EXERCISES IN THE CASE OF FOREST AND STEPPE FIRES HELD IN THE PAVLODAR REGION
On July 13, 2021, joint firefighting and tactical exercises were held on the territory of the Zhasybay subdivision of the Bayanaul State National Natural Park RSU.
The exercises were conducted with the aim of working out the interaction of command and control bodies, forces and means to respond to extinguishing forest fires, promptly attracting forces and means to extinguishing a fire, improving practical skills in organizing and managing fire extinguishing, managing the forces and means involved.
According to the legend of the exercise, during an air patrol of the protected area, an observer pilot of the Kazavialesoohrana State Enterprise discovered a forest fire.
Paratroopers-firefighters with fire extinguishing equipment are disembarking from the aircraft to the place of fire. Having received the input, the paratroopers-firefighters quickly proceed to extinguish the fire. In parallel, reconnaissance of the state of the fire is carried out from the air, the prospect of its development is assessed, the spread of fire and the course of extinguishing is monitored, and the alignment of forces and means along the perimeter of the fire is being adjusted. In connection with the rapid spread of the fire element (due to strong winds and dry weather), a decision is made to attract additional forces and means.
After some time, the forces and means of the Firefighting and Rescue Service of the Emergency Situations Ministry, forest fire stations, as well as voluntary firefighting units arrive at the scene of the fire.
The subunits that arrived in time immediately engage in a "battle" with the fiery element. At the site of the fire, an operational fire extinguishing headquarters is created, which collects, processes and analyzes data on the situation at the fire, takes into account and distributes forces and equipment to combat areas, and develops an extinguishing plan.
After a long and stubborn struggle in all areas, the active edge of the fire was stopped, work is underway to localize and extinguish individual combustion centers.
The gathering of additional formations in the camp is announced. The chief of the firefighting operational headquarters announces the extinguishment of the fire.
Based on the results of the fire-tactical exercises, a meeting of the operational headquarters was held with the involvement of the leaders of all functional groups, where the course of the exercises was analyzed and its results were summed up.
In total, more than 30 people were involved in the exercises, more than 10 units of special equipment. According to the organizers of the exercise, these events are carried out to practice the skills of extinguishing forest fires in conditions as close as possible to real ones, to refine all the nuances that may arise during the elimination of a real fire, the interaction of all operational services and ensure the safety of fire extinguishing.