Municipality of San Ricardo donated a lot for San Ricardo Fire Station.

The municipality of San Ricardo is 5th class municipality of Southern Leyte. Its population as
determined by the 2015 Census was 10,494. This represented 2.49% of the total population of Southern
Leyte province, or 0.24% of the overall population of the Region 8. In 2018 it has 377 registered business
establishments.

Presently, the Fire Station of San Ricardo has been using a portion of the municipal gym as
temporary fire station for a long time with SFO2 Michael A. Mamita as the Municipal Fire Marshal. Every
year a large number of properties are destroyed and people die due to fire throughout the Philippines.
The municipality believes that fire safety is very important and a suitable fire station is instrumental in
keeping communities safe from destructive fires for it houses the firetruck, equipment, the office, and a
space for the firefighters.

Through the leadership of its Provincial Fire Marshal F/CInsp Dorotheo Claro M. Mocorro, the
Municipal Fire Marshal of San Ricardo Fire Station SFO2 Michael A. Mamita exerted efforts to have a lot
to be donated for San Ricardo Fire Station. Through a resolution, the Municipal Council of San Ricardo,
Southern Leyte resolved to donate a lot for Bureau of Fire Protection’s San Ricardo Fire Station and
authorized Municipal Mayor Roy Y. Salinas to donate a lot approximately 400 sqm located at Brgy. San
Antonio, San Ricardo, Southern Leyte. On 14 January 2019, no less than the Regional Director of BFP
Region 8, F/SSupt Rico Neil A. Kwan Tiu, received the lot donation followed by a ground breaking
ceremony. The said event was attended by the members of the Municipal Council and other local
officials, staff from the Office of the Regional Director, Assistant Regional Director for Administration
F/Supt Charlie M. Gerzon, Assistant Regional Director for Operations F/Supt Ramil R. Riños, Provincial
Fire Marshal F/CInsp Dorotheo Claro A. Mocorro and the Municipal Fire Marshals of Southern Leyte.

One of the mandates of Bureau of Fire Protection is to establish at least one (1) fire station with
adequate personnel, firefighting facilities and equipment in every provincial capital, city and
municipality. Donating a lot for a fire station is not only a huge advantage for the Bureau of Fire
Protection but also a huge service to the constituents of the Municipality of San Ricardo. Fire protection
or prevention is seen as an important role for the Bureau of Fire Protection, as preventing a fire from
occurring in the first place can save lives and property.

Benjamin Franklin once said that by failing to prepare, one is preparing to fail. Hence,
construction of the new San Ricardo Fire Station will start soon.

FO2 Earnswell P Tan©

BFP Southern Leyte PIS