Chinoy Fire Volunteers

[Zeus]

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) might as well be abolished in Metro Manila and the task of putting out fires assigned to civilian fire volunteers.
The glaring ineptitude of government firefighters was shown yesterday when Chinoy fire volunteers arrived at the fire at Quezon City Hall fire ahead of BFP firemen.
That was not the first time Chinoy volunteers beat their government counterparts to the fire scene. It was the nth time.
In the very few times that government firemen got to the scene ahead of the volunteers, their stations were just a stone’s throw away from the scene.
But even then, the Chinoy firemen got to the fire scenes a few minutes after government firefighters. And they had to negotiate heavy traffic and start from Manila’s Chinatown.
If we have inutile BFP firemen, that’s because our government, particularly the current one, is hopelessly useless.
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So, what do we do with government firemen who will be displaced if the BFP were abolished in Metro Manila?
Oh, they could be reassigned to provinces and cities where there are no Chinoy volunteers.
Or if they couldn’t be removed from the metropolis, they could play second fiddle to Chinoy volunteers who are mostly honest and don’t loot houses on fire.
Chinoy volunteers don’t ask for money from owners of houses or business establishments on fire; most government firefighters do.

Source:www.inquirer.net
May 06, 2009
On Target by Ramon Tulfo

Thumbs up to Chinoy fire volunteers Thumbs down to BFP

[creepy]

Nagagalit ang mga BFP firemen sa mga volunteers. The volunteers make them look bad. Really bad.

[falken]

Nagagalit ang mga BFP firemen sa mga volunteers. The volunteers make them look bad. Really bad.

And they got no one else to blame but their own useless selves.

[boybi]

Pagnakatanggap ng tawag ang Volunteers ng tawag na may sunog, the Volunteers immediately informs the BFP. But if naunang nakatanggap ng tawag ang BFP, hindi nila tatawagan ang mga Volunteers, baka kasi maunahan na naman sila sa fire scene.

[motegi]

Cheers to the Volunteers!

[ooba99]

Two thumbs up for the Chinoy Fire Volunteers. :2thumbsup: Yeah !!!

[marg]

My friend who is a member of the Volunteer Fire Brigade has seen the local firemen ransacking rooms for valuables after each fire. They would break open cabinets and locked drawers.

[vinrem]

My friend who is a member of the Volunteer Fire Brigade has seen the local firemen ransacking rooms for valuables after each fire. They would break open cabinets and locked drawers.

This is true, my brother who is a volunteer once told me that they were called to retreat by their fire chief during a fire rescue bcoz one of the volunteer saw members of the BFP trying to open a vault at a burning business establishment.

[shadow]

ang alam ko sa mga volunteers kahit sila ang mauna sa lugar hinde yata sila pwedeng mauna mag patay ng apoy dapat hintayin ang BFP...

remember, dati gusto ipagbawal ni BF yun mga fire volunteers? buti hinde niya tinuloy yun plano niya dahil daw nakaka traffic sila...

[boybi]

ang alam ko sa mga volunteers kahit sila ang mauna sa lugar hinde yata sila pwedeng mauna mag patay ng apoy dapat hintayin ang BFP...

remember, dati gusto ipagbawal ni BF yun mga fire volunteers? buti hinde niya tinuloy yun plano niya dahil daw nakaka traffic sila...

Pwede na sila magbuga ng tubig kahit mauna sila. Ang alam kong hindi nila ginagawa is pumasok sa loob ng burning building, too dangerous.