Nghe An: Straining to guard against forest fires on hot days

In Dien Doai commune, Dien Chau district, since April 1, the People's Committee of the commune has set up a checkpoint right at the forest gate in Xuan Son hamlet to control people entering and leaving the forest. This checkpoint always has militia, commune police, and forestry officers on duty 24/7. Photo: Van Truong

In addition to the checkpoint at the forest gate, the leaders of Dien Doai commune also regularly inspect forest fire prevention and fighting work in many other forest areas to promptly detect and handle incidents when they occur. Photo: Van Truong

Mr. Nguyen Khanh Duong, Chairman of Dien Doai Commune People's Committee, said: The whole commune has 469 hectares of forest, including 181 hectares of pine forest. In some forests, some people often bring fire to hunt wild bees. Therefore, people entering and exiting the forest fire prevention and control checkpoint must strictly comply with the declaration of personal information. Photo: Van Truong

Dien Chau district has over 6,000 hectares of pine forest. To reduce the risk of forest fires , the district has set up four checkpoints at the forest gates, including two in Dien Phu commune, one in Dien Doai commune, and one in Minh Chau commune. People entering and exiting this area are required to have their full name, address, phone number, and reason for entering and exiting the forest recorded by the guards. Photo: Van Truong

Entering the hot season, Do Luong district has installed a camera at a high mountain in Quang Son commune to monitor over 2,000 hectares of pine and acacia forests in Thuong Son, Thai Son, Dai Son communes... In the photo: Do ​​Luong forest rangers are monitoring forest fires on the screen reported by the camera. Photo: Van Truong

Many areas of pine forests mixed with acacia in Thanh Ngoc and Thanh Chuong communes have not been treated for vegetation, and are at high risk of forest fires. Photo: Van Truong

From April 27 to May 2, 2024, Nghe An "Warns of extremely dangerous forest fires". The Forestry Department directs its subordinate units as well as forest owners and localities to maintain 100% of its personnel on duty 24/7 during hot weather. Forest owners and commune-level People's Committees arrange forces to guard. In the photo: Nghi Loc Protective Forest Management Board manages over 5,000 hectares of pine forest. To minimize the risk of forest fires, the unit has so far treated over 600 hectares of vegetation, fully prepared equipment such as 34 fire blowers, hundreds of fire extinguishers, and chainsaws. Photo: Van Truong

To proactively prevent and fight forest fires, up to now, Nghe An has treated over 3,000 hectares of pine understory vegetation, installed 7 new camera sets, bringing the total number of forest fire surveillance camera systems to 11. Repaired 250.99 km of white firebreaks, 100 km of green firebreaks. Prepared 272 handheld speakers, 245 blowers, 115 ground cover cutters, 32 pumps of various types, 104 saws, 1,537 fire extinguishers... to serve forest fires. In the photo: People in Nam Dan district both exploit pine resin and monitor forest fire prevention and fighting right in the area. Photo: Van Truong

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