Fire-tactical exercises to work out issues of interaction in the elimination of possible large-scale forest and steppe fires on the territory of the state forest fund of the Almaty region were held on April 6, 2022, on the territory of the Karatal forestry.
The main objectives of the exercises:
1. Working out the interaction of fire departments with the fire brigade of the Taldykorgan State Institution "Forestry" and other services of the emergency response team to eliminate a simulated fire;
2. Determination of the real time concentration of forces and means;
3. Training of the personnel of the fire departments of the city and the fire-fighting unit of the State Institution "Forestry" of Taldykorgan and the personnel of the Taldykorgan aviation department to perform a combat mission in special conditions;
4. Training of personnel of the firefighting headquarters and combat crews, compliance with safety regulations when extinguishing steppe, mountain and forest fires.
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, the pilot-observer of the Taldykorgan Aviation Department on the territory of the Taldykorgan Forestry KSU discovered a fire.
After detection, the pilot-observer transmits information about the fire to the forest owner's communication point and to the Republican Dispatch Service. From the dispatcher of the Republican Dispatch Service, a message about a fire is sent to the central fire communication point of the Almaty region. Forces and means of KSU "Taldykorgan forestry" and paratroopers firefighters of the Taldykorgan aviation department arrive at the place of the fire on alarm. In connection with the rapid spread of the fire element, a decision is made to attract additional forces and means.
The operational headquarters of the on-duty firefighting service "GU and ASR DChS of the Almaty Region" arrives at the fire site, which collects, processes and analyzes data on the situation on the fire, takes into account and distributes forces and means among the combat areas, and develops an extinguishing plan.
The forces of PCh No. 3, PCh No. 4, and HRC No. 1 of Taldykorgan also arrive to help the firefighters. The duty brigade of the disaster medicine center and the ambulance brigade organize the work of the point for the provision of medical care.
Additionally, voluntary fire units of the Erkinsky and Otenaysky rural districts arrive at the scene of the fire. A tractor with a plow begins to plow the fire area.
After a long and stubborn struggle with fire, the conditional fire was localized in all directions, and spread to the adjacent forest area was not allowed.
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.