Fire safety

I have experienced an incident of fire break out in the my homeland which is the Philippines and now I will tell you what had happened.First of all I was just with my friends whoes names are Joe,Shannen,Charmain and Julios Joe and Julios are brothers and the two girls are my classmates Shannen is my....... well I told some of you who is Shannen and also Charmain. Any way we were just walking in a trench that's wright a trench when a building just....... I think you won' t believe me but...... you know what it's in the internet so here it is Wednesday, January 5, 2005 The number of fire incidents last December dropped by at least 35 percent, while damage to property decreased by almost 40 percent compared with the figure recorded by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) during the same month in 2003, Interior and Local Government Secretary Angelo T. Reyes reported yesterday. Citing a report furnished him by the BFP, Reyes said the Bureau has registered some 846 fire incidents in December 2003 compared with 553 last month or a decline of 34.63%. On the other hand, damage to property was pegged at P349.09 million and P215.75 million, respectively or a drop of 38.20 percent, he added. The DILG Chief likewise reported that fire incidents for the entire 2004 (9,717) was slightly lower than in 2003 (10,234), or a drop of 5.05 percent; while damage to properties was recorded at P3.066 billion in 2004, as to P4.172 billion in 2003, or a decline of 26.52 percent. Reyes attributed the decline to the Bureau’s firefighting and fire prevention efforts and the people’s growing awareness and consciousness of the need to make “fire prevention a way of life.” “These figures indicate the snowballing public awareness on the need to make fire prevention a way of life and this augurs well in our efforts to prevent the loss of lives and properties during fire incidents,” he said. The BFP report also said that some 63 fire incidents took place nationwide last New Year’s Eve until January 1, 2005 which resulted in damage to properties amounting to P24.015 million. Twelve fire incidents were recorded each in Metro Manila and Region 6; 10 in Region 1; eight in Region 7; seven in Calabarzon; five in Region 3; three in Region 2; and two apiece in Regions 8, 9 and Caraga. At the same time, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) reported an increase in the jail population nationwide, from 48,097 in 2003 to 60,031 last year, attributing the hike in the government’s intensified drive against criminality and illegal drugs. The Bureau also reported that only 40 escape incidents were recorded in 2004, compared with 68 escapes in 2003. It also said the escape rate dropped by .21percent in 2004 compared with 2003 (.25 percent), while escapees recovery rate increased to 50.81 percent than in 2003 (49.19 percent).###