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Sunday, February 10, 2013

TXTFIRE Philippines

It's already February and March is fast approaching. March is the Fire Prevention Month.

This is the time when most fire cases are very frequent. Lives and properties are important. Why? Your property and precious life is on the line at anytime, accidents and disasters occur when you least expect them. I highly recommend to you guys to join TXTFIRE Philippines.

What is TXTFIRE all about?

The TXTFIRE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC. is a non-profit organization that helps disseminate fire alerts, alarms, and information thru an SMS Dispatcher Server.

Such as:
•   Location
•   Time
•   Status of Fire

SMS Dispatch Server has 60 modems and can send up to 1,000 messages per minute.

TXT FIRE IS THE WORLD'S FIRST DISPATCH SYSTEM THRU SMS!!! And ALL THESE FOR FREE!!

How TXTFIRE works?

When the system receives a report, it will be verified by an operator. If verified, the information will be dispatched instantly to all fire stations and firefighters.

How it all started?

Mr. Gerry Chua, Founder and President of TXTFIRE PHILIPPINES FOUNDATION, INC., a.k.a. Mr. Ube was very fond of texting. He loves to forward text jokes and news to his friends and relatives. Since Mr. Chua is a fireman himself, he decided to might as well text to his friends where the fire is. Until later, a friend called him and asked him not to send these messages as they were just disturbing him. Mr. Chua being a busy man forgot to erase his name on the group text. Until one day his friend approached him, and said thank you. Thank you because if not for the text of Mr. Chua, he would not know that there was a fire at back of his house. His friend at that time was in the market and his kids were still at home sleeping.

So then did Mr. Chua decide to make this bigger, better, and faster!

Today our TXTFIRE SMS System Dispatcher has more that 170,000 members nationwide.

TXTFIRE PHILIPPINES affiliates:

•    Bacolod
•    Cagayan de Oro
•    Cebu
•    Cotabato
•    Dagupan
•    Davao
•    Iloilo

•    Legaspi
•    Naga
•    Sorsogon
•    Tabaco, Bicol
•    Tacloban
•    Tarlac

And soon! On Baguio, Zamboanga, and many many more!

What’s more?
They conduct relief operations, outreach programs, fire safety drills and seminars, medical
missions, distribution of posters and flyers on fire safety tips, and more.