Protective Services

Peace and Order

 

Peace and Order

The Pandan Police Station is situated in the poblacion, beside the Town Hall and fronting the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) USP Branch. The building occupies an area of 112 square meters.
There are several police personnel in the station. There are police outposts located at Barangays Patria and Zaldivar, both outposts assisted by barangay tanods for immediate response during emergency situations. The station have activated barangay tanods, volunteers for Barangay Intelligence Network (BIN), junior police, and volunteers for crime and drug watch. They are tasked with the maintenance of peace and order in the 34 barangays of the municipality.
Insurgency problems on the other hand, are being taken cared of by the "C" Company of 12th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army based at Barangay Sta. Cruz. They have a detachment at Barangay San Joaquin in the hinterlands manned by enlisted men and assisted by CAFGUs. Army personnel are armed with high caliber and heavy weapons in their counter-insurgency operations.

Fire Protection

The Bureau of Fire Protection is manning the occurrence of fire at any opportune time. Fire incidents in Pandan are seldom and rare but there are buildings, houses and edifices that are hazardous and easily razed by fire. The active Mountain Tigers and Barangay Disaster Brigades have undergone seminars, trainings, drills and demonstrations for immediate response to fire incidence including natural and man-made disasters.