Philippine firefighters still get meager wages, risk lives with inadequate equipment

The top officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) are gla–morized in the media every March, which is Fire Prevention Month. But the ordinary fireman is invested with none of this glamor. Starvation wages and the lack of adequate firefighting equipment make the life of a low-ranking firefighter a nightmare. The klieg lights flooding the BFP news conferences are a far cry from the blazing flames that the ill-equipped fireman have to face.

These men put their lives in danger just to save their fellow–men, but despite great risks,they receive little attention from the government.