The personnel of the Ust-Kamenogorsk, Katon-Karagai and Ridder aviation departments underwent ground training on the basis of a special simulator tower, with the aim of thorough and comprehensive training on the ground, working out all the elements of descent, studying various techniques and training on their implementation. The practical skills of the "forest special forces" were tested by experienced mentors - the head of the air fire service and the heads of aviation departments.

It should be noted that it is not always possible to get to the area of an active forest fire by land transport, and when delivering forces and means by aviation, it is necessary to pick up a platform for a safe landing. In such cases, it is decided to land troops in the area of the fire with the help of a helicopter. The pilot-observer from the air selects a platform suitable for the descent of paratroopers- firefighters, measuring at least 5x5 meters between the crowns of trees.

It is worth noting that such training descents are held annually - at the beginning and middle of the fire season. It is extremely important to recall the methodology of helicopter descents after the winter break and consolidate the acquired skills, because this is one of the foundations of the safety of forest aviation operations.

The helicopter hovers over this "well" at a height of at least 10 meters above the treetops (while the height to the ground should not exceed 45 meters). The observer pilot opens the door and drops a particularly strong (900 kg at break) 50-meter cord, along which, with the help of a roller trigger device, paratroopers-firefighters descend directly from the helicopter to the ground. During the training, the interaction of the observer pilot and paratroopers-firefighters, the descent speed (average - three meters per second), the correct landing and much more are monitored.

On May 25, 2022, as part of the program to inform the population, M.M. Isaev, a paratrooper-firefighter of the Almaty aviation department, held a preventive lecture on the topic among the employees of IP Batyrkhanova G.I.: "Protect the forest from fire." The listeners were familiarized with precautions when handling fire in the forest, actions when detecting a forest fire, actions of a lost person in the forest, compliance with sanitary standards when visiting woodlands.

On May 25, 2022, as part of the program to inform the population, the paratrooper-firefighter of the Borovsky aviation department, D.S. Baymagambetov, held a preventive conversation on the topic "Fire safety rules in the forests of the Republic of Kazakhstan" among the visitors of the IP SHANYRAK store. The listeners were familiarized with precautions when handling fire in the forest, actions when detecting a forest fire, actions of a lost person in the forest, compliance with sanitary standards when visiting woodlands. During the conversation, 45 leaflets on fire prevention propaganda were distributed to the audience.

Large-scale exercises were held in the Almaty mountains. They were attended by 150 rescuers. The mountainous region of the Zailiysky Alatau is considered the most visited, which is why there is a high risk of forest fires there, a Khabar 24 correspondent says. The season of natural fires in Kazakhstan opened in April of this year, but in the mountains it comes much later. Precipitation has been observed in Zailiysky Alatau in recent days. Above three thousand meters above sea level, there is still snow. But the weather here changes very quickly, and even a small fire of dry grass can cause a large-scale forest fire. Such cases occur every year. And extinguishing mountain fires is extremely difficult and costly, without aviation, a large number of people and special equipment is indispensable.

Talgat Aliyev, Deputy General Director of the State Enterprise "Kazavialesoohrana":

- This year, 12 forest fires have already occurred in the Almaty region. And about 90 forest fires on the territory of the state forest fund of Kazakhstan. We also have regions in Kazakhstan where dry thunderstorms occur, where thunderstorm fronts form, thunderstorms pass without precipitation, which leads to forest fires.

Kazavilesokhrana is engaged in constant aviation monitoring of the mountains. A patrol plane makes daily flights around the northern part of the Tien Shan. As a rule, when extinguishing a mountain fire, emergency services use all available forces and means. Therefore, not only firefighters, ROSO fighters and rescue services, but also foresters of the Ile-Alatu National Park took part in the exercises. And for the first time, new quadrocopters were used, which the rescuers got at the end of last year.

Grigory Bedenko, correspondent:

- The most recent acquisition of DES Almaty is three such industrial drones, which are produced by a Chinese company. This car is professional, there are several video cameras, there is a thermal imager and it can fly up to 8 kilometers, that is, it is an ideal tool for detecting fires in the mountains. As a rule, most natural fires occur due to human fault. Farmers arrange so-called agricultural burns - they burn last year's grass. In addition, vacationers often make fires and do not care to completely extinguish them.

Yerlan Alibekov, Deputy Head of the Department of Emergency Situations in Almaty:

- Together with the Ile-Alatau National Park, we conduct raids every Saturday and Sunday, stop the kindling of fires in the mountainous area. Since the beginning of the fire hazard period, we have brought 23 individuals to administrative responsibility. But, surprisingly, you don't have to start a fire to start a fire. It is enough just to throw an empty bottle into the grass. Its bottom refracts light like a lens. There are many other indirect reasons as well. Therefore, prevention and constant monitoring of the area is the most effective way to deal with mountain fires.

Authors: Grigory Bedenko, Nurdaulet Zhaksybaev
Source: https://24.kz/ru/news/social/item/545732-ogon-2022-masshtabnye-ucheniya-proshli-v-almatinskikh-gorakh

142 employees of emergency services, 27 units of special equipment and 2 helicopters - such forces and means were involved in the fire-tactical exercises "Fire-2022". The training took place in the mountains in the Zailiysky Alatau in the gorge of the Malaya Almatinka River. It is this mountainous region that is considered the most visited by Almaty residents and guests of the city. There is a high risk of forest fires. The season of natural fires in Kazakhstan opened in April of this year, but in the mountains it comes much later. Precipitation has been observed in Zailiysky Alatau in recent days. Above 3 thousand meters above sea level there is still snow, but the weather here changes very quickly. A small fire in dry grass can cause a large-scale forest fire. Such cases occur every year. Extinguishing mountain fires is extremely difficult and costly - one cannot do without aviation, a large number of people and special equipment.

Talgat Aliyev, Deputy General Director of the State Enterprise "Kazavialesoohrana":

- This year, 12 forest fires have already occurred in the Almaty region. About 90 forest fires on the territory of the state forest fund of Kazakhstan. We also have regions in Kazakhstan where dry thunderstorms pass, where thunderstorm fronts form. Passing thunderstorms without precipitation, which leads to forest fires.

Kazavilesokhrana is engaged in constant aviation monitoring of the mountains. A patrol plane makes daily flights around the northern part of the Tien Shan. As a rule, when extinguishing a mountain fire, emergency services use all available forces and means. Not only firefighters, ROSO fighters and rescue services, but also foresters of the Ile-Alatu National Park took part in the exercises. For the first time, new quadrocopters were used, which the rescuers got at the end of last year.

Bedenko Grigory, correspondent:

– The most recent acquisition of DES Almaty is 3 industrial drones produced by a Chinese company. This car is professional, there are several video cameras, a thermal imager, it can fly 8 kilometers. This is the ideal tool for detecting fires in the mountains. As a rule, most natural fires occur due to human fault. Farmers arrange so-called agricultural burns - they burn last year's grass. And vacationers often make fires and do not care about completely extinguishing them.

Yerlan Alibekov, Deputy Head of the Department of Emergency Situations in Almaty:

“Together with the Ile-Alatau National Park, we conduct raids every Saturday and Sunday, stop the kindling of fires in the mountainous area. Since the beginning of the fire hazard period, we have brought 23 individuals to administrative responsibility. But, surprisingly, you don't have to start a fire to start a fire. It is enough just to throw an empty bottle into the grass. Its bottom refracts light like a lens. There are many other indirect reasons as well. Therefore, prevention and constant monitoring of the area is the most effective way to deal with mountain fires.

Authors: Grigory Bedenko, Nurdaulet Zhaksybaev

https://khabar.kz/ru/news/obshchestvo/item/140558-pozharno-takticheskie-ucheniya-ogon-2022-proshli-v-gorakh-zailijskogo-alatau

On May 24, 2022, on the territory of the Ile-Alatau State National Natural Park, tactical and special exercises to extinguish natural fires "FIRE-2022" were held. 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 the air patrol of the mountainous part of the Zailiysky Alatau, a pilot-observer of the Almaty aviation department discovered a fire in the gorge of the Malaya Almatinka river basin.

The pilot-observer of the Almaty aviation department transmits information about the fire to the republican dispatch service of the Republican State Enterprise "Kazavialesoohrana".

With the help of loudspeakers installed on the plane, vacationers are notified about the created dangerous situation in which it is necessary to leave the territory of the tract.
Information about the fire is transmitted to the unified duty and dispatch service of the Department of Emergency Situations in Almaty and the central fire communication point of the Center for Operational Control of Forces and Means "SPiASR" of the Department of Emergency Situations in Almaty.
Strong winds and dry weather contribute to the rapid spread of fire in the forest area.

A Mi-8 helicopter with a spillway device on an external sling arrives at the fire site and makes targeted water discharges onto the fires.

On alarm, the ground guard detachments of the Medeu branch, Ile-Alatau SNNP are the first to reach the fire site. Mobile brigades of foresters on highly passable vehicles penetrate to the epicenter of the fire, where they fight the flames with the help of knapsack fire extinguishers, crackers and shovels.

Paratroopers-firefighters of the Almaty aviation department of the State Enterprise "Kazavialesoohrana" equipped with RLO-M backpack forest fire extinguishers and a blower arrive to help the representatives of the forestry. Having received the introductory, reinforcements came to the rescue immediately entered into a "battle" with the fire element.

To contain the fire, the burning area around the perimeter is covered with a protective strip of special foam. Firefighters use backpack fire extinguishers to stop the fire from spreading. Devouring the forest, the flame quickly spreads along the mountainside and overtakes people evacuating from the emergency zone.

With the help of the Mi-8 helicopter, teams of rescuers and dog handlers are delivered to the aid of the victims to search, provide first aid and evacuate them to a safe zone. An operational fire fighting headquarters is created at the fire helipad, which collects, processes and analyzes data on the situation on the fire , takes into account and distributes forces and means among combat sectors, develops an extinguishing plan.

Police officers are cordoning off the zone of localization and elimination of fire, in order to prevent unauthorized entry into the zone of fire.

To extinguish the fire, the forces and means of the State Institution "SPiASR" of the Department of Emergency Situations of Almaty, the State Institution "SPiASR" of the Department of Emergency Situations of the Almaty Region, PC No. 5, PC No. 1, watering machines of Almaty Tazalyk are involved in extinguishing the fire. The fire departments launch a massive water attack, preventing the fire from spreading further. Employees of the Department of Emergency Situations of the city of Almaty, using a quadrocopter, are conducting an additional aerovisual survey of fires to assess the current situation. Rescuers of the Almaty Rescue Service found two victims who are being transported to the team of the disaster medicine center to receive first aid. The ROSO rescue team performs search and rescue operations for lost tourists and their descent to a safe place.

After "several" hours of stubborn struggle with the fire element, the active edge of the fire was stopped in all areas, work is underway to localize and extinguish individual fires, conditional fires are localized in all directions.

The gathering of additional formations in the camp is announced. The head of the operational firefighting 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 heads of all functional groups, where an analysis of the course of the exercises was carried out and its results were summed up.

In total, more than 140 people, more than 25 units of special equipment, 2 quadrocopters, 2 helicopters, 1 aircraft were involved in the exercises.

According to the organizers of the exercise, these events are held to develop the skills of extinguishing forest fires in conditions as close as possible to real ones, perfecting all the nuances that may arise during the elimination of a real fire, the interaction of all operational services and ensuring the safety of fire extinguishing.