History of Fire

Service
BALASAN Fire Station
 Bucket Brigade

 1st known Firefighting method

 200 B.C.

The First known Water Pump was

invented by Ctsebius of Alexandria
140 B.C.- 100 A.D.

Emperor Nero of Rome formed the first

firefighting birgade called the “Vigils”
using bucket brigade and pumps.
 1631
Boston Governor John Winthrop
organized the first fire preventive bill.
He Outlawed wooden chimneys and
tached roofs
 1648

Gov. Peter Stuyvesant, governor of new

Amsterdam organized the first fire
preventive law. And appointed fire
wardens to inspect chimneys and to fine
violators
 1666

The Great London Fire became the

turning point of the Fire service.
 1667

Dr. Nicolas Barton Founded the first

Fire Insurance Company and formed
private firefighting brigades.
 1700
Richard Newshan designed and built
the first water engine which is manually
operated and being dragged by horses.
 1740
American craftsmen design and built
their own water engine.
 19th Century

ERA OF INVENTIONS (the age of

Industrial Revolutions)
 1852

The 1st successful steam powered fire

engine, designed and built by Moses
Latta.
 1935
On October 1935 the first Filipino Fire Chief in
the name of Captain Lorenzo Jacinto was
appointed and began the American policy to
transfer the reign of responsibility to the
Filipinos.
 1973
Fire Service Recognition Day, pursuant
to Presidential Decree No. 1312 issued by
the LATE President Ferdinand E. Marcos
signed on his behalf by Executive
Secretary Alejandro Melchor in
commemoration to the unforgettable
incident during the Meralco Rockwell
Power Plant in Makati on the 14th day of
December 1973.
 1975

Integration of the Local Fire

Department in the city/ municipality
police forces under a national police
organization called Philippine
Constabulary Integrated National Police
(PC-INP).
 1976
President Ferdinand E. Marcos issued
proclamation no. 115-A on 17 November
1976 making of March and every year
thereafter as the observance of “Fire
Safety Month”.
 1977
Highlighted by the promulgation of PD
1185, known as the Fire Code of the
Philippines on August 26, 1977.
 1990
Republic Act No. 6975 was enacted
establishing a separate fire protection
bureau designates to be a national in
scope and civilian in character. The BFP
is under the umbrella of the Department
of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG).
 1940
Fire Departments were established in
neighboring cities and a town each has
their own organizational set-up.
 1991
August 2, 1991 considered as the
inaugural date of the BFP official
function marked by its preparation of
Operation Plans and Budget as distinct
agency of the Government.
 1999
Highlighted by the launching and
MOA signing of Project EARnet on
August 23, 1999 and putting into
operation the Fire Control Operation
Center (FCOC) which coordinates the
dispatch of fire fighting apparatus,
ambulances and 911 type rescue
vehicle, as BFP assumes a lead in Pubic
Safety.
 2004
June 24, 2004- R.A. 9263 or the BFP
Professionalization Act of 2004 was
enacted by the congress.
 2008
December 19, 2008 - R.A. 9514 0r the
“Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008”
was signed by President Gloria M.
Arroyo.
 2009
May 8, 2009 - President Gloria M. Arroyo
signed into law R.A. 9592 or the “ Act
extending the 5 years reglementary period for
complying the minimum education
qualification and appropriation eligibility in
the appointment of the BFP.
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