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Firefighting Capabilities and Performance of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Marinduque in Responding to Fire Incidence: Basis for Service Delivery Framework

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Psych Educ Multidisc J, 2024, 18 (1), 41-68, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10838874, ISSN 2822-4353

Abstract

The study was undertaken to assess the province of Marinduque's fire incidence from 2018 to 2022 and determine its firefighting capability, which includes fire prevention programs, tools, PPEs and Equipment (fire trucks), manpower, skills and trainings acquired, facilities and infrastructure and financial resources management. Present the level of performance in implementing fire prevention programs, and to know if there is a significant relationship of firefighting capabilities and performance of BFP-Marinduque Personnel. To identify the gaps in the implementation of fire prevention programs as well as the problems encountered and strategies employed by the personnel and management of the Bureau of Fire Protection in the province of Marinduque from 2018 to 2022. Further, to propose a framework of service delivery for fire prevention based from the results of this study that could be helpful in the future researches. The descriptive research method was used in this study. The documentation records obtained from the Bureau of Fire Protection Provincial Office in Tampus, Boac, Marinduque, and the province's six Municipal Fire Stations, as well as the survey questionnaires administered in each station and the provincial office, are the sources of data.  The information was tallied, analyzed and interpreted. The statistical tools that were utilized to treat and interpret the data required for the study are frequency count, percentage calculations, ranking, and Pearson correlation coefficient. Fire Incidence in the Province of Marinduque reveals a total of 58 fire events. The municipalities of Boac, Buenavista, Gasan, Santa Cruz, and Torrijos have similar fire causes, except for Mogpog, which has open flames or unsupervised cooking as the leading cause of fires in this area. The capability of the Marinduque Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in terms of tools, personal protective equipment, and the number of firetrucks indicates a varied landscape of readiness throughout towns, with an overall capability of 74.49% and a verbal description of "adequate." In terms of manpower, the total capability of the BFP in Marinduque is assessed as "adequate" at 62.06%. In terms of firefighting capability in terms of acquired skills and trainings. BFP staff possess a broad range of skills that can be categorized into three: hard skills, professional skills, and specialized skills. The firefighting capability in terms of adequacy and sufficiency of facilities and infrastructures yields a total mean for adequacy of 3.25, implying that these facilities, on average, provide what is necessary but with room for improvement. The total sufficiency mean is 3.06. BFP Marinduque has maintained a consistent budget utilization rate of 100% for the last five fiscal years. The mean performance ratings for various Fire Prevention activities range from 4.08 to 4.69, indicating that the BFP's performance is either "Very Satisfactory" or "Outstanding". There is a significant relationship of firefighting capabilities to the performance of BFP-Marinduque therefore null hypothesis is rejected.

Keywords: disaster management, emergency medical service, high rise buildings, fire administration, firefighting capability, fire inspection, fire investigation, fire operations and fire safety

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Bibliographic Information

Felix Echavaria, Junn Quirk Espiritu, (2024). Firefighting Capabilities and Performance of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Marinduque in Responding to Fire Incidence: Basis for Service Delivery Framework, Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 18(1): 41-68
Bibtex Citation
@article{felix_echavaria2024pemj,
author = {Felix Echavaria and Junn Quirk Espiritu},
title = {Firefighting Capabilities and Performance of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Marinduque in Responding to Fire Incidence: Basis for Service Delivery Framework},
journal = {Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal},
year = {2024},
volume = {18},
number = {1},
pages = {41-68},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.10838874},
url = {https://scimatic.org/show_manuscript/2680}
}
APA Citation
Echavaria, F., Espiritu, J.Q., (2024). Firefighting Capabilities and Performance of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Marinduque in Responding to Fire Incidence: Basis for Service Delivery Framework. Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 18(1), 41-68. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10838874

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