Firefighting coaching – Davao Mild workforce members from its administrative and engineering places of work be a part of a fireplace brigade simulation train at its Engineering Workplace at J.P. Laurel Ave., Davao Metropolis to reinforce their emergency response abilities.
MANILA, Philippines – A number of enterprise items of Aboitiz Energy Company (AboitizPower), along with companions from the general public and civil society sectors, noticed Fireplace Prevention Month via upskilling actions and consciousness campaigns on fireplace security and correct response.
Such efforts are essential to AboitizPower since electrical and fireplace security are intently linked.
In line with the Bureau of Fireplace Safety (BFP), over a fourth of fires within the first two months of 2025 had been as a consequence of electrical points.
This was regardless of the variety of fireplace incidents related to electrical points lowering by 47% in comparison with the identical interval final yr.
Hedcor helps strengthen fireplace security in Bukidnon
In Bukidnon’s distant barangays, fireplace emergencies pose a relentless and harmful menace, exacerbated by the tough terrain, restricted entry to emergency providers, and the dearth of correct firefighting instruments.
A fireplace might imply devastating losses with no speedy assist in sight.
Recognizing that the primary minutes of a fireplace emergency are essential, Hedcor, an AboitizPower renewable asset supervisor, along with the Aboitiz Basis and BFP Area 10, launched a firefighting coaching program in Barangays Santiago and Maluko, the place emergency providers are tough to entry.
The coaching program ready barangay cops and native volunteers to turn out to be first responders, equipping them with the abilities wanted to regulate fires, shield lives, and decrease harm earlier than skilled firefighters arrive.
Hedcor additionally donated essential firefighting gear, together with helmets, gloves, first support kits, and fireplace extinguishers.
By making certain that local people leaders and volunteers are able to act instantly and reply successfully when wanted, this system instantly advantages almost 8,000 residents.
The identical residents are additionally the receivers of fireplace security consciousness campaigns on prevention measures, evacuation procedures, and emergency preparedness.
Hedcor and the Aboitiz Basis launch a firefighting coaching program in Barangays Santiago and Maluko in Bukidnon to upskill native responders and assist them act successfully in case of emergencies.
“By way of initiatives just like the firefighting coaching program and fireplace security consciousness campaigns, we goal to equip communities with the data and sources they should reply successfully to emergencies. We’re proud to work with the BFP and Aboitiz Basis to foster a tradition of preparedness and resilience,” stated Hedcor President and COO Rolando Pacquiao.
Hedcor operates run-of-river hydropower programs, with amenities in Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province, Benguet, Davao, and Bukidnon.
It lately added solar energy to its portfolio of managed renewable power property.
Davao Mild upholds security and preparedness
Davao Mild and Energy Firm additionally held a five-day fireplace brigade coaching and a separate fireplace brigade simulation train for 48 workforce members, which aimed to strengthen emergency preparedness and fireplace incident administration.
BFP Area 11 carried out the actions, which included studying cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and fundamental life assist; rescue and transport; and fundamental fireplace combating.
Past making ready individuals to reply successfully, it additionally paved the way in which for improved coordination and technique.
Upon completion, the 48 workforce members — hailing from Davao Mild’s administrative and engineering groups — had been thought-about volunteer firefighters of Davao Metropolis.
In the meantime, in a separate occasion, the AboitizPower distribution utility acknowledged 22 contracted service companions for upholding the best security and repair excellence requirements.
These accomplice firms complement very important providers like emergency outage response; security audits and line hazard surveys; upkeep works for substations, energy strains, avenue lights, fiber optic cables, and meters; and the development of strains and digital substations. In addition they assist in essential initiatives similar to underground cabling.
“Our companions are key in Davao Mild’s mission of delivering protected and dependable electrical service to our clients.
By way of the occasion, we honor and have fun them for excelling in service supply and security practices,” stated Davao Mild President and COO Enriczar Tia.
“Whereas indispensable, electrical energy calls for correct dealing with as its misuse can result in hurt. We intensify our efforts towards a protected office for our personnel and contractors. We would like everybody to go residence to their households protected and sound,” he added.
Davao Mild is the Philippines’ third-largest electrical distribution utility, serving the cities of Davao and Panabo, plus the municipalities of Carmen, Dujali, and Sto. Tomas.
Therma South wins back-to-back Fireplace Olympics in Davao Metropolis
The Fireplace Brigade Group of Therma South, Inc. (TSI), a thermal subsidiary of AboitizPower, received the commercial class championship for the second consecutive yr on the Davao Metropolis Fireplace District Fireplace Olympics 2025, spearheaded by the native Bureau of Fireplace Safety (BFP).
Group members John Michael Martinez and Kylle Arjo Angeles had been additionally named the Strongest Man and Strongest Lady, respectively, throughout the similar class.
TSI’s accomplishments mirror the people’ and Fireplace Brigade Group’s rigorous coaching, dedication, and collaborative spirit for the sake of security and emergency preparedness.
TSI participates in these actions to share data and greatest practices, benchmark their capabilities, and strengthen their appreciation of their position as emergency responders.
The Fireplace Olympics showcases the firefighting and rescue capabilities of the opponents, which included the donning of private protecting tools and self-contained respiration equipment; connecting hoses and hitting targets with water; in addition to doing water rescues and first support.
TSI is a 300-megawatt coal-fired energy plant situated between Davao Metropolis and Sta. Cruz in Davao del Sur.
It makes use of the most recent Circulating Fluidized Mattress expertise that recirculates combustion for even larger energy era effectivity.
Its facility additionally homes the Philippines’ first-ever Coal Dome, a construction that safely shops coal deposits and prevents mud air pollution attributable to its combustion.
About AboitizPower
Aboitiz Energy Company (AboitizPower) is the holding firm for the Aboitiz Group’s investments in energy era, distribution, and retail electrical energy providers. Guided by its imaginative and prescient and better objective, the corporate actively contributes towards uplifting the lives of the Filipino folks and reaching a greater world.
The corporate is likely one of the largest energy producers within the Philippines, with a balanced portfolio of property situated throughout the nation.
It’s a main producer of renewable power, with a number of hydroelectric, geothermal, and solar energy era amenities. It additionally has thermal energy vegetation in its era portfolio to assist the nation’s baseload and peak power calls for.
AboitizPower additionally owns distribution utilities that function in high-growth areas in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, together with the nation’s second and third-largest personal utilities.
In line with the nation’s ambition of getting a 35% share of renewable power within the energy era combine by 2030, AboitizPower will proceed to put money into renewable power property en path to reaching 4,600 MW.
It already has near 1,000 MW of disclosed initiatives from numerous indigenous power sources and is consistently pursuing alternatives to develop its portfolio for photo voltaic, hydro, geothermal, wind, and power storage programs.
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Up to now, AboitizPower, along with its companions, affords the biggest renewable power portfolio within the Philippines based mostly on put in capability underneath its operational management.