The forest is a great gift of nature. Its significance in human life is enormous. The forest is the "lungs of the planet", the forest is a pharmacy and a health store. Today there is an acute question: how to preserve this priceless gift of nature for our descendants?
The greatest damage to the forest is caused by fires, which occur mainly due to human fault. Fire destroys all living things in its path: young trees and shrubs, perennial trees, birds, animals, insects die. The most fire hazardous period is summer and early autumn, when the soil is covered with dry grass and foliage, in hot weather and a long absence of precipitation.
The reason may be:
- fire in the forest;
- an unextinguished cigarette or a match;
- car spark;
- logging, haymaking and other work.
Forest fire protection includes a set of organizational, technical, legal and other measures aimed at preventing, timely detection and liquidation of forest fires. Measures to protect forests from fires are carried out taking into account biological, silvicultural, ecological, regional and other features.
The main task of ensuring the protection of forests from fires is the implementation of fire-prevention measures.
Fire prevention:
1. Prevention of forest fires (fire-prevention propaganda, explanatory and educational work)
2. Restriction of the spread of forest fires (creation of a system of fire barriers; timely cleaning of forest areas from debris; carrying out sanitary felling; creation of a network of forest roads, fire-prevention reservoirs).
3. Measures to detect fires and timely notify the relevant services.
All forests in Kazakhstan, in accordance with the Forest Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other regulations, are subject to fire protection. The forestry system has a special service (ground and aviation) that performs and controls work to prevent the occurrence and spread of forest fires, to detect and extinguish them. In our city there is the Taldykorgan aviation department of the Kazavialesoohrana State Enterprise with its long history of existence. On account of the paratroopers-firefighters hundreds of extinguished fires, saved human lives. They successfully fight fire, conduct explanatory work among the population. In tandem with foresters, they carry out preventive work to prevent forest fires. In the course of work, the perpetrators of violations of fire safety rules are identified, and, depending on the nature of the violations and their consequences, disciplinary, administrative or criminal liability is applied to them. However, these tasks can be successfully solved only with the participation of the population, which must take care of preventing forest fires and be ready to extinguish them. Protect the environment! Always take proper care of the forest and it will always be a great resting place for you!
E. GERASIMOVA, radio operator of the Taldykorgan aviation department.
"Lights of Alatau" newspaper