Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspects forest fire prevention and control work in Quynh Luu

Field inspection team in Ngoc Son commune, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Van Truong

On the afternoon of June 9, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for urgent issues on forest protection and development, forest fire prevention and fighting in Nghe An province, and the working delegation inspected the work of forest fire prevention and fighting in the district.Quynh Luu

Here, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu and the working delegation inspected forest fire fighting equipment at the Northern Nghe An Protective Forest Management Board, inspected the clearing of vegetation, and reduction of combustible materials in Ngoc Son commune and some key areas of the district.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected the forest fire early warning system using cameras of the Northern Nghe An Protective Forest Management Board. Photo: Van Truong

According to the report of the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district, this locality currently has 1,648.3 hectares of pine forests. Currently, the local government has developed a plan, a program for forest management and protection and a plan for forest fire prevention and fighting in 2022.

The district has organized a signing ceremony of commitment to implement forest fire prevention and fighting well with 13 communes and 1 unit with forests. The communes have established 14 mobile forest fire prevention and fighting platoons with 405 people and 100 forest fire prevention and fighting teams in villages and hamlets, and a production team with 1,009 people. Currently, the Northern Nghe An Forest Protection Management Board hasclearing vegetationunder the pine forest canopy with an area of ​​over 400 hectares, and built dozens of kilometers of firebreaks.

The working group inspected forest fire fighting equipment at the Northern Nghe An Protective Forest Management Board. Photo: Van Truong

After inspecting the situation and listening to the opinions of departments, branches, professional forces and local authorities, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee highly appreciated the forest fire prevention and fighting plan of Quynh Luu district. However, Quynh Luu district still has some shortcomings, such as the forests have not built forest fire warning signs, the area of ​​​​undergrowth is still large; The clearingfirebreakof the communes, not much; Means, equipment and tools for work are still lacking.

He emphasized that in the context of the return of severe heat, forest fire prevention and fighting is an extremely important task; requiring sectors and localities to proactively follow the "4 on-site" motto and consider this a key task.

In the context of the return of severe heat, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu requested the sectors and localities of Quynh Luu district to review the forest fire prevention plan and strengthen measures to limit the occurrence of forest fires. Photo: Van Truong.

Concentrate forces, strengthen forest patrols and inspections, be on duty at stations, set up checkpoints at forest gates to check people entering and leaving the forest in order to promptly propagate and mobilize people not to use fire in the forest causing fires to spread into the forest. The district directs communes to review forces and fire-fighting equipment, and contract with military forces in the area to be proactive in forest fire prevention and control. During the current hot weather period, localities and local forest rangers are required to prevent the treatment of acacia vegetation to minimize the spread of fire.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Hoang Nghia Hieu emphasized the need to build a forest fire prevention and fighting command center right at the scene to facilitate forest fire fighting; monitor and manage the burned forest area, investigate the perpetrators of the forest fires and handle them according to regulations, with the aim of deterring and educating people./.