Most forest fires occur due to careless handling of people with fire or their violation of fire safety requirements. Often, forest fires arise from bonfires that are laid out for heating, cooking, and even just for the sake of pampering. A lot of fires are caused by smokers who throw unsaid matches and cigarette butts into the woods. Also, forest fires can arise from other causes, for example, from uncovered cigarette butts thrown from train windows, from sparks from exhaust pipes of engines, etc. While in the forest, it must be remembered that the danger of a forest fire from an insignificant source of fire is quite real, especially in dry, warm, windy times.
Discipline in the forest, conscious behavior and strict observance of simple fire safety rules will guarantee the conservation of forests from fires. It is in the interest of each of us.
When sunbathing is detected in the forest or near it, forest litter, litter, rags, logging remains, the main task is to prevent the fire from gaining strength and spreading.
To do this, take extinguishing measures on your own and immediately report the fire to the forest guard or call the fire department at "101" or "112", informing you of your approximate location. When extinguishing sunbathing in the forest, the most common way is to overwhelm the fire at the edge of the fire. Green branches are used for overwhelming. Effectively casting the edge of the fire with soil that cools burning materials and deprives them of air access.
During extinguishing, it is necessary to comply with fire safety rules and be firmly aware that during horse forest fires when tree crowns burn, the banks of ponds, large clearings, and deciduous forest without coniferous undergrowth can serve as a refuge. You should not seek refuge on roads and glades surrounded by coniferous forests, especially young trees with lowered crowns, as well as in logs overgrown with forests.