DR. JOEY T.

ABARY, MD
BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

TOTAL NUMBER OF ISLANDS:
3 MAIN ISLAND GROUPS:

SPANISH COLONY SINCE:

LUZON
VISAYAS
MINDANAO

1521-1898

UNITED STATES INFLUENCE SINCE:

RELIGION:

7,107

1898 -

95%
MUSLIM 4%

CHRISTIANITY

PRESENT

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

CHINA
TAIWAN
SOUTH CHINA
SEA

PACIFIC OCEAN
SPRATLY ISLANDS

MALAYSIA
INDONESIA

EARTHQUAKES

VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

TYPHOONS

TYPHOONS

LANDSLIDES

LANDSLIDES

FLOODS

FIRES

ULTRA STAMPEDE

ULTRA STAMPEDE

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION /
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL
POLICE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
METRO MANILA DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

D
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION / PHILIPPINE
NATIONAL POLICE
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL
DISASTER
COORDINATING
COUNCIL

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

AND HI-WAYS
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
RELIGIOUS GROUPS
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS

Government Agencies related

to Disaster Management
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

NATIONAL DISASTER
COORDINATING COUNCIL
ARMED FORCES OF THE
PHILIPPINES

ARMED FORCES OF THE

PHILIPPINES

PHILIPPINE ARMY
PHILIPPINE NAVY
PHILIPPINE AIRFORCE
* COAST GUARD

Government Agencies related

to Disaster Management
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT

BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
BUREAU OF JAIL
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS

BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION

TOTAL NUMBER OF
FIREFIGHTERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES:

15,307

PHILIPPINE POPULATION:

92,681,453 *
A ratio of 1 FIREFIGHTER for
every 6,054 Filipinos

* Source: CIA The World Fact Book

(as of July 2008 est.)

BUREAU OF FIRE
PROTECTION

VISION
A MODERN, EFFICIENT AND
RESPONSIVE NATIONAL
FIRE PROTECTION AGENCY
WORKING TOWARDS A
PUBLIC SAFETY
CONSCIOUS SOCIETY

BUREAU OF FIRE
PROTECTION
MISSION
TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTIES THROUGH
THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES
INVESTIGATION OF THEIR CAUSES

THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL

AND RESCUE SERVICES WITH THE ACTIVE
SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC.

BFP SPECIAL RESCUE UNIT

PROVIDE EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TO ALL TYPES OF
EMERGENCIES, DISASTERS
AND CALAMITIES
CREATED IN RESPONSE TO THE
GROWING NEED FOR
ASSISTANCE IN ACCIDENTS
AND OTHER
EMERGENCY SITUATION FROM
NATURAL AND HUMANINDUCED DISASTERS

BFP SPECIAL RESCUE UNIT

BFP SPECIAL RESCUE UNIT

BFP MEDICAL SERVICE

TOTAL NUMBER OF MEDICAL

DOCTORS IN THE BUREAU OF
FIRE PROTECTION: 11
TOTAL NUMBER OF
FIREFIGHTERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES:

1 DOCTOR for every

1,390FIREFIGHTERS

A ratio of

15,300

BFP MEDICAL SERVICE

32
TOTAL NUMBER OF NURSES: 267

TOTAL NUMBER OF DENTISTS:

TOTAL NUMBER OF PHYSICAL THERAPISTS:

OTHER ALLIED MEDICAL FIELDS:

16

252

TOTAL NUMBER OF
FIREFIGHTERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES:

15,307

BFP MEDICAL SERVICE

THANK
YOU!