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BFP to set up marine rescue operations center in Lila, Bohol

 


CORTES, Bohol, Nov. 8 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is proposing to establish a Unified Marine Operation Center (UMOC) in Lila, Bohol to protect tourists and visitors who are visiting the whale shark feeding and watching area in Brgy. Taug, Lila, Bohol.

The UMOC, equipped with an inhouse Marine Rescue Force, would be jointly manned by the BFP, Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) at the whale shark feeding and watching area in the said barangay, said BFP Fire Senior Inspector Servando Jumawid Jr., in a recent Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC). 

The Taug Whale Shark Watching and Snorkeling in Brgy. Taug was launched as a tourism attraction in Lila town in 2019. It offers visitors the opportunity to watch, feed, and have close interaction via snorkeling with the whale sharks. 

Jumawid said the UMOC should also be replicated in Tubigon, Getafe, Ubay, Garcia Hernandez and Panglao.

The issue of environmental sustainability of the whale shark feeding for the whale shark watching activity has been the concern of local environmentalists, who said that sustainability and wildlife protection and preservation run in contrast with the feeding activity.

The same feeding activity also endangers the wild marine animals due to close human encounters, including injuries for the wild and migratory whale sharks that could be harmed by propellers, paddles, or swimmers who stray into the wildlife danger zones.

The BFP is also proposing for the Provincial Special Rescue Force (SRF) to be based at the Tagbilaran City Fire Station to ensure the safety of the tourists. 

Jumawid said that of the 47 towns and one city in the island, BFP also needs to activate SRFs in Panglao, Talibon, and Garcia Hernandez, and should be equipped with Basic Life Support, Rubber Boat Operation Course, Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue skills. 

Meanwhile, Jumawid also reported that BFP would soon start the construction of a P30 million BFP Bohol Provincial Fire Office Station at the government-owned lot in Brgy. Malayo Norte, Cortes town.

This would also be complemented by another P20 million fire station buildings in Tagbilaran City, Candijay Fire Station, Danao Fire Station, Lila Fire Station, Dimiao Fire Station, and Trinidad Fire Station, Jumawid said.

Currently, BFP Bohol has 601 active personnel, 92 fire trucks, three ambulance units, a rescue boat, 19 fire stations.

Between May to September 2023, the BFP responded to 76 fire incidents in the province. (RAHC/PIA Bohol)

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