BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan - The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Aklan has intensified its inspection to ensure the compliance of boarding houses here with the Fire Code safety standards.
Two weeks before the opening of classes, SFO4 Darius Melgarejo, administrative chief of BFP-Aklan, appealed to boarding house owners to comply with the requirements of the building and fire codes by installing fire safety provisions, or face closure.
So far, 28 boarding houses were recommended by BFP-Aklan for temporary closure.
Melgarejo stressed Mayor Raymar Rebaldo is closely coordinating with BFP-Aklan and the Kalibo Fire Station for the crackdown of erring boarding house owners to comply with fire safety provisions in the densely populated areas where college students normally stay.
“We could prevent disasters on those boarding houses with no adequate fire exits and safety devices if student boarders report to us the violations of the owners of the boarding houses,” Melgarejo added.
Among the violations noted were substandard electrical wiring, cramped rented rooms and inadequate bathrooms and water facilities.
BFP-Aklan, he added, are monitoring the violations of some restaurant owners in the Kalibo Public Market who clearly violates the municipal ordinance.
Under the law, BFP could recommend the closure of any establishment or boarding houses found violating the provisions of the law on fire safety measures, Melgarejo pointed out.
Chief Insp. Dennis Daymon, provincial fire marshal, said boarding houses and student occupants in C. Laserna area, Quezon Avenue, Oyo Torong Street and Brgy. Estancia and those within the vicinity of colleges and high schools are inspected for the safety of students and residents.
“Some owners, even, replied the students renting their rooms are their relatives when the task force conducted inspection," Melgarejo said.
Two weeks before the opening of classes, SFO4 Darius Melgarejo, administrative chief of BFP-Aklan, appealed to boarding house owners to comply with the requirements of the building and fire codes by installing fire safety provisions, or face closure.
So far, 28 boarding houses were recommended by BFP-Aklan for temporary closure.
Melgarejo stressed Mayor Raymar Rebaldo is closely coordinating with BFP-Aklan and the Kalibo Fire Station for the crackdown of erring boarding house owners to comply with fire safety provisions in the densely populated areas where college students normally stay.
“We could prevent disasters on those boarding houses with no adequate fire exits and safety devices if student boarders report to us the violations of the owners of the boarding houses,” Melgarejo added.
Among the violations noted were substandard electrical wiring, cramped rented rooms and inadequate bathrooms and water facilities.
BFP-Aklan, he added, are monitoring the violations of some restaurant owners in the Kalibo Public Market who clearly violates the municipal ordinance.
Under the law, BFP could recommend the closure of any establishment or boarding houses found violating the provisions of the law on fire safety measures, Melgarejo pointed out.
Chief Insp. Dennis Daymon, provincial fire marshal, said boarding houses and student occupants in C. Laserna area, Quezon Avenue, Oyo Torong Street and Brgy. Estancia and those within the vicinity of colleges and high schools are inspected for the safety of students and residents.
“Some owners, even, replied the students renting their rooms are their relatives when the task force conducted inspection," Melgarejo said.
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