There have been several fires in Iloilo and the authorities have decided to step in to prevent any more from happening. Let's take a look at their methods.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1199647 |
About 84 of the 180 barangays in Iloilo City are susceptible to fire and 14,226 households in those areas are still using illegal connections, an official of an electric power distribution company here said on Tuesday.
Iloilo City targets zero fire incidents with the implementation of the Integrated Approach to Fire Prevention program initiated by the local government, distribution utility More Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), and concerned stakeholders.
To prevent fires due to illegal connections, a team consisting of representatives of the city engineer’s office and office of the building official of the city government, safety officers and community relations officers of MORE Power, and personnel of the BFP visit target barangays for the inspection.
“More Power has deployed safety officers to do the electrical safety orientation and community relations officers to talk about applying for legal connection, while the BFP discusses how to eliminate and prevent fire in day-to-day living. Our technical team join the city engineers’ office and the office of the building official for the actual inspection,” MORE Power vice president for customer care and project head Maricel Pe-Calunod said in an interview.
She said a team has been visiting target barangays daily since the launch of the program in Barangay Alalasan in Lapuz district last week.
A lecture and inspection covering secondary lines, service drops, metering facilities, and flying and loop connections are done in a day.
With the inspection, they hope to ensure that all service lines are jumper-free, old Elevated Metering Centers and over-extended low-lying wires are rehabilitated, fire safety through community involvement is institutionalized, and households with no connections be regularized through the MORE Konek program.
“The reason why our community relations officers are joining the team is to encourage new applications otherwise, their use of jumper will lead to fire due to overload,” she added.
Early this month, Councilor Sedfrey Cabaluna, in a privilege speech at the Sangguniang Panlungsod, attributed many fire incidents in the city to electrical problems, such as illegal connections, tapping, unauthorized load side connections, and substandard wirings that lead to overloading.
He said 186 of the 300 houses in Barangays West Habog-Habog and San Juan that were burned down during what could be the biggest fire in the city have no legal connections.
Ha, ha, ha!! Wow. These people think doing a visual inspection and having a talk with these residents will stop fires? NO! They are poor and cannot afford legal hook-ups. Too bad for them but the best thing to do is to TEAR THE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS DOWN. Full Stop. The only way to prevent these fires is to totally eradicate their source. Why won't the city do that? Muh feelings?
I mean look how stupid they are being.
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| https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/18/integrated-approach-to-curb-fires-in-iloilo-city-launched |
“The fire incidents in Iloilo City are mostly preventable and due to illegal electric connections,” added Treñas.
In January, 300 houses were gutted in a fire in Barangays West Habog-Habog and San Juan in Molo District and 186 had no electric meters.
Iloilo City Couuncilor Sedfrey Cabaluna had earlier revealed that more than 14,000 households do not have legal electrical connections.
With the program, the city government and the BFP are encouraging residents to avail of legal connections through the MORE Konek program.
They admit the fires are preventable and their solution is to encourage residents to avail of legal connections?? JUST TAKE THEM ALL DOWN!! That is the answer. Even if it is harmful it will prevent fires.
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