HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

CODE: DM 212

COVID-19 PROGRAMS OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE

PROTECTION

DEVELOPED ESTABLISHED SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT
 Hazardous Material  The Bureau of Fire  Continuous Skill
(HazMat) Operations Protection is the main Enhancement/Training on
through: agency conducting Decontamination
HazMat Operation  Training on Weapon of
Technical through technical Mass Destruction
Decontamination decontamination at (WMD)/Chemical
various Local Government Biological Radiological
Units, private sectors, Nuclear and Explosives.
other government offices,
 The bureau is also  Resolution on the schedule
conducting flushing most and conduct of flushing
especially at the Public and decontamination by
Markets/Public Assembly the Sangguniang Bayan
Places. from the Local
Government Unit.

Flushing on Public
Assemblies
 The bureau is also
promoting “Green
Revolution” by planting
vegetables, flowers, and
other plants within the
premises of all fire
stations region-wide.
 Green Revolution
This is to address food
shortage and to promote
the preservation of “slow
food” most especially in
today’s challenging
times.
Through SB Resolution,
additional manpower and
resources will also be
provided therefore.
 The Bureau of Fire
Protection – Regional
Office 1 cascades a
Memorandum Order as
regards the implementation
of this endeavor.
The Regional Office also
conducts a contest in
selecting the station who is
“Best in Green Revolution”
and will be awarded during
the annual anniversary of
the bureau.

 The bureau is conducting  The Bureau of Fire

psycho-social activities Protection – Regional
every Friday of the week. Office 1 cascades a
These can be conducted Memorandum Order as
by bonding together as regards the implementation
whole team, playing of this endeavor.
mind games like chess
and the like. The ultimate The Regional Office can

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 goal in here is having a also monitor the various
 Psycho-social holistic dialogue as a innovations of the fire
enhancement team thereby promoting stations in the conduct of
activities esprit de corps and this endeavor and can
camaraderie. further disseminate some
best practices to the rest of
This is important in fire the fire stations in the
stations in order to ease region.
the toxicity and burden
and can enlighten the
mood of everyone
through the so-called
“holistic dialogue” most
especially with the
stressful atmosphere
brought by the COVID-
19 pandemic.

 OPLAN PAALALA:

Public Advisory on  This is conducted every  The BFP Provincial Office

COVID-19 9:00 AM and 8:00 PM of Pangasinan will reiterate
every day in order to keep safety protocol instructions
the people reminded on through a Provincial
fire safety, curfew hours, Memorandum Order to be
and most especially the cascaded on all the fire
safety measures against stations within the
COVID-19. province.

 The continuous assistance

of BFP Personnel in
checkpoints help in the  The continuous assistance
Checkpoints dissemination of the of the BFP in checkpoints
minimum health protocols is provided by the National
and safety passage IATF which is adopted by
requirements. the Regional down to the
Local IATF of each
province.
 BFP Swabbers at the  This is the commitment of  The BFP as represented by
Philippine Arena the Bureau of Fire the Fire Director in
Protection to the Filipino coordination with the DOH
populace. committed to reinforce the
manpower of all health
BFP Personnel who are workers most especially
nurse by profession and during the peak rise of the
those who have a surge of the COVID-19
medical-related course pandemic.
manned the Philippine
Arena as swabbers.  This is also the bureau’s
zeal of social
responsibility.
 Emergency Medical  This team composed of  In accordance with the

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 Services (EMS) firefighters who are
medically trained for
medical and emergency
rescue. They are the ones
who are visible during
vehicular accidents.
bureau’s mission of
responding to emergencies,
personnel belonging to
EMS are trained to conduct
and respond to medical and
other emergencies.

 They are also  Each station has a

programmed to undergo designated EMS.
skill enhancement
training programs like
emergency first
responder.
 SPECIAL RESCUE
FORCE

Search, Rescue, and

Retrieval Operations  The Special Rescue  The Special Rescue Force
Force (SRF) is the newly is committed to conduct a
created unit of the year-round training of its
Bureau of Fire Protection personnel here in the
which is tasked in country and abroad as
similarly advance and regards the various
complex kind of search, strategies and skills
rescue and retrieval pertaining to all kinds of
operations most response even by air, land
especially in terms of and water.
destructive fires,
disasters, and other man-  The BFP Modernization
made or natural disasters. Act paved way for the
creation of the Special
Rescue Force which in turn
open an opportunity for the
bureau to generate assets in
responding to all forms of
disasters be it in the air,
water, or land.

 In the commitment of the

bureau to such responses,
creation of the first air
wing (pilot training) and
marine training (speedboat)
came into reality.
 Creation of Fire  This program is a  The Fire Code of the
Brigade in manifestation of the Philippine (RA9514)
Community proactive prevention requires all building which
program of the bureau. compose of 50 occupants
to form their own Fire
 Through this brigade, it Brigade with the approval
somehow generated and training to be provided
additional manpower by the local BFP.
most especially that one
of the most perennial  This is one of the best
problem in the bureau is platforms to instill with the
insufficient manpower. people the essence of
safety. Thus, in accordance

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 with the Fire Code, all
establishments that have 50
or more occupants should
comply and non-
compliance thereof will
forfeit the issuance of their
Fire Safety Inspection
Certificate or non-renewal
of their business.

 All fire stations within

AOR should supervise and
monitor the creation of
this.
 Fire Prevention
Programs

Online Fire Safety  In today’s foregoing  The Fire Code of the

Seminar pandemic, Philippines (RA 9514)
assembly/gathering is provides that inspection
already impossible. To should be conducted at all
make sure that every establishments whether
every establishment is government or private.
compliant as regards fire
safety, seminars are  Non-compliance of
already conducted via establishments with the
Zoom. provisions of the Fire
Code will cause their non-
 This is more convenient issuance of Fire Safety
than the actual assemble Inspection Certificate or
because the participants even non-renewal of
can just join or business.
participate in their own
comfort.  All Fire Stations are
required to manifest all
 During the course of the these provisions in their
seminar, all participants Inspection Report to be
will be given time to ask checked by their
all their concerns and respective City/Municipal
will also be answered Fire Marshals.
immediately by the BFP.
 Extensive Social  All fire stations within  The Regional and
Media Campaign: the region are instructed Provincial Community
Fire Safety Tips to create their own Relations Officer and
official Facebook page. Public Information Officer
will monitor all the posts of
 In their FB, they will be the different fire stations in
posting all the activities the province/region to
of each respective fire ensure their compliance.
stations. One of which Non-compliance of a
that are to be posted are station is tantamount to a
Fire Safety Tips and Notice to Explain which is
Preventive Measures or to be executed by the
minimum heath City/Municipal Fire
protocols against Marshal of the concerned
COVID-19. station.

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 OPLAN LIGTAS NA
PAMAYANAN
(OLP) ON THE
ROAD
 The BFP is conducting an 
ocular visit to all
Information Barangays to distribute
Dissemination Drive fire safety flyers which
bear all the fire safety
tips/preventive measures
against COVID-19 and
even include all the
emergency hotlines of all
concerned agencies like
the MDRRMC, BFP,
PNP, RHU, and MHO.
This activity will be
posted on the official
Facebook Page and it
should be via FB Live to
ensure its real time.
The Regional and
Provincial Community
Relations Officer and
Public Information
Officer will monitor all
the posts of the different
fire stations in the
province/region to ensure
their compliance.
Non-compliance of a
station is tantamount to a
Notice to Explain which
is to be executed by the
City/Municipal Fire
Marshal of the concerned
station.

This is conducted
monthly.
 Coastal Clean-up  This is conducted by fire  This is monitored by the
Drive stations that are near the Provincial Office as it
coastal areas. should be posted via FB
Live in real time.
 This is also conducted in
coordination with the This is conducted
DENR and the LGU and depending on the situation
other concerned agencies. of the coastal areas.

As of the Enhanced
Community Quarantine
(ECQ), there was a limited
conduct of this program
since mobility of the
people are limited so thus
recreation.
 CommuniTree  This is the unique project  The program is still being
of BFP Pangasinan which pursued even as of today
is aimed at planting trees because it gained several
within the Province. supporters from the various
concerned agencies and
This program was private sectors.
supported by concerned
agencies like the DENR, It targets to plant
some LGUs, and other mangroves on the
civic organizations like identified flood-prone areas
the Rotary Club. within the province.
 Featured BumHero  This is a program of the  This program is still
Bureau of Fire Protection practiced since it can boost
– Pangasinan to feature and inspire the morale not
all the sacrifices and just the men and women of
heroic deed of all the bureau but even the

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 firefighters. community.

A featured article will be This is also aimed at

posted through the capturing the hearts of the
official FB Page of the community by inspiring
Provincial Office. and at the same time giving
them the right image of a
“public servant”, a servant
of God.
 Bumbero TV Live  This BTV Live is a  This is aired through the
pioneer project of BFP FB Live Page of the
Pangasinan. It serves as a Provincial Office and every
media platform to update personnel of each station
all the progress of the within the province is
programs and projects of strongly encouraged to
the bureau to the watch the airing episode
community. and to share it also on their
own Facebook Accounts.
This talk show invites
guest who are mostly Posting and sharing of such
personnel assigned at the by each station will be
various stations within monitored by the
the province who can provincial Office BTV
share their station’s best Team.
practices or can even be
asked to share some of
their personal reality
bites like leadership
skills, mentoring, and
supervision that can
inspire their fellow public
servants and most
especially the
community.
 Online Fire Code and
Safety Quiz Bee

 In the commitment of the  This program is timely

Bureau of Fire Protection since it was launched
to Fire Prevention, the during the semestral break
BFP Pangasinan of the participating
pioneered the first ever students.
Fire Code Quiz Bee
which was enjoined by This can also foster
Junior and Senior High awareness on the youth as
School Students from the regards the importance of
various schools within the safety in school, home, or
province even everywhere.

Participants are briefed This activity is competitive

and trained by personnel in nature as it encouraged
of their respective all participants to review or
City/Municipal Fire to retrieve a copy of the
Stations Fire Code on the internet.
Participants were given
BFP Personnel with ample time to prepare.
participating students in

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 their AOR are tasked to Corresponding Prizes and
orient them as regards the Certificates were also
Fire Code. awarded to all participants
and the winners.

SUBMITTED BY:
1. BANAWAG, KEVIN G.
2. CORPUZ, ALVIN C.
3. CUPANG, ANGEL B.
4. DACUAG, DELIA G.
5. JALLORINA, GERALD JET D.

SUBMITTED TO:
MARIE CLAIRE B BRIONES, Ed. D

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