This study aimed to determine the level of fire setting behavior, the level of fire attitude, and the level of firefighting skills among firefighters in the Province of Batangas. The impact of fire setting behavior to fire attitude and the impact of fire attitude to firefighting skills were also determined. Quantitative research design with causal approach was employed as the research design and utilized a stratified sampling technique for the selection of respondents. The data were gathered from the City and Municipal Fire Stations and offices in the province of Batangas. The respondents were all male personnel in the operations division with at least 3 years and above active service in the Bureau of Fire Protection. The researcher used the adopted Fire setting scale, the fire attitude scale, and the self-made firefighting skills scale questionnaire as an instrument of the study. For the statistical treatment correlation coefficient, and regression analysis was used. As the results revealed, the level of fire setting behavior among firefighters in the province of Batangas was moderate, while the level of fire attitude among firefighters in the province of Batangas was Very High and the level of firefighting skills among firefighters in the province of Batangas was Very High respectively. The impact of fire setting behavior on fire attitude was significant. Likewise, the impact of fire attitude on firefighting skills was also significant. The proposed output was necessary for it may become a helpful guide for firefighters to avoid fire setting behavior while improving and enhancing fire attitude and firefighting skills.

firefighting skills

fire attitude

firesetting behavior