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CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Disaster as defined by IFRC(International Federation of

Red Cross) is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously

disrupts the functioning of a community or society and

causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses

that exceed the communitys or societys ability to cope

using its on resources! "hough often caused by nature,

disasters can have human origins! # disaster in their

natural forms includes typhoons, earth$ua%e, tsunami and

volcanic eruptions hereas there is one destructive man&made

disaster hich is ar! Fire is an example of a disaster that

can be caused by both factors stated above!

Fire is combustion or burning, in hich substances

combine chemically ith oxygenfrom the air and typically

give outbrightlight, heat, and smo%e('xford Dictionary)!

# fire disaster can be providential (natural) such as

ildfires, accidental (human error or negligence) or

intentional such as the crime of arson! #n intentional cause

of fire, legally termed as arson, is the ilful malicious

burning of property (as building) especially ith criminal

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or fraudulent intent (erriam&ebster Dictionary) is a crime

stated in criminal las of most countries one of hich is

the *hilippines! +oever, fires, even in accidental causes,

displaces hundreds to thousands of families from their

homes, costs hundreds of thousands to millions orth of

damage to property and may even be a cause of several

deaths!

In connection to the disastrous effects of fire, the

ureau of Fire *rotection(F*) under the DI-. and by virtue

of Republic #ct /012, otherise %non as DI-. #ct of 3004,

is primarily to perform and be responsible for the

prevention and suppression of destructive fires on

buildings, houses or other structures, forest lands, land

transportation vehicles and e$uipment, ships and vessels

doc%ed at piers or harves anchored in ma5or seaports,

petroleum industry installations, plane crashes and other

similar activities! "he recent statistics available at the

6ational 7tatistical Coordination oard(67C) shos that

there are 38,943 total fire incidents occurred in the year

8439 nationide hich is 90!:; higher than :,10: fire

reported in 8438 and 90!"he ureau of Fire *rotection data shos that 3,


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incidents and :2 fire&related in5uries happened in Region =I

in 8439, higher than 004 incidents ith /1 in5uries recorded

in 8438! hereas Capi> had only 20 cases coming in third

from the second highest province, 6egros 'ccidental ith 23:

cases and the first hich is Iloilo ith 190 cases!

#s shon by the most recent, available statistics,

ran%ing at the third in highest related fire incident, it

can be construed that the ureau of Fire *rotection in the

province of Capi> has problems dealing ith fire! *roblems

can be categori>ed into three namely? +uman@*ersonnel,

aterial@Facilities and Aconomic@Financial! In the *ersonnel

side, according to the *hilippine Figures of the 6ational

7tatistics 'ffice(67'), the ratio of fireman to population

as of 8438 is 3?2:0 from the 3/,828 total firemen

nationide! In the material side, the common problems

encountered are lac% of fire truc%s, fire hydrants

available, and more ill be included in this research as the

study progresses! Financial problems originate from the

Department of udget anagement appropriation toards the

ureau of Fire *rotection! -ac% of financial support is a

prime cause that allos the to other problems (+uman and

aterial) to manifest!

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Fire&fighters, before being inducted into the ureau of

Fire *rotection, undergo a series of training in hich

concerns of not only extinguishing fire, but also the

prevention or suppression of the same! "he number of the

firemen as ell as their ratio to the population, as stated

above, is not suffice to actually prevent fire especially in

the province of Capi> in hich there are only seven fire

stations serving the hole province of 3/ municipalities a

city, to for the First Congressional District, in hich has

the city has one sub&station and five for the 7econd

Congressional District!

Statement of the Probem

"his study aims to determine the problems encountered

by the ureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in the

*rovince of Capi>!

7pecifically, it sought to anser the folloing

$uestions?

3! hat are the problems encountered by the ureau of Fire

*rotection firefighters in the *rovinceB

8! hat is the degree of seriousness on the problems

encountered by the ureau of Fire *rotection

firefighters in term of +uman Resources factors,

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Financial Resources factors and aterial Resources

factors and as a hole in the province of Capi>B

9! Is there a significant difference in the problems

encountered by ureau of Fire *rotection in the

province of Capi> in terms of location of fire station

in the *rovince of Capi>B

encountered such as +uman Resources, Financial

Resources and aterial Resources and the degree of

seriousness on the problems encountered by the ureau

of Fire *rotection firefighters in *rovince of Capi>B

Hy!othe"e"

In this study, the researchers have advanced their null

hypothesis?

3! "here is no significant difference in the problems

encountered by ureau of Fire *rotection in the

province of Capi> in terms of location of fire station

in the *rovince of Capi>B

8! "here is no significant relationship on the three

problems encountered such as +uman Resources, Financial

Resources and aterial Resources and the degree of

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seriousness on the problems encountered by the ureau

of Fire *rotection firefighters in *rovince of Capi>!

Theoret#ca $rame%ork

7ystems theory as originally proposed by +ungarian

biologist -udig von ertalanffy in 308:, although it has

not been applied to organi>ations until recently (ast and

Rosen>eig, 3018 7cott, 30:3)! "he foundation of systems

theory is that all the components of an organi>ation are

interrelated, and that changing one variable might impact

many others! 'rgani>ations are vieed as open systems,

continually interacting ith their environment! "hey are in

a state of dynamic e$uilibrium as they adapt to

environmental changes!

7enge (3004) describes systems thin%ing as?

understanding ho our actions shape our reality! If I

believe that my current state as created by somebody else,

or by forces outside my control, hy should I hold a visionB

"he central premise behind holding a vision is that someho

I can shape my future, 7ystems thin%ing helps us see ho our

on actions have shaped our current reality, thereby giving

us confidence that e can create a different reality in the

future!

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7ystems theory as applied to the study of this

research, is that the problems encountered by ureau of Fire

*rotection firefighters in the *rovince of Capi>! #s

identified, e identified 9 ma5or problems that the ureau

of Fire *rotection encounters namely? +uman Resources,

aterial Resources and Financial Resources! 7ystems theory

suggests that one area of difficulty may have an impact on

another area that ill result to another difficulty!

RESEARCH PARADI&'

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Figure 3! 7chematic presentation of the conceptual frameor%

shoing differences and the relationship of variables!

Conce!tua $rame%ork

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*roblems encountered by

ureau of Fire *rotection

firefighters in the

*rovince of Capi>

Factors

+uman Resources

Financial Resources

aterial Resources

-ocation of Fire 7tation

Degree of seriousness of

problems


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Figure 3! Illustrates the descriptive variables covered

in the study! #s shon, the study is focused on problems

encountered by ureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in the

*rovince of Capi>, and finding out if there is significant

difference in the problems encountered by ureau of Fire

*rotection firefighters in terms of -ocation of the Fire

station in the in the *rovince of Capi>! "he independent

variables are the location of Fire 7tation Capi> and the

three identified categories of problems namely? +uman

Resources, Financial Resources and aterial Resources!

hereas, the dependent variable are the problems encountered

by ureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in the *rovince of

Capi>!

S#gn#f#cance of the Study

"his study ould be of importance to the folloing?

Bureau of $#re Protect#on( #s the target of this research,

the study aims to identify, analyse and give out

recommendation to the involved to address the problems

encountered by the ureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in

the province to improve prevention and suppression of

destructive fires!

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De!artment of Inter#or and )oca &o*ernment( #s the

agency ho directly supervises the ureau of Fire

*rotection, this research and its findings may allo the

agency to solve specific problems that are addressed in this

study!

)oca &o*ernment Un#t( #s the local executive unit,

it is the function of the -CEs to see the elfare of its

community! "his research ill allo -ocal .overnment Enits

to focus onto the ureau of Fire *rotection problems and

giving solution to its existing burden!

Commun#ty( #s a society hich needs the help in times

of disaster, the community ill benefit the addressing of

the problems encountered by the ureau of Fire *rotection

firefighters to better perform their duties and

responsibilities

$uture Re"earcher"( "his study ould benefit the future

researchers by using it as a reference for their study of

related field!

Sco!e and )#m#tat#on of the Study

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"his study limited to finding out the problems encountered

by ureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in the *rovince of

Capi>!

"he instrument ill used in this study is a survey

$uestionnaire! "he respondents ill be all firefighters

assigned in the Roxas city Fire arshal and different

municipality in the *rovince of Capi>!

"he descriptive research design ill be utili>e in this

study!

"he demographic profile of the respondents ill be

limited to age, sex, civil status, length of service!

Def#n#t#on of Term"

For the better understanding of the readers@researchers

the folloing definitions are defined conceptually and

operationally!

Bureau of $#re Protect#on( Created by virtue of R#

/012 under Department of Interior -ocal .overnment!

*rimarily to perform and be responsible for the prevention

and suppression of destructive fires on buildings, houses or

other structures, forest lands, land transportation vehicles

and e$uipment, ships and vessels doc%ed at piers or harves

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anchored in ma5or seaports, petroleum industry

installations, plane crashes and other similar activities!

It is the research target in hich the study aims to

identify the problems and give out recommendations to the

concerning agency to aid in providing solution to the

problem!

Encountered( "o come upon a person or a difficulty

such as a problem! (!merriam&

ebster!com@dictionary@encountered)

In this study, it is the identification of the

problems being experienced of the ureau of Fire *rotection

fire fighters!

$#re+f#ghter"( # person hose 5ob is to extinguish

fires! (!merriam&ebster!com@dictionary@firefighters)

In this study, they are the targeted respondents on

hat are the problems encountered!

Probem"( # $uestion raised for in$uiry,

consideration, or solution! (!merriam&

ebster!com@dictionary@problems)

It is the focus of the study to identify the problems and

give out recommendation to solve these specific problems!

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CHAPTER II

RE,IE- O$ RE)ATED )ITERATURE

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"his chapter presents a revie of literature relevant

to the present study! It consists of related literatures and

studies in the *hilippines and abroad and li%eise studies

hose implications are to some extent related to the

investigation at hand!

$ore#gn Stud#e"

#ccording to irtley et! al, (8441), on a study

titled? itigation of the Rural Fire *roblem? 7trategies

ased on 'riginal Research and #daptation of Axisting est

*ractices! "he folloing are recommendations for further

research and for implementation of

programs for E7F#, 6F*#, and other national and local

organi>ations interested in mitigating the rural fire

problem !

(3) e recommend the development and implementation of a

model multiha>ard survey for homes that could be

incorporated as a voluntary outreach program and used to

identify homes that need changes in their e$uipment!

A$uipment chec%ed could include both portable and stationary

space heaters, electrical iring and related parts of the

electrical distribution system, and smo%e alarms !"he survey

also could chec% related conditions, such as loc%ed,

bloc%ed, or inoperable doors and indos that are part of

primary or alternate escape routes! For greatest

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effectiveness and least burden on the households, the survey

ould be conducted by trained professionals, though not

necessarily certified fire inspectors or electricians, ith

the consent of the households !Despite the term survey,G

this is not envisioned as a hand&off instrument for

households to use to revie their on e$uipment! #fter the

survey the residents of the household ould be given a list

of prioriti>ed safety ha>ards that should be corrected !In

an ideal program there ould be community bloc% grants or

other funding that ould help the property oner to follo

through on some of the improvements suggested by the survey

(8) e recommend partnering ith national and regional

organi>ations and agencies such as the E !7 !Anvironment

*rotection #gency (A*#), the 7outhest Indian Foundation

the E !7 !Department of #griculture (D'#) the +earth, *atio

and arbecue #ssociation and the +A#R"+ Aducation

Foundation to develop programs that ould replace problem

space heaters (9) e recommend the development of a program

for improvement of rural electrical system safety that ill

set priorities in terms of the range of ha>ards and

conditions that may be identified in a survey and ill

identify affordable modifications suitable for use in

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rural home (2) e recommend the development of a D=D@video

that ould communicate the importance of reaching rural

communities and ould portray the variety of rural

communities in the Enited 7tates by region and group type

and (/) e recommend increased research on effective ays to

meet the needs of the rural fire service!

)oca Stud#e"

#ccording to acare>a, (8438), on a study titled?

Capability of "he ureau of Fire *rotectionnational Capital

Region in Responding to Chemical iological Radiological

6uclear Axplosives and +a>ardous aterials in etro anila?

an #ssessment! "he findings of the study are as follos? "he

study arrived at the folloing findings? 'n the status of

the F* ith regard to its expanded role, the F* as

created by virtue of R# /012 primarily to perform

folloing functions? Responsible for the prevention and

suppression of destructive fires Anforcement of the Fire

Code of the *hil! (*D 33:2) Investigate its causes

and if necessary file case in court and In times

of emergency, upon the direction of the *resident

assist the #F* in meeting national emergency! ith the

passage of R# 023< or the Fire Code of the *hilippines

of 844:, the F*s role as extended to include?

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enforcement of the Fire Code, Inspection and Ansuring

7afety easures for anufacture, 7torage, +andlingH Ese of

+a>ardous aterials! 'n the level of its capability in

handling +##"s and CR6A incidents in terms of its

mandate, policies, and identified implementing unit

(personnel, policies and systems, human resource

capabilities, logistics, funding, coordinative mechanism,

public information management, and drills@exercises), it can

be concluded that the respondents highest assessment ith

04; approval score as in terms of aareness to R# 023< or

the 6e Fire Code of the *hilippines in application

to responding +##"s and CR6A! 'n the other hand,

the highest assessment ith regard measuring the

capability of the F*&6CR in responding to CR6A and

ha>ardous materials is on policy on response specifically

at 'ffice@Fire 7tation level ith a total approval rating of

:0; hile the loest assessment provided by the respondents

is in terms of improving human resource capabilities

relative to the personnels participation in 'peration -evel

CR6A training! +ence, it can be construed that the

F*&6CR should enhance its human resource capabilities

ta%ing into consideration the expanded role of the F* in

responding to +##"s and CR6A incidents! "his as further

supported by the fact that the respondents ere one in

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saying that the conduct of regular drills and exercises as

part of CR6A 7tation *reparedness *lan should be

the %ey priority for the F*6CR! hile their loest

assessment in terms of the F*&6CRs capability in

responding to CR6A ith regard to the F* 'perational

anual on CR6A means that there is no 'perational anual in

place!

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reliability, the manner of fielding, gathering and

processing procedures, the statistical tools used for the

analysis and interpretation of data!

Pace of the Study and Re"!ondent" of the Study

"his study ill conduct on the second semester of

academic year 8432&843/ in the *rovince of Capi>

specifically in the Fire 7tations of? Roxas City, *resident

Roxas, Dao, Dumarao, Cuartero, ambusao, Dumalag, Ivisan,

Mamindan, 7igma and "apa>!

Tabe /( D#"tr#but#on of the re"!ondent" #n reat#on"h#! to

the#r re"!ect#*e $#re Stat#on"(

Fire 7tation Fre$uency *ercentageRoxas City 93 88!


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Ivisan ith thirteen (39) respondents, Mamindan, *resident

Roxas and Dumalag ith eleven (33) respondents each, "apa>

ith ten (34) respondents, Dao and Dumarao ith nine (0)

respondents each, and 7igma ith the least number of

respondents of eight (:)!

Tabe 0( Soc#o+demogra!h#c !rof#e of the re"!ondent" %hen

ca""#f#ed accord#ng to "e12 age2 c#*# "tatu" and ength of

"er*#ce(

Independent =ariables Fre$uency *ercent (;)

SE3

ale 334 10!3!

Re"earch De"#gn

"his study ill use the descriptive type of research

hich endeavors to describe systematically and ob5ectively a

situation, problem or phenomenon!

Re"earch In"trument

"he instrument used in gathering data ill be a survey

$uestionnaire this ill be composed of three parts! *art I

dealt on the socio&demographic profile of the respondents

such as age, sex, civil status, length of service and

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educational attainment! *art II it deals on the problems


the *rovince of Capi>! *art III dealt on degree of

seriousness on the problems encountered by the ureau of

Fire *rotection firefighters in term of +uman Resources

factors, Financial Resources factors and aterial Resources

factors and as a hole in the province of Capi>B

Data Anay"#" Procedure

Scor#ng Item"

In order to interpret and analy>e the data on the

problems encountered by the ureau of Fire *rotection

firefighters in the province of Capi> and the degree of

seriousness of the same problems, each item as scored and

tabulated using the folloing scoring guide as basis?

Score Scor#ng Inter*a Re"!on"e Categor#e"4

,erba Inter!retat#on

2

< 9! 9 8!/4&9!90 'ften@Fairly 7erious

8 3!:4&8!20 7eldom@6ot 7erious

3 3!4&3!10 6ever@6ot =ery 7erious

Stat#"t#ca Too"

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"he data gathered in this study ill be organi>ed and

tabulated for statistical treatment in order to anser the

specific problems of the study! "he fre$uency count, mean

and percentage, #6'=# and Chi 7$uare "est ill be used to

arrive the specific result!

Fre$uency Counts and *ercentage! "hese ere used to

determine number of observations!

Fre$uency Count O n@6 O x 344;

here?

n O sample si>e

6 O total population

ean! "his as used to determine the average of each

responses!

"he formula used for the mean ill be adapted from

Donie and +eath, 30:!

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Statement" 'ean ,erba Inter!retat#on

+E#6 RA7'ERCA73! Delay in fire response due to

congested traffic route! 8!2: 6ot 7erious

8! Deficiency in personnel training

and management! 8!29 6ot 7erious9! 7lo fire response due to

physically unfit fire personnel! 8!91 6ot 7erious

personnel 8!// Fairly 7erious2! *oor planning ith regards to

responding to fire incidents! 8!21 6ot 7erious/! Inexperienced firefighters! 8!/: Fairly 7erious1! -ac% of fire investigators! 8!29 6ot 7erious:! Firefighters do not undergo an

upgrading program such as responding

to +##" or CR6A incidents! 8!:9 Fairly 7erious0! Firefighters are unable to

communicate properly through radio

communication! 9!3< Fairly 7erious34! Fire personnel do not have

extensive %noledge to treat fires

according to specific chemicals used

in firefighting! 8!03 Fairly 7erious#=AR#.A A#6 8!/: Fairly 7erious#"ARI#- RA7'ERCA73! *oorly maintain fire truc%s in

responding several fire incidents! 8!// Fairly 7erious8! 'ld or dilapidated fire truc%s! 8!13 Fairly 7erious9! -ac% of fire hydrants present

near or on fire incident! 8!2: 6ot 7erious


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/! 6ot separated gender&concerned

facilities (e!g! sleeping $uarters,

bathrooms, etc!) 8!91 6ot 7erious

1! Inade$uate communication

e$uipment! 8!28 6ot 7erious:! -ac% of investigative gear for

fire investigation! 8!/< Fairly 7erious0! 'utdated e$uipment! 8!14 Fairly 7erious34! "he current ureau of Fire

*rotection does not utili>e advanced

firefighting technology such as

specific chemicals to specific type

of fire (e!g! #$ueous Film Forming

Foams (#FFFs) to Class Fire, F&

844 to Class C Fire) 9!42 Fairly 7erious#=AR#.A A#6 8!/4 Fairly 7eriousFI6#6CI#- RA7'ERCA73! -ac% of incentives in regards

ith ha>ard pay! 9!32 Fairly 7erious8! -esser salary grade! 9!44 Fairly 7erious9! Insufficient budget for

purchasing up&to&date e$uipment! 8!0< Fairly 7erious

according to the needs of the fire

station! 9!4/ Fairly 7erious

2! ureau of Fire *rotection does

not have enough resources to conduct

Fire *revention *rogram! 9!88 Fairly 7erious/! ureau of Fire *rotection do not

have any means to collect auxilliary

9!43 Fairly 7erious

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funds to increase self&allocation

other than mentioned in 7ections 39

and 3< of *D 33:2!

1! "he ureau of Fire *rotection of

the *rovince of Capi> has high

obligation in its allocation leading

to loer annual allocation! 9!8: Fairly 7erious:! "he ureau do not have

substantial gains in their fees

collection of to&percentum (8;)

from premiums, gross sales of fire

e$uipment or service fees (7ection

39 and 3< of *D 33:2) 9!/9 7erious0! "he Fire Inspection Fee

e$uivalent to ten&percent (34;) of

all fees charged is not enough to

add to the allocation of the ureau

of Fire *rotection in the *rovince

of Capi>! 9!2< 7erious34! "he ureau of Fire *rotection do

not have a standard disbursement to

personnel training and facility

management leading to a under

trained firemen and old or lac%ing

facilities! 9!/2 7erious#=AR#.A A#6 9!82 Fairly 7erious.R#6D A#6 8!:< Fairly 7erious

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Probem" encountered by theBureau of $#re Protect#on f#ref#ghter"#n the Pro*#nce of Ca!#6

"able 9 has shon the mean and verbal interpretation of


firefighters in the *rovince of Capi>! 7tatements ith the

greatest mean among the three categori>ed variables such as

+uman Resources, aterial Resources and Financial Resources

are stated as follos? firefighters are unable to

communicate properly through radio communication ith a mean

of 9!3ed

variables such as +uman Resources, aterial Resources and

Financial Resources are respectively stated as follos? slo

fire response due to physically unfit fire personnel ith a

mean of 8!91, old or rusted fire hose ith a mean of 8!94

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and insufficient budget for purchasing up&to&date e$uipment

ith a mean of 8!0

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hypothesis hich stated that there is no significant


*rotection in the province of Capi> in terms of location of

fire station in the *rovince of Capi> as accepted!

"able 2! Chi s$uare test result on relationship of thethree factors? +uman Resources, aterial Resources andFinancial Resources in the problems encountered by theureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in *rovince of Capi>

Probem" Encountered On

+uman

Resources

aterial

Resources

Financial

ResourcesDE&REE O$SERIOUSNESS

6ot =ery7erious 93 81 86ot 7erious 90


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the *rovince of Capi>! "he table reveals that the three

categorical variables namely? +uman Resources, aterial

Resources and Financial Resources yield a result of S8 O

:3!111 significantly greater than the critical value of S8O

32! 241 at eight (:) df and significance level of 4!42! #ny

value larger than the critical value of S8 leads to the

re5ection of the null hypothesis! "hus, the hypothesis hich

stated that there is no significant relationship on the

three factors such as +uman Resources, Financial Resources

and aterial Resources in the problems encountered by the

ureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in *rovince of Capi>

as re5ected!

CHAPTER ,

SU''AR.2 CONC)USIONS2 RECO''ENDATIONS2 AND I'P)ICATIONS

"his chapter presented the summary of the study, its

findings, conclusions, recommendations, and implications!

Summary

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"his study as conducted to determine the degree of

seriousness of the problems encountered by the ureau of

Fire *rotection firefighters! "he results ere expected to

provide implications to alleviate the problems encountered

by the ureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in the

province of Capi>!

7pecifically, it sought to determine the degree of


Fire *rotection firefighters? (3) hat are the problems


the *rovinceB (8) hat is the degree of seriousness on the


firefighters in term of +uman Resources factors, Financial

Resources factors and aterial Resources factors and as a

hole in the province of Capi>B (9) Is there a significant


*rotection in the province of Capi> in terms of location of

fire station in the *rovince of Capi>B (!

"he null hypotheses of this study ere the folloing?

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"here is no significant difference in the problems

encountered by ureau of Fire *rotection in the province of

Capi> in terms of location of fire station in the *rovince

of Capi>!

"here is no significant relationship on the three problems

encountered such as +uman Resources, Financial Resources and

aterial Resources and the degree of seriousness on the


firefighters in *rovince of Capi>!

"he data needed for the study ere gathered ith the

use of the researcher&made instrument! "he data&gathering

instrument as composed of to parts! *art I, it gathered

the respondents socio&demographic profile hich includes

sex, age, civil status, and length of service! *art II,

these are the items that described the degree of seriousness

of the problems encountered by the ureau of Fire *rotection

firefighters in the province of Capi>! *articipants ere

as%ed to chec% the appropriate column that corresponded to

their choice that best interpreted their perception!

$#nd#ng"

7tatistics revealed that out of 390 respondents,

ma5ority 334 or 10!3


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nine (80) or 84!:/ ; ere females! If the respondents ere

classified according to age, none of the respondents as

tenty&one (83) years old and belo! Aighty&five (:2) or

/3!32; of the respondents ere tenty&to to forty (88 &

of the respondents ere either idoed or idoer! In terms

of length of service, eighty&nine (:0) or /

respondents had eight (:) years and belo of service,

thirty&three (99) or 89!1 has someho significant in the

performance of their duties!

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Results revealed that there as no significant

difference existed in the degree of seriousness of the

problems encountered by the ureau of Fire *rotection in the

province of Capi> hen the location of fire station is ta%en

into consideration, "abular F value, F4!42 (0 in terms of location of fire station in

the *rovince of Capi> as accepted!

-astly, data revealed that there is a significant

relationship across the 9 categorical variables used to

determine the degree of seriousness of the problems

encountered by the ureau of Fire *rotection in the province

of Capi>, S8 O :3!111 significantly greater than the

critical value of S

8

O 32! 241 at eight (:) df and

significance level of 4!42! "his indicates that +uman

Resources, aterial Resources and Financial Resources are

significantly related to one another! "hus, the hypothesis

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hich states that there is no significant relationship on

the three factors such as +uman Resources, Financial

Resources and aterial Resources in the problems encountered

by the ureau of Fire *rotection firefighters in *rovince of

Capi> as re5ected!

Concu"#on"

Considering the findings of the study, the

researchers concluded that the most common encountered


firefighters in the *rovince of Capi> are the statements

ith the greatest mean across the 9 categories, +uman

Resources, aterial Resources and Financial Resources are

stated as follos respectively? firefighters are unable to

communicate properly through radio communication ith a mean

of 9!3


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Findings revealed that the degree of seriousness of


firefighters in the *rovince of Capi> in the category of

+uman Resources as Fairly 7eriousG ith an average mean of

8!/:, hereas in the category of aterial Resources as

Fairly 7eriousG ith an average mean of 8!/4, and finally,

the category of Financial Resources as Fairly 7eriousG

ith an average mean of 9!82 hen the responses ere ta%en

categorically!

Findings revealed that the degree of seriousness of


firefighters in the *rovince of Capi> as Fairly 7eriousG

hen the responses ere ta%en as a hole, ith a grand mean

of 8!:

"here is no significant difference in the degree of


Fire *rotection firefighters in the province of Capi> hen

the respondents ere classified according to the location of

fire station!

Furthermore, there is a significant relationship in

the 9 categori>ed variables such as +uman Resources,

aterial Resources and Financial Resources and the degree of

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Fire *rotection firefighters in the *rovince of Capi>!

Recommendat#on

ased on the results and findings of this study, the

folloing recommendations ere made?

3 "he ureau of Fire *rotection should re$uest for an

increase for their allocated budget to improve the

performance of the fire officers!8 "he ureau of Fire *rotection should purchase more

up&to&date e$uipments through the governments

oderni>ation *rogram!9 "he ureau of Fire *rotection must intensify their

Fire Inspection *rocedures on buildings in order to

stabili>e gains as mentioned in 7ections 39 and 3!

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"he degree of seriousness encountered by the ureau

of Fire *rotection in the province of Capi> ere Fairly

7eriousG!

"he degree of seriousness of the problems encountered

by ureau of Fire *rotection had no significant difference

in terms of the location of fire station!

-astly, the degree of seriousness of the problems

encountered by ureau of Fire *rotection had a significant

relationship hen the categorical variables +uman Resources,

aterial Resources and Financial Resources are ta%en into

consideration!

problems encountered by the bureau of fire protection in the province of capiz

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