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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Chief Inspector Publio Ploteña is the new fire marshal of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in this capital city.
Ploteña on Monday replaced Superintendent Rodolfo Denaga, who had served in the BFP-Bacolod for about two years.
Denaga was assigned in the BFP-Negros Occidental as the new provincial fire marshal.
Ploteña had worked as the chief operations officer of the defunct BFP-Negros Island Region before he was assigned at the BFP-Region 6.
Yesterday, Ploteña paid Mayor Evelio Leonardia a courtesy visit.
The two discussed, among others, the “quest” of Bacolod to become a business-friendly city.
Leonardia aired his concern over the delayed issuance of fire clearances in the BFP.
This causes further delay in processing business permits at city hall, stressed Leonardia.
As much as possible, the mayor wanted the issuance of fire clearances to be “efficient but without shortcuts.”
“We still have to be strict with our rules,” Leonardia stressed.
Leonardia also opened up the fire incident in a Davao City mall on Dec. 23 that claimed the lives of 38 call center agents.
He stressed that call center firms are one of the “crown jewels” of Bacolod.
There are an estimated 28,000 persons working in business processing outsource companies in the city, according to Leonardia.
These companies “stir the local economy,” he added.
Leonardia requested the BFP to review the fire safety policies in all call center firms in the city.
He also encouraged regular fire drills in their facilities.
“We want to avoid any untoward [incident] in call centers,” Leonardia said./PN
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