The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) 11 is still trying to subdue the fire in Mt.Apo although it has declared the fire is already under control.
This was bared by BFP 11 spokesperson Insp. Nestor Jimenez in yesterday’s AFP-PNP Press Corps forum at Task Force Davao headquarters.
Jimenez said the firefighters and some volunteers in Mt.Apo are conducting ground verification to see if there are still smokes and small fires in some areas.
He said the Indigenous People (IP) living within the mountain range is helping the BFP in their overhauling operation by digging the fire-hit portions to ensure that there is no more fire.
Jimenez said the Department of Science of Technology (DOST) is also assisting the volunteers by conducting thermal mapping operation to see if some areas still have fires.
“The thermal mapping will be our basis to declare fire out in Mt.Apo,” he said.
He said the operation of the thermal mapping which started yesterday will last up to four days.
Jimenez said the team experience difficulty in the conduct of thermal mapping because originally it supposed to be an aerial survey but due to bad weather, they resorted to ground mapping.
He said that since last Friday, the Mt. Apo has been covered with thick clouds that made the Huey Helicopter of Philippine Air Force incapable.
“When the team will go back here in the city, we will conduct another meeting with the DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources) and the Davao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council by Monday, ” he said.
Jimenez said after the meeting on Monday, the DENR, Davao del Sur PDRRMC and BFP 11 will declare whether or not it is fire out.
He said the fire was already manageable and the fire fighters now were just making the overhauling operations in the mountains on Thursday last week.
“Our fire fighters now are checking all the portions of the mountain and they are suppressing the fire through the use of power spray,” he said. ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
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