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In connection with the increased class of fire danger in forests (in some places of high-IV class), foresters conducted air patrolling of the territory of the forest fund of the Republic of Tatarstan. The aircraft was equipped with a loud-speaker device ZSVS. More than 1000 pcs of leaflets on fire prevention topics were distributed in the process of flying around in the territories of small towns and villages of the Republic.

An interregional economic forum "Opportunities Time" is conducting in Yoshkar-Ola. The first Deputy Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Emir Bedertdinov, the Assistant of the Minister Rail Gumarov, the Leading Consultant of the Forest Management Department Rail Gilmanshin take part there.

The Forum is held in the republic for the first time and on several venues at once, the main of which is the Academic Russian Drama Theater named after. G. Konstantinov.

The business part of the forum is represented by the work of such discussion platforms as "Reform of regulatory and supervisory authorities", "Development of domestic tourism", "Uniqueness of the Mari Territory - a key factor in the investment attractiveness of the Agro-industrial complex", "Investment attractiveness of the regions", "Development of the IT industry. Investment in Personnel - Investing in the Future", "Supporting University - the center of attraction of innovation and investment", "Investments in the forest complex - sustainable development of the Republic of Mari El".

"Lesson of Forest" under the motto "The Earth is our common home" was conducted by L.D.Zheltukhina - the Deputy Head of the forest warden of Alkeevskiy forestry in the children's recreation camp "Dubki". The event took place in a game form, with a division into the teams "Dandelions" and "Bellflowers". The children were introduced with the widespread types of forest vegetation of the district, told about the importance and use of all kinds of coniferous species. Also they got acquainted with the rare plant species of the region, listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Tatarstan. Children actively participated in the contest, learned a lot of interesting and useful facts.

A quest-tour under such title was held in Vysokogorsky district, in the Republican children's recreation and education center "Kostyor". The event was conducted by the staff of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Tatarstan "Forest Fire Center" in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan within the framework of the Republican profile group "Bez Berge (We are together)".

Specialists of the Forest Fire Center introduced the basic rules of behavior in the forest, the provision of first aid in case of fire, the skills of working with a fire extinguisher, motor pump, blower and other special fire extinguishing means, to the young guests.

Love for the natural heritage, one of the priority areas in the system of children upbringing, is of great importance in the health and cognitive sense in the education system. This event is a promotion of a careful attitude to nature, preservation of the biological diversity of our region.

During the quest-tour, the children had to go through an obstacle course, which included 5 stages: physical exercises, work with a backpack extinguisher, motor pump aimed at extinguishing of a conventional forest fire.

Ayrat Akhmerov – a Director of the State Budgetary Institution "Forest Fire Center" in an interview with journalists said the following about this competition: "We have been holding such events for several years. Children always participate with pleasure. It's not a secret that many children, especially boys, to some extent are dreaming of becoming a firefighter and when they have an opportunity to see it and touch it with their own hands - it becomes more exciting. And this, in turn, is the vocational guidance, popularization of the profession of a forester, in particular a forest fireman".

According to the words of the curator of the profile group "Bez Berge" - Ekaterina Chekmareva, Deputy director of the Republican Out-of-School Activity Center of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan, such events have become traditional: "We often invite employees of the State Budgetary Institution "Forest Fire Center" to children for promotion of the rules of conduct in the forest. We believe that the element of prevention is of great importance in forest fires prevention".

The cycle of educational events "Say no to forest fires!" lasted for three days in the camp. During this time, more than 200 children took part in the contest of drawings, handicrafts made of natural materials, created large canvases of cones (cone art).

Grand Prix in the contest "Say no to forest fires" was received by Liya Khasanova from Aznakaevo (15 years old) - 1 detachment, who depicted a fiery serpent: "My idea of a forest fire is this big fire dragon that burns everything in its path. I pictured my drawing in the form of a burnt forest, "said Liya.

All other participants of the competitions received certificates, diplomas and memorable gifts from the Forest Fire Center.

The highlight of the holiday was the demonstration of fire-fighting vehicle capabilities. The foresters watered the green grass of the stadium from the

hydraulic giant, and the children were catching drops of water in a noisy crowd and photographed the rainbow.

On August 18, 2017 during the alignment meeting held in Kzyl-Yulduzskiy forestry with participation of the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan – Almas Nazirov, forest seed breeding areas, in particular the objects of common oak forest seed breeding were inspected. The foresters pointed out the necessity of focused activities on preservation of these objects, as well as implementation of projects aimed at their development.

With regard to forest villages improvement Almas Nazirov noted that at short notice by forces of the foresters in Kzyl-Yulduzskiy forestry a medical and obstetric center, cultural center, canteen were renovated and built, duplex house for specialists was in the process of construction.

Issues of planting materials cultivation in nurseries, which is the one of the priority tasks of the foresters at present, creation of ravine plantations and qualitative fulfillment of forest cultivation works in the Republic of Tatarstan forest fund, were discussed during the meeting.

In connection with the establishment of IV and V classes of fire danger in forests on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan "On restriction of citizen’s stay in forests and entry of vehicles into forests" No. 2074-r dated August 19, 2017 was signed.

During the period of restriction it is forbidden to:

a) build bonfires in coniferous young forests, on burnt areas, in damaged forest areas, peat bogs, in cuttings (on cutting areas), not cleared of logging residues and harvested wood, in places with dried grass, and under tree crowns. In other places, fires are allowed on sites separated by fire-fighting mineralized (that means cleared to the mineral soil layer) with a width of at least 0.5 meters. After the burning of felling residues or fire for other purposes is completed, the fire must be carefully covered with ground or flooded with water until the combustion is stopped completely;

b) throw burning matches, cigarette butts and hot ash from smoking pipes, glass (glass bottles, cans, etc.);

c) use wads from combustible or smoldering materials at hunting;

d) leave oiled or impregnated with gasoline, kerosene or other combustible materials (paper, cloth, cottonwood, cotton, etc.) in places not specially provided for this purpose;

e) fuel the fuel tanks of internal combustion engines when the engine is operating, use machines with a faulty engine power system, and smoke or use open fire near fueled vehicles;

f) perform work with open fire on peat bogs.

People owning, using and (or) disposing the territory adjacent to the forest, ensure its clearing from dry grassy vegetation, stubble residues, fallen ashes, felling residues, garbage and other combustible materials on a line not less than 10 meters from the forest, or separate the forest with a fire-fighting mineralized strip with the width of not less than 0.5 meters or other fire barrier.

Citizens staying in the forests are obliged to:

a) comply with fire safety requirements in forests

b) when forest fires are detected, notify immediately by phone 8-800-100-94-00

c) upon detection of a forest fire take measures to extinguish it by own forces before the arrival of the fire-fighting forces;

According to the forecast data in the coming days (Aug. 18-20), including the weekend, high, in some places - extreme fire danger in the woods on the weather conditions are expected on the territory of: Lipetsk, Tambov, Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk, Tver, Bryansk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Orel, Moscow, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Tula, Ryazan, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Novgorod, Vologda, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Rostov, Samara, Penza, Saratov, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Kirov, Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan, Irkutsk, Tomsk, Omsk, Amur, Magadan and Sakhalin regions and the Republics of Komi, Kalmykia, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Adygeya, Crimea, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Mari El, Chuvashia, Udmurtia, Mordovia, Buryatia, Tyva, Altai and Sakha (Yakutia), Karachayevo-Cherkessian, Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria, Stavropol, Krasnodar, Trans-Baikal, Altai, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Primorsk Territories, the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Chukotka autonomous District.

Since the beginning of this week, 90 forest fires on the total area of more than 5.7 thousand hectares have been brought under control on the territory of Russia by firefighting services and involved people. On the localization and elimination of fires, more than 2 thousand people, more than 300 units of equipment were engaged daily, on monitoring and extinguishing - up to 15 aircrafts.

According to the situation by the beginning of the current day in Russia, work on active extinguishing of 70 forest fires on the area of 78.858 hectares was performed, among them:

• 20 fires on forest fund lands on the area of 71.433 hectares (the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia));

• 15 fires on the lands of the forest fund on the area of 3.709 hectares (Irkutsk region);

• 12 fires on the lands of the forest fund on the area of 1.347 hectares (Krasnoyarsk Territory);

• 12 fires on the lands of the forest fund on the area of 1.196 hectares (the Republic of Buryatia);

• 1 fire on forest fund lands on the area of 71 hectares (Amur Region);

• 1 fire on the lands of the forest fund on the area of 55 hectares (Arkhangelsk region);

• 1 fire on the lands of the forest fund on the area of 7 hectares (Tomsk region);

• 1 fire on the lands of the forest fund on the area of 3 hectares (Zabaykalsky Krai);

• 1 fire on the grounds of the forest fund on the area of 1 hectare (the Republic of Tyva);

• 1 fire on the lands of the forest fund on the area of 1 hectare (Yamalo-Nenets AO);

• 1 fire on the lands of specially protected natural areas on the area of 696 hectares (Krasnoyarsk Territory - Tungussky Gas Processing Plant);

• 4 fires on the lands of specially protected natural areas on the area of 339 hectares (Republic of Buryatia - NP "Zabaikalsky", GPBZ "Barguzinsky").

For the purposes of stabilization of forest fire situation the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is provided with 101 air-defense PDPS of the Avialesookhrana, the Republic of Buryatia - 166 air-defense PDPS of the Avialesookhrana, the Irkutsk Region - 10 air-defense PDPS of the Avialesookhrana, and the Krasnoyarsk Territory - 20 air-defense PDPS of the Avialesookhrana.

Also in the distant unpopulated areas of Russia by the beginning of the current day, 165 forest fires were active on the area of 1,288.147 hectares, including:

• 88 fires on the area of 897.952 hectares (the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia));

• 50 fires on the area of 204.808 hectares (Irkutsk region);

• 22 fires on the area of 180.865 hectares (Krasnoyarsk Territory);

• 2 fires on an area of 1.946 hectares (the Republic of Buryatia);

• 2 fires on the area of 1.450 hectares (Khabarovsk Territory);

• 1 fire on the area of 1.126 hectares (Zabaykalsky Krai).

In accordance with the current legislation by these fires, the regional Commissions for emergencies prevention and control and fire safety adopted decisions not to extinguish or to suspend extinguishing. Fires do not pose threats to settlements and economic objects. Regional dispatching services of forestry carry out constant space monitoring of the dynamics of their development.

The Forestry Service recalls that responsibility for violating the requirements of fire safety rules in forests and adjacent territories is determined in accordance with Article 8.32 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and Article 261 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. For unauthorized fire setting to dry grass one may be punished in accordance with Article 20.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Be careful with fire in forest and in the areas adjacent to the forest! In case of detection of a forest fire, call the direct line of the forest guard - 8-800-100-94-00 (free of charge).

This topic was discussed today by Prigorodny forestry workers and forest fire center with children of profile session of children's health camp "Ogonyek" in Vysokogorsky district, Urmanche village. A unique "Forest Lesson" was conducted in nature by the forest protection experts. Forest safeguarding and protection Engineer - Rustem Davletshin told about the rules of campfire building:

"The correct building of campfire in nature is of great importance for the environmental fire safety. To choke the fire properly is as important as its lighting. Novice tourists rarely know all the rules of fire building in the forest. It should be built only in specially designated areas (the area must be open, protected from the wind by some kind of natural shelter, for example, a large stone). It is necessary to remove the top layer of soil with a diameter of one meter or one and a half, and build a fire on the ground without an organic substrate. Fire extinguishing should be carried out with special care. It is always necessary to keep containers with water and branches to extinguish a possible fire, or you can extinguish a fire by covering it with the ground". After the workshop, the children were asked questions about the topic, for the most detailed answers and active participation the children were presented with memorable gifts. In addition, all participants of the event received a Reminder cards on the rules of behavior in the forest.

The highlight of the Forest Lesson was the examination of a forest fire engine. Director of Forest Fire Center Airat Akhmerov showed the children uniform of forest firefighters, and acquainted children with the construction of special automobile, and the appointment of fire and technical equipment. When the main line was deployed, a long queue lined up from those wishing to supply water for extinguishing the conditional fire.

As a tradition 8 years in succession Lubyanskiy Forest Engineering College welcomes with hospitality guests at Graduates meeting day. This year the meeting was held on August 12, 2017. Annual traditional event gathered more than 350 graduates of Lubyanskiy Forest Technical School, Forest Engineering College from throughout the country. Khasanov Ildus Sabirov – a graduate of the year of 1953 – was the oldest, honored guest of the meeting.

The event began with traditional flower-laying ceremony to the memorial tablets of Minnikhanov Nurgali Minnikhanovich and Soviet Union Hero Savin Nikolay Semenovich, as well as to the obelisk devoted to foresters. A delegation headed by Director of college A.M.Danilov visited the cemetery of Lubyany village and honored the memory of teachers and employees of Lubyanskiy Forest Engineering College.

Official part of the event was traditionally conducted in the stadium of Lubyanskiy Forest Engineering College and presented itself not only a concert program, but also “Open mike”, where anyone was able to congratulate his group-mates and express gratitude to his teachers.

The territory of Lubyany village and Lubyanskiy Forest Engineering College had the feel of fireside warmness and comfort the whole day. The concert program ended with festive fireworks.

Employees of State Public Institution “Cheremshanskoye forestry” visited “Solnechnyi” summer camp, where a discussion on environment and forest protection, on value of forests and threatening factors was conducted with students. The event was focused on upbringing of love and careful attitude of younger generation toward environment. The forestry experts told the children about rules of behavior in forests, and reminded that even small garbage thrown out polluted our planet and might cause irreversible effect.

Student of this camp are sportsmen actively participating in various ecological events. The children attended the speakers with interest, lively kept up conversation and at the end of the event promised to keep and contribute in maintenance and improvement of ecological well-being of environment.