Forest fire situation is under control

No forest fires happened over the last weekend owing to the forest protection services of the Republic.

The regional dispatching point of the Ministry works 24/7, telephone number of the duty operator is 8 (843) 221-37-95, and there is also a direct hotline of the Federal Dispatching Service of the Federal Forestry Agency at 8 – 800-100-94-00. At present, specialists of the regional dispatching point of the Ministry registered 245 cases of fire outbreaks (uncontrolled agricultural burning) on the territories of agricultural formations on the area of 1,174.22 ha in Menzelinsk, Buinsk, Chistopol, Novosheshminsk, Nizhnekamsk, Leninogorsk, Elabuga, Vysokaya Gora, Laishevo and other municipal districts of the Republic.

When such messages are received, the workforce and means of the establishments subordinate to the Ministry are immediately sent to the fire outbreak site in order to prevent the spread of fire to the forestland. Owing to the timely reacting of the fire extinguishing services of the establishments subordinate to the Ministry and the fire extinguishing service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic, no spread of fire to the forestland has been allowed so far.