Over 5,000 nursing grads employed as firemen, BFP personnel qualify for national emergency duty – Villanueva – Manila Bulletin
Sen. Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) During a Senate plenary session, Villanueva cited the overwhelming number of Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) personnel with “medical background,” in his call to maximize this human resource as the “foundation of a national EMS.” Out of the 27,968 BFP personnel, 5,380 have health sciences degrees, 5,034 of whom are graduates of BS in Nursing, Villanueva said, citing a May 2020 BFP document. “Mayroon po sa hanay ng BFP na 79 graduates ng Radiologic Technology, 62 ang physical therapists, 56 na nagtapos ng ...