Good Day,

I’m Stephen Eric P. Chua from the Philippines, me and my group (  20 persons ). from all walks of life are all volunteer members of our peace & order council in our local community
involve in various activities such as, peace keeping, emergency response team (
medical or calamity), and other volunteer works including fire fighting in our
local community. We serve as an auxiliary group when needed by our Barangay
(Local Community) Captain or Chairman.

As part of it all, we sometimes responded to fire calls without proper gears, such as turnout gears, helmets, hoods, gloves, and fire boots. Our Barangay only had 5
sets of fire fighting gears for their regular members; we sometimes borrow from
them in case the need arises. We love and dedicate our free time in volunteer
work and serve our fellowmen for free. But the lack of proper fire gears &
equipments are sometimes a hindrance to our group in responding to fire &
other emergency calls, it’s because the price of such gears & equipments
here in the Philippines are too expensive and much high value for the good
branded ones, and we ourselves could not afford to purchase it. And being a
volunteer here, one should gear himself with the needed gears & equipments
individually.

A former classmate of mine from the old high school days, a regular volunteer from the Filipino-Chinese Fire Volunteer Brigade once told me to try and ask for help
from like you guys in the US. So here I am hoping that some kind hearted ones
could render us help in anyway they could, but
not financially as we speak but thru donations of used, 2^nd hand/
surplus fire & rescue gears and equipments. It would be a great help to us
from you guys out there.

In regarding this matter and in behalf of my group may I respectfully request for your  donation or support from your kind hearted ones, used ,2^nd hand, or
surplus  turnout gears, fire helmets, hoods, gloves, fire boots, fire &
rescue gears and equipments that are already not in use by your brigades.
It would be a great help to us.

I’m hoping for your kind hearted consideration in regarding this matter. Thank you and keep safe. God Bless you all.

Best regards;

Mr. Stephen Eric P. Chua