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5-year Historical Grassfire/Forest fire Data

Requested from BFP by P. Azur at 08:10 AM on Jun 20, 2022.
Purpose: Prevention and mitigation of Transmission Line outages caused by grass/forest fires
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2021
Tracking no: #BFP-227564290608

Azur 08:10 AM, Jun 20, 2022 

Hello. I would like to request for information regarding the following:

1. Locations of grassfire/forest fire incidents nationwide (at least upto barangay level location).
2.  At least 5- year historical data if available.

The data will be used to identify areas with historical incidents of grassfires/forest fires and establish appropriate measures to prevent outages in transmission lines.

Kind regards,
Paul Azur
Head, Geomatics and Command Center, NGCP

Morales 06:48 PM, Jan 27, 2023 

January 27, 2023

Dear Paul Michael,

Thank you for your request dated Jun 20, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for 5-year Historical Grassfire/Forest fire Data.

We received your request on Jun 20, 2022 and will respond on or before Jul 11, 2022 08:10:01 AM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://batchonboard20190219-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEEJGUC0yMjc1NjQyOTA2MDgM, for request with ticket number #BFP-227564290608.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Gretchen Faye Morales
FOI Officer

Atienza 08:25 PM, Jan 30, 2023 

January 30, 2023

Dear Paul Michael Azur,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jun 20, 2022 08:10:01 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for 5-year Historical Grassfire/Forest fire Data.

Response to Request

Please feel free to browse our Fire Statistics: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OJLxAbkL39dYPZx0IUwz07G04wEnKWE-?usp=share_link

We apologize for the delay in answering your query. We have just activated our portal. We encourage you to lodge more inquiries through this portal and rest assured that we will respond promptly.

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Annalee Atienza
FOI Receiving Officer

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