Effectiveness of Implementation of Fire Prevention Program of BFP in Selected

Barangays in Datu Paglas Maguindanao Del Sur

OMAR P. TAGUIGAYA
AMZADEN U. ABAS

A Thesis Outline Submitted to the Department of Criminology, Colegio de

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY

MARCH 2023
 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

The Bureau of Fire Protection is an agency of the Department of the Interior and

Local Government (DILG) responsible for implementing national policies related to

Firefighting and fire prevention as well as implementation of the Philippine Fire Code

(PD 1185), which has been repealed and replaced by the New Fire Code of the

Philippines (RA 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 December 19, 2008. Formerly known as the Integrated National

Police Fire Service, the BFP is in charge of the administration and management of

municipal and city fire and emergency services all over the country. The BFP also

conducts programs regarding the prevention of fire to lessen the rate of fire in our

country. Fire safety and prevention is everyone's responsibility and therefore we all must

know how to go about doing these things. It is important to have a basic understanding

about how a fire occurs and behaves within a building. The personnel of Bureau of Fire

Protection are on duty 24/7. Fire is one of the calamities that you can’t simply predict, it

may happen at any time of the day or even late at night and that is why we have the BFP.

Fire equipment like fire trucks, hose, ladders, water and access to fire hydrants or other
necessary resources are vital in suppressing or preventing a fire. Fire equipment is the

main help for firefighters to put out a fire. But a fire doesn’t occur every day, without

anyone knowing it may happen unexpectedly. With this, we can ask, is the BFP prepared

in case of emergency? There are a lot of fire incident wherein the BFP did not have

enough water to put out a fire. This is one of the events that bring into question the level

of preparedness of the BFP, their personnel and equipment or other resources in case of

emergency. Being prepared is one thing but there are also other problems to be addressed.

Ideally, BFP should commendably respond to fire emergencies in the span of five

(5) minutes which would lead to faster suppression of fire. But, in reality, BFP is far from

being able to respond to fire, because of lack of preparation on their equipment and

because of being too relaxed. In actuality, because of these circumstances, BFP is

responding to fire, averaging to ten (10) to fifteen (15) minutes which lead to slower

suppression of fire. And to think that the government has allotted money for BFPs

equipment for it to be more useful and be more reliable. The equipment must be always

ready and checked to ensure the effectiveness and preparedness of it in case of

emergency. In this case, lack of fund is not a reason to just leave the equipment in not a

good condition. As we assumed, fire comes in a much unpredicted time, how can a fire

be easily suppressed if in the first place if the BFP is not taking care of it. In this way, we

can measure the level of effectiveness of the prevention program to overcome the

problems they may encounter. This is the reason why we chose to study about this topic,

Effectiveness of Implementation of Five Prevention Program of BFP in Selected

Barangay in Datu Paglas Maguindanao Del Sur

The aim of the study is to determine the The Effectiveness of Implementation of

Fire Prevention Program of BFP in Selected Barangays in Datu Paglas Maguindanao Del

Sur S.Y. 2022-2023. Specially, it seeks answer to the following questions:

1. What is the socio-demographic profile of the respondent in terms of age, sex, civil

status, religion, tribe and educational attainment?

2. What is the level of the Effectiveness of Implementation of Fire Prevention Program of

BFP in Selected Barangays in Datu Paglas Maguindanao Del Sur in terms of

Objectives of the Study

Fire Prevention Program of BFP in Selected Barangays in Datu Paglas Maguindanao Del

Sur S.Y. 2022-2023. Specially, it seeks answer the following questions:

1. To determine the socio-demographic profile of the respondent in terms of age, sex,

civil status, religion, tribe and educational attainment

2. To determine the problem encountered and insights of the bereau of Fire protection

personnel towards responding fire incident

This study will be significant to the following group of sectors:

To the BFP. significantly reduce the extent of damage that a fire can cause and

help to avert one from breaking out in the first place.

To the Community fire protection plan directed every fire station in the region

to choose a target barangay under its area of responsibility where they can conduct hazard

evaluation, hazard elimination, and tactical defense.

To the LGU a major role in a community's development, provide the links

between the people and government, address its community's problems and concerns,

enforce policies and hold influence over its communities.

To the Researchers This study will serve as a basis or reference for future

studies regarding the firefighting facilities and equipment in relation to the performance

of firefighter.

To the Future Researchers The result of the study will be valuable reference in

developing other related researches about the study. The weaknesses and other

limitations will challenge them to either replicate or construct the study using other

methodologies
 Scope and Limitation of the Study

This study aims to determine the Effectiveness of Implementation of Fire

Prevention Program of BFP in Selected Barangays in Datu Paglas Maguindanao Del Sur

specially the socio demographic profile of the respondents in terms of age, sex, civil

status, religion, tribe and educational attainment and the effectiveness of implementation

of fire prevention program by the BFP in terms of:

Operational Definition of Terms

The following terms are defined conceptually and operationally to understand the

main focus of the study.

Awareness. The knowledge and understanding of the BFP Personnel and Community

the program that something is happening or exists.

Barangay Ugnayan Program . Refers to the activity by the BFP to discuss the safety

reminders and preventive measures to avoid fire occurrence at home.

BFP Firefighters. A person who fight these fires and prevents distraction of life,

property and the environment.

Bureau of Fire Protection. Refers to the Government agency responsible for

implementing national policies related to Firefighting and fire prevention.

who are the respondents of this study.

Fire. Refers to a chemical reaction which takes place that causes fire outbreak that

destroys life and property.

Fire Prevention. Measures and practices directed toward the prevention and suppression

of destructive fires.

Strength. The quality to resist being moved or broken by a force.

Weaknesses. A quality or feature that prevents someone or something from being

effective or useful.

Theoretical Framework 

According to Brent Hagel (2006), in his study he intended to determine the impact

of a community-based fire prevention intervention directed only to parents on the fire

safety knowledge and behavior in elementary school children. This was a prospective,

quasi-randomized controlled study in which third and fourth grade students from two

elementary schools in an urban, poor, minority community completed

knowledge/behavior surveys at baseline and following completion of the intervention.

The intervention group received an in-home visit from fire department personnel who

installed free lithium smoke detectors and provided a fire escape plan.