Governor: All measures have been taken to prevent large-scale fires in the Irkutsk region
Fires in the Irkutsk region, which often harm local residents, the environment, and infrastructure, will no longer be a headache this year. A number of measures are already being implemented and planned in the region to both prevent fires and contain them promptly. Governor Sergei Levchenko announced this in his report, as reported by PolitNavigator.
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According to him, the main task in preparing for the fire danger period is to ensure the safety of settlements and local residents, as well as industrial and socially significant facilities bordering forest areas.
For this purpose, preventive work is carried out, passports of settlements exposed to the threat of forest fires are compiled, patrols are organized by volunteers and government officials.
“To date, the Ministry of Forestry and the Regional Branch of the All-Russian Voluntary Fire Society, with the participation of forest tenants, have already created 3 additional mobile units with a total number of 80 people, armed with 17 units of equipment. These detachments will be involved both in extinguishing forest fires and in protecting populated areas,” Levchenko noted.
The use of drones purchased by the regional government helps to increase the efficiency of patrolling. It was also possible to increase the number of air patrol hours - this year there will be 600 more flight hours.
The staff of the parachute fire service of the Irkutsk Aviation Forest Protection Base will increase by 18 people, and the staff of forest inspectors will expand by 188 people.
In addition, the amount of equipment that will be used in possible emergencies has also been increased. Today, its readiness is 97%: “A sufficient group of forces and means of the RSChS has been formed on the territory of the Irkutsk region, numbering 15 people and 546 units. technology, the use of which is currently already planned. To eliminate emergencies, the budget of the Irkutsk region for 2 provides for a reserve fund in the amount of 591 million rubles.”
Also, before the start of the fire danger period, the 11th fire-chemical station will be created in the Kazachinsko-Lena forestry. 75,6 million rubles were allocated for it from the regional budget.
The experience of creating a similar unit in the Kachugsky district showed an increase in the efficiency of eliminating fires in the area, and the area of fires decreased by 3,3 times.
Governor : All measures have been taken to prevent large-scale fires in the Irkutsk region.