Marawi City, Philippine: Blaze in Tugaya town in Lanao del Sur at around 12 noon December 9, 2007 wiped out about 10 houses.

Three Marawi fire trucks hurried, upon knowing the glare happened at around 12 noon Sunday,  December 9, 2007, to Ingud Poblacion, Tugaya town in Lanao del Sur. This was learned through VHF two way radios being used as channel of communication by the Tarompong sa Ranao Radio Forum, a leading  radio forum in the province. 

A’lim Mahmoud Al-Barodi, a member of the Tarompong sa Ranao Radio Forum, said about 10 houses were wiped out by blaze and no reported casualties during the incidence. The fire trucks, however, did not able to arrive at the height of the flame due to the distant apart between the said town and the city. Hadj Jalal B. Camid, Auditor of the said Radio Forum and Marawi City Fire Station Officer, revealed the urgent need of every municipality in Lanao del Sur to procure their own fire truck in order to anticipate upcoming fire occurrence.  With the support of the local officials,  the Chief Arson Investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection of Lanao del Sur and Marawi City can of course request from the National Government to provide fire trucks to the 40  Municipalities in Lanao del Sur,  Camid stressed.

Datu Deleon O Ungca, Secretary General of the said Radio Forum and Police Officer In-Charge Chief of Piagapo town, said the necessitate for  the Bureau of Fire Protection in Marawi City and Lanao del Sur to advertise their hot lines so they will be informed on time by responsible individuals, agencies and organizations as well as the law enforcers in case of emergency.

 

	1. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 10-12-2007 12:58 - Guest
	Volunteer Fire Brigade The need for efficient fire trucks is the one of the major problems of almost every municipality in Lanao del Sur. The local government units concerned has a hard time maintaining and/or providing for one. In the Manila area, some concerned citizens composing of the civil society, business sector and the likes joined their resources in coming up with their own volunteer fire brigade. All firemen are civilians who undergo training. They also have their own fire truck. I think some very wealthy "Maranaws" should to embark on this noble cause.

	2. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 11-12-2007 00:34 - Guest
	We Need Fireboat I witnessed the fire and it took less than 20 minutes to consume all of the houses. What Lanao del Sur needs is a fireboat with a very long hose. Most of the municipalities in the province are near the lake making it more efficient and effective to use fireboat. This cut response time and uses less power.    For details visit this site:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireboat

	3. Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it on 12-12-2007 12:58 - Guest
	We Need Fireboat i think.. d pa natin ma afford ang fireboat.

	4. Written by Aslani Montila on 13-12-2007 00:19 - Guest
	We Need Fireboat Tama!    Baka pwede humingi sa NPC ng fireboat.    Pwede naman yan imodify ang original boats, ang importante lang naman jan is yong hose na mahaba at malakas na pump.    Yong kaya 1km. hehehe.