THE NEW ACTING City Fire Marshal in Ormoc City, Fire Senior Inspector (FSINSP) Vic Leonel L. Macasil, paid a courtesy call to City Local Government Operations Officer (CLGOO) Jean Redi T. Briones at the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Ormoc Conference Room on May 21, 2025. The BFP’s main initiatives and Ormoc City’s Peace and Order and Public Safety Plan were calibrated during their discussion.
Thereafter, the DILG-Ormoc gave BFP-Ormoc a laptop to help the latter become prepared for a more effective and fruitful workflow. Further, during said call, Macasil was accompanied by Ormoc City Fire Station Senior Fire Officer (SFO) 2 Dino Daniel P. Barsomo, Chief of Operations, and Fire Officer (FO) 1 April Rose A. Dalut.
BFP’s primary mandate is to prevent and suppress destructive fires, enforce the Fire Code, and investigate fire causes. This includes responding to fires in buildings, structures, forests, vehicles, ships, petroleum installations, and other similar incidents. The BFP also assists the Armed Forces of the Philippines in national emergencies. (By Gwen Maurillo/EV Mail  MAY 19-25, 2025 issue)