BFP Panabo dispatches personnel to help CARAGA Region's clearing ops

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Dec. 21 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Panabo City dispatched personnel to Caraga Region to augment the workforce assigned in the clearing operations on Typhoon Odette's devastation. A total of nine (9) fire officers under the BFP Special Rescue Force were sent yesterday, December 20, 2021.

In the initiative of BFP - Panabo City Fire Chief Director Louie S. Parangan, supported by the BFP XI Regional Director CSUPT Sydney C. Besana, nine (9) members of the BFP Special Rescue Force were directed to help the clearing operations in some parts of Caraga Region after Typhoon Odette laid waste and casualties.

Apart from the material donations of the City of Panabo to some local government units (LGUs) in the said region, the City Government of Panabo represented by City Fire Marshal CINSP Janeth M. Leguigan supported the action of the BFP Panabo to send the fire officers assigned in the city to Caraga Region.

It can be remembered that on December 14, 2021, Typhoon Rai locally named Odette entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) and made its landfall on December 16, 2021.

Since then, communication lines were broken due to the massive devastations Typhoon Odette has done to the roads and network towers all over the region.

The dispatched team also brought with them rescue equipment, food packs, water, and clothes for distribution. (PIA XI Davao del Norte/jmda/Ezri M. Coda, Jr. with reports from CIO - Panabo)

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