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Department of Tourism
Regional Office V
TERMINAL REPORT
Tourism Awareness and Capability Building for BFP: Training on
Effective Customer Service and Tourist Safety and Security for BFP R5
Motorists Assistance Centers Emergency Response Attendants
Submitted to :
MARIA O. RAVANILLA
Regional Director
Department of Tourism, ROV
Attention:
Mr. Bobby Gigantone
Training Specialist, DOT V
By :
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEXES
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Attendance of Participants
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Seminar Program
Its all about Tourism - a means for Bicols economic recovery. The regional
clamor to boost tourism for economic recovery was felt by the BFP only in 2008. The
strategy was a challenge for all sectors of the society to support. Any local economy
relies on tourism as a key component for economic recovery. If proper measures are
not taken post-disaster effects from weather related disasters, equipment breakdown
/ power interruption and fire can have rippling effects in a local economy.1
This dare was met by BFP R5 head-on with socially relevant services, which are
crowd drawers and a necessity in line with its mandate, going beyond Civic tourism.
As civic tourism inspires public interest to include government agency potentials,
the BFP with its prospective goes beyond, for while it reframes the industry to do
better, the BFP advances the opportunity for economic development by preserving
character through the following activities, to wit :
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Frontline-Tourist-Information Service
In November 26, 2012 the Albay BFP was given FREE-Orientation training by the
Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office (PTCAO) on tourist destination
information around the province.
The concept was to equip firefighters-emergency medical responders deployed at
Summer Vacation (SumVac) / Motorist Assistance Centers with enough information
to guide travelers.
As one of the agencies who performs local rescue, all BFP Fire Stations deploys
emergency response personnel along major thoroughfares to provide quick reaction
time for responses primarily to vehicular accidents, and related emergencies. The
assistance given varies on the need of travelers ranging from flat tires, hypertension,
and for SumVac centers located in resorts the BFP also functions as life-guards in
the absence of one.
Common requests are for directions of destinations: Churches, beaches,
restaurants and etc. The function to provide information on destinations or tourist
spots in the region was an intervention to these, and that there was the aura of
disappointment in the person asking whenever there is no solid reply given. The
traveler or tourist experiences isolation lost for directions as they dont feel
welcome, thus frustrations and to finally deciding not to go hindi naman palasikat
thus, there is no point in going as the place is not that popular.
For these, the BFP included state-of-isolation to mean lost or requiring directions
in its list of types of emergencies. The Tourist-Ready-BFP project was first
implemented in the province of Albay, in 2012 and now region wide this year.
Risk Management
In preparing Albay on hotel and venue safety for the United Nations World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO) coming to the province, the BFP R5 came up with
Oplan Panturismo purposely to establish an operational risk management in
destinations to identify and recommend solutions. The Oplan Panturismo also
created the Fire Safety Visit or Project Visit that was also used as the strategy on
hotel safety for Oplan APEC that compelled all Hotel Staffs to undergo the following:
Project Visit also enforced the creation of a Hotel Emergency Plan, which was a
first for all Hotels in Albay or Bicol for that matter. (See Annex: Fire Safety Visit Post
Implementation Report).
3. RECOMMENDATIONS
With the gained insights from the seminar, the following are recommended:
a. The DOT to create a technical working group with the BFP as member to
review fire safety criterion on the DOT manual against the safety provision of
the R.A 9514 otherwise known as the Fire Code of the Philippines;
b. The DOT should issue a Policy that all vans identified as transports for
Tourism Purposes should be equipped with fire extinguishers;
c. The DOT to strictly observe the conduct of risk-management lectures on
property protection against fires to all hotels and destinations, with BFP
personnel as trainers/resource speakers. Likewise the DOT should accredit
risk-management-auditors from the BFP;
d. The DOT to come-up with a guest reporting system on hotels or destinations
disregard to fire threats or other similar risky situations for action of the local
BFP.
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