series of cleanup activities yesterday in Barangay Basak. This yearly tradition of Mayor Paz Radaza will be held all throughout the city until the year’s end. The activity was joined…

22 houses destroyed; 141 left homeless

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/17/2016

A morning fire in Barangay Tejero destroyed 22 structures and displaced more than 100 individuals. According to Harold Alcontin of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO), a total of 141 individuals, who made…

12 homes destroyed, four damaged by Tejero fire

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/17/2016

At least 16 structures were hit by a fire at in Barangay Tejero, Cebu City on Sunday morning. SFO4 Jovito Abelgas of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said they received a call from one of the…

Fire fighters to tap private pools; push for proper electrical wiring

Apple Ta-as 02/29/2016

WITH March declared as Fire Prevention Month, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has listed measures to minimize and immediately respond to fire incidents. Senior Supt. Ismael Codilla, regional director of BFP in Central Visayas, told Cebu…

Police monitor firecrackers sale

Apple Ta-as 12/10/2015

FIRECRACKERS sold  outside the designated area in the South Road Properties (SRP) will be seized. Senior Supt. Marciano Batiancela Jr., acting chief of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), issued this warning as demand for firecrackers start…

Nangomisyon ang taga BFP?

Lloyd Suarez 12/02/2015

Abi ba nako nga wa nay mga personnel sa Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) ang nag-negosyo niining mga fire extinguishers kay gibalik-balik baya ang instruction sa ilang mga labaw nga bawal gyud kini. Karong bag-o, mitiyabaw intawon…

DOE to fine butane station owner, but no mass confiscation

Marc Eric Cosep 11/26/2015

THE Department of Energy (DOE) will file an administrative case against the owner of the butane refilling station whose eight employees were injured by a butane canister explosion last November 3. ( Read :Eight injured in butane…

Consumer safety

Editorial 11/13/2015

If even one of her employees died,  Amor Pelenia’s butane canister-refilling operations would have been immediately shut down by the Cebu City government. A circular of the Department of Energy bans the refilling of LPG in single-use…

CHEAP BUT RISKY

Marc Eric Cosep and Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/07/2015

Why it’s dangerous to misuse butane canisters as LPG refills First, a fresh wave of public warnings. Next step, a “massive confiscation” of butane canisters that are refilled with cooking gas. This action was agreed yesterday in…

Zoning for fire protection

Editorial 03/03/2014

The Bureau of Fire Protection is at the forefront in  educating the public on ways to prevent fires especially as we observe Fire Prevention Month. There is much that the public can do to keep   from losing…

Status quo at BFP as talks ensue to resolve standoff

Doris C. Bongcac 11/08/2013

SUPER typhoon Yolanda cooled off the simmering tension between the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) 7 and the Cebu City Hall’s demolition team. Councilor Gerardo Carillo said the BFP personnel will be allowed to occupy temporary offices…

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