Fire-dangerous Season in the Forests of the Republic of Tatarstan

pril 15 – the beginning of a fire-dangerous season in the forests of the Republic of Tatarstan.

With the beginning ofthe fire-dangerous season in forests is forbidden:

• to build bonfires in coniferous young trees, on burnt areas, in damaged forest areas, peat bogs, in cuttings (on logging areas), not cleared of logging residues and harvested wood, in places with dried grass, and under tree crowns.In other places bonfires are allowed on sites separated by fire-fighting mineralized (cleared to the mineral soil layer) with a width of at least 0.5 m.After the burning of wood residues or other is completed, the bonfire must be carefully covered with earth or flooded with water until the smoldering ceases completely;
• to throw burning matches, cigarette butts and hot ash from smoking pipes, glass (glass bottles, cans, etc.);
• to use hunting wad from combustible or smoldering materials;
• to dump oiled or impregnated with gasoline, kerosene or other combustible materials (paper, cloth, tow, cotton, etc.) in places not specially provided for this purposes;
• to refuel the fuel tanks of internal combustion engines when the engine is running, to use machines with a faulty engine power system, and to smoke or to use open fire nearcars fueled;
• to perform work with an open fire on peat bogs;
• to litter the forests with household, construction, industrial and other waste and garbage.

Persons using the territory adjacent to the forest should ensure that it is cleaned of dry grassy vegetation, stubble residues, deadwood, felling residues, debris and other combustible materials on a strip not less than 10 m from the forest, or separate the forest with a fire-fighting mineralized strip of at least 0.5 m in width or another fire-prevention barrier.

Burning of garbage (taken out from settlements) can be made near the forest only in specially designated places, if:

а) places for incineration of waste (excavations or sites) are located at a distance not less than:

– 100 meters from coniferous forest or separately growing coniferous trees and young trees;

– 50 meters from deciduous forest or separately growing deciduous trees;

b) area around the places for incineration of waste (excavations or sites) must be cleared within a radius of 25-30 meters from dead trees and other combustible materials, and separated by two fire-fighting mineralized strips, a width of at least 1.4 meters each, and near the coniferous forest on dry soils – two fire-fighting mineralized strips, a width of at least 2.6 meters each, with a distance between them of 5 meters.

During the fire season incineration of garbage is allowed only if there is a fire hazard in the forest (according to the weather conditions) and under the control of the responsible persons.

It is prohibited to burn out brushwood, forest litter, dry grass and other forest combustible materials on land directly adjacent to forests,protective and forest plantations and not separated by a fire-fighting mineralized strip not less than 0.5 meter wide.

Violation of fire safety rules in forests is punishable by imposing an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of up to 3 thousand rubles; on officials up to 20 thousand rubles; on legal entities up to 200 thousand rubles.