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BFP GETS PERFECT SCORE FROM COA

admin September 24, 2023

THE Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) received an unmodified opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA) for the first time in the fiscal year of 2022 and it got a perfect score of 20.

According to the COA, the released report is based on the Financial Management Performance Rating from the financial audit performed in the 2022 report by Defense and Security Cluster 4 Director Michael R. Bacani.

Based on the COA report, BFP received a 93 percent score, an excellent score from the first Financial Performance Rating report. It will be recalled that the COA approved the action of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in relation to the fact that the BFP should have a modernization program to keep pace with the modern era.

The COA report stated that there was nothing wrong with the actions taken by the BFP in placing the technical requirements that the BFP needs to keep up with the BFP’s modern methods and modernization efforts.

Meanwhile, the COA report of the Financial Management Performance Rating said the BFP got an excellent rating this past period of 2022.

In this regard, according to the COA report this past 2010, the BFP launched its Modernization Program in accordance with the government’s Comprehensive Fire Code of 2008 so that the Fire Bureau can adapt to modern times in the event of a fire.

The report further stated that the main goal is for the government to upgrade its firefighting capability with adequate personnel and adequate firefighting equipment to protect people from dangerous fires. It was further noted in the COA report that the total funds of the Modernization Program amounted to P13.17 billion from the year 2011 to 2017.

In 2019, Senator Bong Go filed a bill in the Senate requiring the BFP to implement the modernization program.

According to the COA report, there is nothing wrong with the technical requirements for the modernization program because it is in line with the Audit Commissions report on the performance audit.

The Commission also believes that the government should strengthen its fire suppression campaign in conjunction with its ongoing modernization program.