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Honoree · TOFF 2025HONORED 4 DEC 2025
Bumbyahero: a fire marshal’s movement on two wheels
FSSUPT Bartolome O. Beliran, Iloilo’s provincial fire marshal, founded a biking and environmental movement credited with 10,300 trees and 6,300 mangroves.
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FSSUPT Bartolome O. Beliran, DSC, is the Iloilo Provincial Fire Marshal and, at the same time, Assistant Regional Director for Operations of BFP Region VI. In December 2025 he was named one of the Ten Outstanding Firefighters of the Philippines, one of five commissioned officers in the batch.
Bumbyahero
He founded Bumbyahero, a movement that pairs biking for fitness with environmental work. By the organizers’ count, it has planted 10,300 trees and 6,300 mangroves.
- 10,300trees planted
- 6,300mangroves planted
TIKAL
He also created TIKAL, a program on professionalism and community responsibility.
An office recognized
In August 2025, the Iloilo Fire Provincial Office he leads was named the country’s Best Fire Provincial Office of the Year. It is a BFP award for the office, separate from TOFF. Beliran presented it to Iloilo provincial officials on 4 August 2025.
A 1995 nursing board topnotcher
A sponsored press release on the 2025 honorees, carried by Inquirer Plus, also calls him a topnotcher in the 1995 nursing licensure examination.