Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First  Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO.
5979
Introduced by Representative LORET0 a. ACHARON
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This  bill  seeks the establishment of three  (3)  subordinate fire stations  in the  Lone  District of the City of
General Santos under the operational control of the General Santos City Fire Station of the Bureau of Fire
Prevention  (BFP).
The City of General Santos is ranked as 15th among the most populous cities in the country and 4th  largest
in Mindanao with a population of 697,315 as of May 2020.
The City is the center of commerce and industry in the SOCCSKSARGEN  Region, and home to no less than
SEVENTY-SIX  (76)  educational  buildings,  ELEVEN  (11)  hospitals,  SIXTY-EIGHT  (68)  hotels,  SEVENTY-TWO
(72)  apartment  buildings,  ONE  HUNDRED  and  FIFTY-TWO  (152)  lodging  and  rooming  houses,   FIVE  (5)
dormitories,  TWO   (2)  theaters,   SIXTY-FIVE   (65)   commercial   and   other  banks,   FIVE   (5)   markets,   FIVE
THOUSAND  NINE  HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE  (5,929)  single  and  two-family  dwellings  and  TEN  THOUSAND
FIVE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-EIGHT (10,578)  commercial  buildings.
These structures are on top of the existing TWO  HUNDRED  FOURTEEN  (214) government  buildings, ONE
(1)  city  detention  and  correctional  facility,  TWO  (2)  public  transport  facilities,  ONE  (1)  general  purpose
seaport  or  wharf,   ONE   (1)   major  fishing   post-harvest   port  facility,   ONE   (1)   airport  of  international
standard,    TWO    (2)    parks   and    plazas    as   well    as    EIGHTY-THREE    (83)    special    structures   such    as
communication towers.
Fishing is a major economic activity such that six (6) of the eight (8) tuna canneries in the country is located
in General Santos City, along with a  hundred other industries allied with the fishing industry, a distinction
that earned the  locality as the Tuna Capital of the Philippines.
The rapid urbanization of the City of General Santos most specifically in the urban barangays necessitates
the creation of the BFP District Office to assure the business community and inhabitants that the men and
women  of the  Bureau  of  Fire  Protection  has  the  manpower,  competence,  and  fire fighting  capacity  to
ensure their safety, their families more importantly, properties, businesses, and other possessions.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the  Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City,  Metro  Manila
NINETEENTH CONGRESS
F,rstRegular.Sess'°5979
HOUSE BILL NO.
Introduced by Representative LORETO 8. ACHARON
AN
ACT  ESTABLISHING  THREH  (3)  ADDITIONAL  SUBORDINATE  FIRE  STATIONS  IN  THE
CITY  OF GENERAL  SANTOS  UNDER THE GENERAL SANTOS CITY FIRE  STATION OF
THE BUREAU 0F FIRE PRHVHNTI0N, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THHRHFOR
Be_ it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  the  House  Of Representatives  Of the  Philippines  in  Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1.     An additional three (3) subordinate flre stations of the Bureau of Fire Prevention
is hereby established in the City of General Santos, under the operational control and administration of the
General  Santos City Fire Station, Bureau of Fire Prevention (BFP).
SEC. 2.  The   Secretary   of  the   Department  of  Interior  and   Local   Government  (DILG)   shall
immediately include in the department's program the operationalization of the additional subordinate fire
stations, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the existing
General  Santos City Fire Station. Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary for the continued operations
of the General  Santos City Fire Station and all its subordinate fire stations shall be included in the annual
General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 4. The Secretary of the DILG shall issue such rules and regulations necessary for the effective
imp]ementation of this Act.
SHC. 5. Effectivity -This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after completion of its publication
in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
APPROVED.