Cebu City firefighters equipped to respond to fires in COVID-19 hit areas

CDNTopStories: The Cebu City Fire department is equipped and well prepared to respond to any possible fire incidents that may hit areas with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the city. Read more:

Senior Fire Inspector Arnel Abella, chief of operations of the Cebu City fire Department, said this about the concerns regarding safety protocols in case of fire incidents in the city amid the COVID-19 crisis.

These PPEs would be used once firefighters would enter the fire scene, and they would have the capacity of sustaining air for 30 minutes. “We are even responding in a mindset that the areas with possible future fire have COVID-19 cases which deem it necessary for us to be in complete safety gear,” said Abella.

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