BONTOC, Mountain Province – Bontoc has welcomed a peaceful and safe New Year with no firework-related injuries thus maintaining its record of zero firework-related injuries for nine consecutive years.
According to Municipal Health Officer, Dr. Diga Kay Gomez, the last reported firecracker-related case in the municipality was in the year 2013.
Dr. Gomez attributed this to the joint effort of the concerned offices and agencies in reminding the public to observe the firecracker law.
With this, Bontoc Mayor Jerome “Chagsen” Tudlong, Jr., expressed his utmost gratitude to the public for their cooperation as well as all the concerned offices and agencies for their intensified campaign against the use of firecrackers.
It can be recalled that the Bontoc Municipal Fire Station (MFS), Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), Municipal Health Office (MHO), Municipal Police Station (MPS), Provincial Department of Health Office (PDOHO), Bontoc General Hospital, Provincial Health Office, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Office of the Provincial Fire Marshal, MPSPC Criminology Interns, and volunteers conducted Simultaneous blowing of horns and a motorcade to kick-off the Oplan Paalala – Iwas Paputok 2022 which is an annual fire safety campaign for the yuletide season.
The monitoring and recording of firework-related injuries started from December 21, 2022 to January 6, 2023.