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Sunday, December 18, 2005
Council to Bry. Camputhaw: Train tanods on firefighting
Althought it did not object to the request for a mini-fire truck, the Cebu City Council told Barangay Camputhaw to train its tanods first in basic firefighting.
Approving the recommendations of the committee on police, fire, penology, and public safety, the council said it is “indispensable” for Camputhaw’s personnel, especially the tanods, to learn how to act when there is fire before the City Government grants its request.
The City’s Disaster Coordinating Council and the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation (Eruf) are training barangay personnel teams from 20 barangays on emergency preparedness and life-saving techniques.
Not intended
Camputhaw, though, is not one of the intended recipients of the training, which the council gave a P2.25-million budget last May.
The committee, headed by Councilor Procopio Fernandez, lauded Camputhaw officials’ initiative in asking for a mini-fire truck, saying the barangay is in the best position to immediately respond to fires in its area.
Camputhaw is one of the city’s densely populated barangays where houses are built close to each other.
The last time a fire hit the barangay was in June last year, when eight homes were burned down in a 12-minute blaze that destroyed properties worth at least P180,000.
In asking for the fire truck, Barangay Captain Lorenzo Basamot and his councilors argued that the barangay intended to be “self-reliant” and more prepared when fires occur.
And since the barangay has no funds, it asked the City to be the one to purchase a reconditioned, 60 horsepower mini-fire truck, which is worth at least P650,000.
City Councilor Sylvan Jakosalem, after getting Mayor Tomas Osmeña’s approval, asked that funding be taken from the City’s Pagcor funds.
The council, though, expressed concern over the availability of a parking area for the fire truck, that it first referred the request last October to the committee on police for comment. (RHM)
(December 18, 2005 issue)
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