THE CLIMACO ADMINISTRATION continues to upgrade and improve the logistical requirements of Zamboanga City from barangay vehicles to disaster equipment and boats to garbage trucks, and police prowl cars and now fire engines.
Mayor Beng Climaco has recently handed over a dozen brand new Isuzu fire trucks to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to help its capability to response quickly to various emergencies and to effectively fight fire in Zamboanga City.
Also present during the handover and blessing of the fire trucks were Councilors Crisanto dela Cruz, John Dalipe and Josephine Pareja and City Administrator Apple Go, among other officials.
Climaco’s fire truck donation was supported by members of the City Council and in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s modernization program for fire fighters.
It is also Climaco’s vision to make Zamboanga City even more resilient and progressive She said the six-wheeler, diesel-engine fire trucks can each carry some 3,000 liters of water and are all Euro 4 compliant.
Euro 4 is a globally accepted European emission standards for vehicles that require the use of fuel with significantly low sulfur and benzene contents which means cleaner emissions and less pollution in the environment.
Aside from the trucks, the local government also provides allowances, among others to the fire department as part of Climaco’s firm commitment to security.
BFP Regional Director Senior Superintendent Sydney Besana and Zamboanga District Fire Marshal Superintendent Jhufel Brananola expressed their gratitude to Climaco and members of the City Council for the new fire trucks. Branola said the new trucks will boost their fire fighting capabilities.
He said the trucks will be deployed to different fire stations in various barangays. For his part, Fire Director Leonard Banago praised Climaco for her support to the Bureau of Fire Protection. Climaco vows to continue supporting the fire department.
Just this week, Climaco attended the National Resilience Summit in Quezon City where she shared her administration’s accomplishments on disaster preparedness.
The summit emphasized the importance of coherence and the role of all stakeholders in attaining national resilience against calamities and disasters.
The two-day event on “A Whole-of-Society Approach: On the Road to Resilience” also served as a knowledge-sharing platform for all disaster risk reduction management stakeholders that attended the summit.
Climaco shared the local government’s investments on S.H.E. Program and efforts being conducted at the community level to ensure a more resilient Zamboanga.
She also stressed Zamboanga’s risk and resilience challenges which are physical, environmental and deeply historical and socio-cultural. “In building resilience for Zamboanga, we believe that human security is at the core of reducing risk. There must be systemic solutions based on context that go beyond the traditional approach in security and that solutions must be targeted and efforts coherently whole-of-society,” she said.
“Resilience is achieved when individuals and their institutions prepare, adapt and transform to minimize exposure and vulnerability to address all current and future risks,” Climaco added.
The event was organized by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council and the National Resilience Council along with civil society groups. (Zamboanga Post)
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