On May 20, 2021, territorial tactical firefighting exercises were held on the territory of the Karkaraly State National Natural Park to extinguish wildfires.
The exercises were conducted with the aim of practicing the actions of officials of the district, city akimat, the leadership of the KGNPP and the Karkaralinsky aviation department with a flight to the place of possible combustion, promptly attracting forces and means to extinguish the fire, improving practical skills in organizing and managing fire extinguishing, managing the forces and means involved ...
Prior to the fire-tactical exercises, an inspection of the readiness of fire-fighting equipment, fire-extinguishing equipment and personnel was carried out.
According to the legend of the exercise, during an air patrol of the protected area in the 4th quarter of the Karkaralinsky forestry, an observer pilot of the Karkaralinsky aviation department of the Kazavialesokhrana RSE discovered a forest fire.
From the aircraft to the place of fire, paratroopers-firemen with fire extinguishing means are landed. 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. Due to 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, the Forest Fire Stations of the KGNPP of the city of Karkaralinsk, medical services, the communications service, the police of Karkaralinsk, as well as voluntary firefighting units arrive at the fire site.
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. The employees of the department of internal affairs of the Karkaralinsky district cordon off the zone of localization and suppression of the fire, in order to prevent unauthorized entry into the zone of fire. The ambulance team organizes the work of the point for the provision of medical care.
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 elimination 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 47 people, 10 units of special equipment and a Mi-2 helicopter were involved in the exercises.
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.
