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INTRODUCTION
the Philippine Fire Code (PD 1185), which has been repealed and replaced by
the New Fire Code of the Philippines (RA 9514). Formerly known as
the Integrated National Police Fire Service, the BFP is in charge of the
services all over the country. The BFP also conducts programs regarding the
must know how to go about doing these things. It is important to have a basic
understanding about how a fire occurs and behaves within a building. The
personnel of Bureau of Fire Protection are on duty 24/7. Fire is one of the
calamities that you cant simply predict, it may happen at any time of the day or
even late at night and that is why we have the BFP. But before they take any
course of action, there are a lot of preparations that must be first addressed and
Fire equipment is the main help for firefighters to put out a fire. But a fire
doesnt occur every day, without anyone knowing it may happen unexpectedly.
With this, we can ask, is the BFP prepared in case of emergency? There are a lot
of fire incident wherein the BFP did not have enough water to put out a fire. This
is one of the events that bring into question the level of preparedness of the BFP,
prepared is one thing but there are also other problems to be addressed.
of five (5) minutes which would lead to faster suppression of fire. But, in reality,
BFP is far from being able to respond to fire, because of lack of preparation on
their equipment and because of being too relaxed. In actuality, because of these
minutes which lead to slower suppression of fire. And to think that the
government has allotted money for BFPs equipment for it to be more useful and
be more reliable. The equipment must be always ready and checked to ensure
of fund is not a reason to just leave the equipment in not a good condition. As we
assumed, fire comes in a much unpredicted time, how can a fire be easily
suppressed if in the first place if the BFP is not taking care of it. In this way, we
can measure the level of effectiveness of personnel to overcome the problems
This is the reason why we chose to study about this topic, to assess the
problems that the BFP may encounter in times of emergency. This will also show
the effectiveness of BFPs response methods, and try to come up with proposals
society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that
exceed the communitys or societys ability to cope using its own resources.
Though often caused by nature, disasters can have human origins. A disaster in
their natural forms includes typhoons, earthquake, tsunami and volcanic eruptions
but are relatively unstudied. Through the centuries there has been such an
intimate connection of fire with the cultural growth. Fire, provided a source of
warmth, protection and a method for cooking food. Creating fire allowed the
expansion of human activity to proceed into the dark and colder hours of the
night.
While, fire has helped much in shaping and developing the countrys
and properties.
Fire is combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with
oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke (Oxford
An intentional cause of fire, legally termed as arson, is the wilful malicious burning
deaths.
Protection(BFP) under the DILG and by virtue of Republic Act 6975, otherwise
known as DILG Act of 1990, is primarily to perform and be responsible for the
structures, forest lands, land transportation vehicles and equipment, ships and
installations, plane crashes and other similar activities. The recent statistics
are 12,301 total fire incidents occurred in the year 2013 nationwide which is 39.8%
higher than 8,798 fire reported in 2012 and 39.4% higher than the fires recorded
causes of fire incidents in the country. The BFP is strengthening its anti-fire
campaign and is informing the public that they can provide free services of fire
inspections to have wiring and outlets checked in the households. The BFP also
lacks 17,000 firemen in the country due to budget constraints. According to BFP
Chief, a fire truck should have at least 7 firemen but only average about 4
firemen per firetruck in the Philippines. Problems can be categorized into three
16,252 total firemen nationwide. In the material side, the common problems
encountered are lack of fire trucks, fire hydrants available, and more will be
of Fire Protection. Lack of financial support is a prime cause that allows the two
undergo a series of training in which concerns of not only extinguishing fire, but
also the prevention or suppression of the same. The number of the firemen as well
as their ratio to the population, as stated above, is not suffice to actually prevent
fire especially in the city of Pasig in which there are 12 fire stations and 11 of those
are considered to be sub-stations serving the whole City and the barangays within.
Statement of the Problem
there were any issue or problems to be addressed by our fire personnel regarding
the course of action that they may take when responding to a certain emergency.
1) What are the problems encountered by the Bureau of Fire Protection in Pasig City
in suppressing a fire?
goals, to deliver the products and services they specialized in, and finally to
with feelings of mastery and price. Low performance and not achieving the goals
financial and other benefits. Performance is a major although not the only
prerequisite for future career development and success in the labor market.
Although there might be exceptions, high performers get promoted more easily
within an organization and generally have better career opportunities than low
individual as it was stated in the preceding paragraph. It is also stated that each
individual will produce different kinds of result depending on their performance and
we connect this theory to our topic because there is bound to be a different result
Bureau of Fire Protection. As the target of this research, the study aims to
identify, analyze and give out recommendation to the involved to address the
study will give the DILG a valid and reliable information to help the BFP improve
the facilities and equipment for an efficient and effective service of fire prevention
and suppression.
Future Researchers. This study would benefit the future researchers by using it
The demographic profile of the respondents will be limited to age, sex, civil
other structures, forest lands, land transportation vehicles and equipment, ships
It is the research target in which the study aims to identify the problems
In this study, they are the targeted respondents on what are the problems
encountered.
It is the focus of the study to identify the problems and give out recommendation
CHAPTER II
It consists of related literatures and studies in the Philippines and abroad and
likewise studies whose implications are to some extent related to the investigation
at hand.
Foreign Studies
According to Kirtley et. al, (2007), on a study titled: Mitigation of the Rural
Best Practices. The following are recommendations for further research and for
implementation of
programs for USFA, NFPA, and other national and local organizations interested
survey for homes that could be incorporated as a voluntary outreach program and
used to identify homes that need changes in their equipment. Equipment checked
could include both portable and stationary space heaters, electrical wiring and
related parts of the electrical distribution system, and smoke alarms .The survey
also could check related conditions, such as locked, blocked, or inoperable doors
and windows that are part of primary or alternate escape routes. For greatest
effectiveness and least burden on the households, the survey would be conducted
electricians, with the consent of the households .Despite the term survey, this is
not envisioned as a hand-off instrument for households to use to review their own
equipment. After the survey the residents of the household would be given a list of
prioritized safety hazards that should be corrected .In an ideal program there would
be community block grants or other funding that would help the property owner to
recommend partnering with national and regional organizations and agencies such
programs that would replace problem space heaters; (3) We recommend the
identified in a survey and will identify affordable modifications suitable for use in
install working smoke alarms in every rural home; (5) We recommend the
rural communities and would portray the variety of rural communities in the United
States by region and group type; and (6) We recommend increased research on
Local Studies
Assessment. The findings of the study are as follows: The study arrived at the
following findings: On the status of the BFP with regard to its expanded role,
Enforcement of the Fire Code of the Phil. (PD 1185); Investigate its
upon the direction of the President assist the AFP in meeting national
emergency. With the passage of RA 9514 or the Fire Code of the Philippines
of 2008, the BFPs role was extended to include: enforcement of the Fire
specifically at Office/Fire Station level with a total approval rating of 89% while
Level CBRNE training. Hence, it can be construed that the BFP-NCR should
enhance its human resource capabilities taking into consideration the expanded
role of the BFP in responding to HAZMATs and CBRNE incidents. This was
further supported by the fact that the respondents were one in saying that the
Preparedness Plan should be the key priority for the BFPNCR. While their