Govt Should Upgrade Fire Fighting Units!

I took that photo when I arrived...

Volunteer Firefighters work by heart. No pay, No schedules. Round the clock. Unlike Govt, which depend on their pay. They even lack equipment. Government should address this issue.

Last night, I responded to a fire at around 10pm in cubao. When I arrived, it was still small. After a while, the alarm was raised to 5th alarm. (Normally, from 1st, 2nd then 3rd....) after a few more minutes, it was raised to Alpha.

Lets just pray for the Fire Victims.


At least 500 families face a bleak Christmas after a fire of still undetermined origin razed their shanties in Quezon City Thursday night, a radio report said.

Radio dzBB reported Friday morning that many of the displaced families were brought to the Bagong Buhay Health Center following the fire, where an 80-year-old resident suffered burns.

The injured resident was initially identified as Pompeyo Genove, who was rushed to a nearby hospital. No other casualties were reported as of 7 a.m. Friday.

Local village officials said the families need food, clothing and other basic goods as they lost their belongings in the fire.

As of Friday morning, P. Tuazon Street remained closed to traffic as local residents cleaned it up.

The fire, which started at 9:43 p.m. Thursday, reached Task Force Charlie before firefighters finally declared it "out" at 3 a.m. Friday.

Initial investigation showed the fire hit several shanties made of light materials at Century Compound in Tagumpay Village in Quezon City.

Firefighters had a hard time battling the blaze, running out of water at one point.

The Armed Forces sent a fire truck after the winds threatened to have the fire spread towards the direction of its headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo. - GMANews.TV

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