Drunk Firefighters

I take pictures of just about everything. Whenever I see something that strikes me I break out my camera and take a snapshot. Like this fire station.

What's so interesting about this you ask? Nothing. It's just an ordinary fire station and those are ordinary fire trucks.  But what's around the corner? Let's take a look.

The unknown beckons.  Let's plunge into it.

Why look at that! It's a bench with 5 empty bottles of Tanduay scattered about. These firemen cannot even clean up their trash after a rousing drunk. Why are they drinking on the job anyway? What if a call comes in and they have to go fight a fire? A drunk fireman is no good. They could also end up killing each other.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1089372

A personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here died while another was wounded after they stabbed each other following the station’s Christmas party that ended around 2 a.m. on Monday. 

The fatality was identified as Isaac Cabana and the wounded, Cornelio Silva, who both have the rank of Fire Officer 3. 

Initial police investigation showed the two firefighters remained at the venue, just in front of the city fire station on San Juan Street, Barangay 8, after the celebration ended. 

Maj. Sherlock Gabana, chief of Police Station 2, said Cabana sustained a wound in the neck and was declared dead at a hospital. 

Silva is being treated for abdomen and back wounds, he added. 

Gabana said their other colleagues saw them “hugging” each other, and then found the two already injured.

You can see in the forefront of this picture two cases of 1 litre size Red Horse beer. You can also see a bottle on the table. Hard to tell exactly what it is but it's probably alcohol. 

Why do Filipino firemen and policemen drink on the job and store alcohol in the staff kitchen? Why is this allowed? Who is monitoring these people? Just another problem in this problematic country.