Fire safety in summer period in forests of Tatarstan was the topic of a press conference in the IA "Tatar-inform" today. Head of the State Budgetary Institution "Forest Fire Center" of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ayrat Akhmerov, and the Head of the Forestry Department of the State Public Institution "Prigorodnyi Forest District" Ilnur Kashafeev told about the work fulfilled.
In connection with weather conditions the third, high class of fire danger in forests is preserved. On the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan a special fire-fighting regime is established. In this regard, residents need to be vigilant when hiking in the forest and nearby areas of the forest. In order not to expose yourself and others to a threat, it is forbidden to make fires.
At present there are 23 fire-chemical stations in the republic, 18 of them are PHS-II type and 5 are PHS-III type. The structure of the specialized forest fire protection institution - the Forest Fire Center, includes the operating type PHS III type and a regional dispatch control center with a 24-hour operating mode.
In accordance with the Consolidated Plan for forest fire extinguishing in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan for 2018, the number of fire-fighting units is 343 people, 310 units of equipment.
In accordance with the approved executive committees of the municipal regions of the Republic of Tatarstan, 203 voluntary fire brigades were created in the number of about 1000 people by plans to extinguish forest fires in the state public institutions "Forest Districts".
Each citizen of the republic can report all the facts of the fire to the free direct number of the forest guard: tel. 88001009400.
3 routes of aircraft patrolling of forests are approved. Monitoring of fire danger on the lands of the forest fund of the Republic of Tatarstan is carried out by aircraft in the area of 1,225.8 thousand hectares, and by land on the area of 10.6 thousand hectares.
Violation of fire safety rules in forests entails a warning or imposing an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of 1 thousand 500 rubles up to 3 thousand rubles; on officials - from 10 thousand to 20 thousand rubles; on legal entities - from 50 thousand to 200 thousand rubles.
Thanks to operational work, forest fires are not allowed in the Republic of Tatarstan for 7 years!