With the month of March dubbed as National Fire Prevention Month, the Bureau of Fire Protection in Davao City has lined up a number of events in line with the month-long occasion.
Insp. Christian Cena, BFP XI Central Fire Station Commander said that according to BFP findings, the month of March have higher number of fire incidents compared to other periods since the month marks the beginning of the hot season.
BFP have started Fire Prevention Month on Wednesday, by having their kick-off ceremony and unity walk. On Friday, March 3, will be the Fire Square, a quiz bee and poster-making contest to be participated by public and private schools in both elementary and secondary level all over Davao City which will be held at the Davao City Fire District Central Parking Bay.
On dates March 6-10 will be the Kapihan sa PIA, back-to-back with Berong Bumbero sa Paaralan, a fire safety awareness campaign in different schools.
The third week of the month (March 13-17) will be allotted to the inspection and testing of all fire hydrants, house-to-house fire safety awareness campaigns and refreshers course training for the volunteer and barangay fire brigades.
All fire stations will have an open house for the public on March 20-22.
This month-long celebration’s highlight would be the Fire Combat Challenge participated by the different barangays and industrial organizations in Davao City. Winners of the said event will be awarded during the month’s culmination ceremony on March 31.
According to the data divulged by the BFP, since the start of the year until the end of February, there had been 47 recorded fire incidents with a total damage amounting to almost Php 4.4M. Most of these establishments are residential and commercial areas.
March had been declared as the National Fire Prevention Month under Proclamation 115-A in 1966 during the time of President Ferdinand Marcos.
