On May 18, 2019 fire and tactical exercises were held in Akkol District to work out joint actions of forest owners and special services units in extinguishing forest fires.
The main purpose of the exercises is the timely adoption of sufficient measures to extinguish the existing fire and prevent its development in the forests.
Before the fire and tactical exercises, an inspection was made of the preparedness of fire fighting equipment, fire extinguishing equipment and personnel.
According to the plan of the exercise, during the aviation patrols of the protected area, an observer of the Akmola Aviation Division of the State Enterprise "Kazavialesookhrana" discovered a source of forest fire with an area of 0.2 hectares.
After detecting a fire, the observer-pilot transmits information about the fire to the contact point of the forest owner. To the place of fire, from the aircraft, landing of fire-assault paratroopers with fire-fighting equipment is carried out promptly. Strong wind, high temperatures and the presence of dead wood contribute to the rapid spread of fire - the observer makes a decision to attract additional forces and means.
The forces and facilities of the Akkol Forestry Department of KSU arrive at the site of the fire. In connection with the rapid spread of the fire element, a decision is made to attract additional forces and means.
Soon, the operational headquarters of the fire fighting service of the State Enterprise "JV and ASR" Emergency Situations Department of the Akmola region, which collects, processes and analyzes data on the fire situation, takes into account and distributes forces and means, develops a fire extinguishing plan.
After some time, the conditional fire was localized in all directions, and was not allowed to spread to the adjacent forest area.
The chief of the fire fighting operational headquarters announces the elimination of the fire. According to the results of the fire and 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 exercise was reviewed and its results were summed up.
In total, more than 30 people and 7 units of special equipment were involved in the exercises.