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Bureau of Fire Protection National headquarters along Senator Miriam P. Defensor-Santiago Avenue (formerly Agham Road) in Quezon City. The BFP was formed from the units of the Integrated National Police's Office of Fire Protection Service on January 29, 1991 through Republic Act No. 6975, which created the present Interior Department and placed the provision of fire services under its control.
The Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008, officially codified as Republic Act No. 9514, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2553 and House Bill No. 4115, enacted and passed the Senate and the House of Representatives on October 6, 2008 and October 8, 2008, respectively. It was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on ...
A fire sprinkler or sprinkler head is the component of a fire sprinkler system that discharges water when the effects of a fire have been detected, such as when a predetermined temperature has been exceeded. Fire sprinklers are extensively used worldwide, with over 40 million sprinkler heads fitted each year. In buildings protected by properly ...
On May 13, 2015, a fire broke out at the Kentex manufacturing factory in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines. 72 people were killed in the fire, making the incident the joint-second worst fire disaster in Philippine history alongside the Manor Hotel fire in 2001; only the Ozone Disco Club fire in 1996 had claimed more lives. [a][1]
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), formerly known as the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) until August 2011, is a working group of various government, non-government, civil sector and private sector organizations of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines established on June 11, 1978 by Presidential Decree 1566. [1]
The fire started on the morning of Saturday, December 23, 2017. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported that the fire started at around 9:30 a.m. PST ().NCCC marketing manager Janna Abdullah Mutalib said that the fire started at the mall's third floor where the textiles (which were the materials that are flammable and caused the fire to worsen), school supplies and furniture were sold.
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. [1][2] It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as well as the research and development, production, testing and application of mitigating systems.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Interyor at Pamahalaang Lokal), abbreviated as DILG, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for promoting peace and order, ensuring public safety and strengthening local government capability aimed towards the effective delivery of basic services to the citizenry.