The want for fireplace vehicles and firefighting gear is way better than the sources at the moment at hand, notably in distant islands, the Bureau of Fire Protection stated.
“’Yung BARMM areas is mostly islands, so wala talagang chance. May bumbero tayo doon, naglagay lang tayo ng bumbero, pero bucket brigade kami,” BFP Chief Fire Director Louie Puracan stated in a “24 Oras” report by Lei Alviz on Tuesday.
The BFP’s procurement plan for this 12 months covers 94 firetrucks, every costing about P14.5 million. Six native authorities models (LGUs) every obtained a brand new fireplace truck on Tuesday, however the fireplace company stated that 1,400 extra models are wanted.
“Our worry is, ‘yung isang isla, isang bayan. [Kung] walang ka fire trucks, wala talagang makakatulong,” Puracan stated. “Kailangan talaga nila ng fire truck. Unlike sa mainland, kahit wala kang fire truck, may katabing bayan na magreresponde.”
Moreover, the BFP additionally reported the necessity to exchange 2,800 present fireplace vehicles—or 47% of their automobiles.
In 2022, P1.5 billion was allotted for fireplace truck procurement, and paid for the vehicles that had been introduced on Tuesday. The price range for this 12 months’s procurement has been minimize to P950 million.
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has been actively campaigning to extend price range allocations for the BFP.
“Kasi, kahit na isang bayan ay meron nang fire truck, luma na, 20-plus years old na. At siyempre there are new technologies available, new capacity, lalo na sa water, the volume of water na kargado ng fire trucks, so we should take advantage of the new technologies. Pero dahan-dahan, we will be able to fulfill the requests of the BFP,” he stated. — Jiselle Anne C. Casucian/BM, GMA Integrated News
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