By
Andrew Doga-ong
BONTOC, Mountain
Province – A total of 76 fire incidents mostly forest or grass fires damaged
P7, 679,400 worth of flora and fauna including properties in the province
recently.
Bureau of Fire
officials reported this saying this capital town of Bontoc registered highest
number of forest fires with 29 among 10 towns of the province.
Seven fire incidents
were recorded from January to Feb. 25.
Local officials and
concerned individuals have been calling for
protection and preservation of
foest covers from further denudation caused by forest fires.
They said the green
sceneries and vegetative covers are some of the natural come-ons of the
province aside from being one of the watershed cradles of Northern Luzon.
For this, BFP outfits
in the province launched fire prevention and fire safety campaign activities in
observance of the Fire Prevention Month this March.
Based on the program
of activities, the observance will kick-off with a “Walk for a Fire-Free and a
Fire-Safe Nation” was held March 1 here.
Provincial Fire
Marshal Fire Chief Inspector Floyd Toyokan together with the municipal fire
marshals led the participants to include firefighters, fire volunteers, public
servants, non-governmental organizations, students and other interested
individuals.
The walk started 5
a.m. at Sitio Kalonglong, Samoki and ended at Bilibid, Upper Calluttit.
On March 5, the Bontoc
Fire Station will held fun run or “Takbo Laban sa Sunog 2016” at the BFP-Bontoc
Station, sitio Loc-ong, Bontoc Poblacion.
Using the Bontoc –
Mainit Provincial road as route, participants converges at Mount Chata, a
mountain over-looking the four central barangays of Bontoc, to listen to
lectures on fire prevention and fire safety tips.
In Monday’s flag
raising ceremony, Provincial Administrator Johnny Lausan enjoined the support
of the government employees to the fun run activity of the BFP.
For the whole month of
March, firemen will also be guesting in radio programs to discuss the
importance of fire safety and prevention.
There will also be
fire prevention games and contest in selected schools to be simultaneously
conducted by the municipal fire stations.
There is the need to
continuously instill awareness of the community on the importance of fire
safety and fire prevention to avoid the occurrence of destructive fires, said
Fire Officer I Jenry Layagan of the BFP Provincial Office.
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