Cheremshanskiy forest district held discussions of fire safety issues in the forests
A meeting on ensuring fire safety in forests was held in the State Public Institution of the Republic of Tatarstan “Cheremshanskiy Forest District”. It was led by the Head-Forester Almaz Mutygullin. The meeting was attended by employees of forest district, representatives of organizations owning or using the territory adjacent to the forest fund and hunting users.
Within the framework of the meeting, issues of preparation for the 2020 fire hazard season in the forests, compliance with fire safety rules in the forests, inadmissibility of biotechnological events near areas occupied by forest crops, etc. were considered.
Almaz Mutygullin reminded the participants of the event of the effect of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 807 of August 18, 2016 “On Amending Certain Acts of the Government of the Russian Federation on the Issue of Ensuring Fire Safety of Territories”. In accordance with it, from the day of the snow cover melting until the establishment of stable rainy autumn weather or formation of snow cover, state authorities and local governments, institutions, organizations, other legal entities, peasant farms, public associations, individual entrepreneurs, officials, citizens of the Russian Federation , foreign citizens, stateless persons owning, using and (or) managing the territory adjacent to the forest must ensure its cleaning from dry grassy vegetation, fallen trees, forest residues, waste and other combustible materials in the band width of at least 10 meters from wood or separate the forest with fire mineralized band width of at least 0.5 meters, or other fire barrier.