TACLOBAN CITY – The Office of Civil Defense has urged residents in this region to avoid using firecrackers in celebrating the holiday season to avoid accidents. This is also in response to the call of the Department of Health.
OCD Regional Director Rey Gozon said that aside from calamities and disasters, their office are also in alert status during this holiday season as people are in festive mood, celebrating Christmas and the New Year by using firecrackers as one of the traditions that had long been practiced.
However, although it is part of our tradition, Gozon said that using said materials1 in celebrating the holidays should be minimized if not totally stopped to prevent injuries and to protect human health.
“If we cannot avoid it, officials in the barangay must identify a common firecracker zone area,” said Gozon.
“In this way, we can supervise carefully the uses of firecrackers and we may also prevent accidents and injuries,” Gozon said.
He added that instead of using money to buy firecrackers, their money should be saved or rather use it to buy foods.
The same was also asked by Tacloban City Police Chief Superintendent Wilson Caubat.
Caubat stressed that using firecrackers during Yuletide celebration should now be avoided due to injuries it causes especially to children who are more vulnerable to firecracker-related injuries.
As part of their campaign to limit or avoid firecracker related accidents, Caubat said that they had started campaigning and inspecting all stores that sell firecrackers and if they see illegal or prohibited firecrackers being sold, they will immediately confiscate it.
Caubat then asked members of the police force and from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and gun owners to be responsible citizens this holiday season by not using their service firearms or their guns in celebrating Christmas and the New Year.
“If they will be caught or if they are proven to have used their guns in celebrating Christmas and the New Year, those who are in service will face administrative sanction aside from charges and dismissal from service, while civilians will charged in court,” Caubat said.
Caubat added that instead of using their guns, servicemen and gun holders must celebrate the holiday in a way that no one will be hurt.
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