Proactively prevent forest fires in the dry season in Le Hong Phong area

In the Le Hong Phong forest area, it is mainly a protective forest, with steep hills and sandy soil making it difficult to travel. In addition, the border areas have many complex characteristics, bordering residential areas, people's production land and the sea. The forest belt of the unit borders the communes of Hoa Thang, Hong Phong, Hong Thai, Cho Lau, Binh Tan and Tuy Phong district, with harsh weather in the area. Notably, at the peak of the dry season this year, the risk of forest fires is always present, as the vegetation is easily ignited, causing forest fires in any location, especially in planted forests and natural forests bordering agricultural land.

Warning sign.

In addition, areas bordering forests during cultivation and burning, if people are not careful and do not check and supervise, the fire can easily spread. This requires the authorities to focus on fire prevention measures.

Mr. Le Chau Thanh - Head of the Le Hong Phong Forest Protection Management Board said that every year, the unit has deployed and performed well the work of plowing white tape and fire-stopping tape for PCCCR. In addition, it organizes propaganda and signs commitments for households living along and near forests in PCCCR. The unit also repairs propaganda boards, fire prohibition signs, and fire levels. At the same time, it repairs and maintains PCCCR works, fire watchtower systems, equipment, tools, and means for PCCCR work, ensuring good operation and promoting the use of features in the dry season.

Burning to reduce combustible materials at Le Hong Phong Forest Protection Department.

Along with that, strengthen the inspection of people and vehicles entering the forest, notify local communes to propagate on loudspeakers to strictly prohibit burning and clearing fields in areas near forests and forests about regulations on fire use in forests and adjacent to forests; closely monitor and inspect people entering and leaving forests; promptly detect and handle cases of digging up forest trees, encroaching on and occupying forest land when they arise. Assign and arrange forces to regularly inspect and guard during peak seasons, hot and dry weather, etc. This helps to respond promptly in urgent situations when forest fires occur. The Board also develops a plan to regularly inspect the forest areas managed by BVR stations to promptly detect and strictly handle violations. Maintain a 24/7 duty regime during the dry season to strictly control; minimize the risk of forest fires or promptly detect fire locations. From the above results, in the past 5 years, the forest area managed by Le Hong Phong Forest Protection Department has not had any fires causing damage to the forest...

Dry season forest management and protection.

Leader of the Forest Protection Management Board Le Hong Phong added that in 2025, the unit has been carrying out silvicultural projects, including taking care of additional planted forests for restoration, zoning and promoting transitional natural regeneration, contracting for protection of transitional natural protective forests, plowing firebreaks to prevent forest fires, etc. For the project of taking care of planted forests, the unit has implemented field design. At the same time, it is implementing planting pots and taking care of seedlings to serve the 2025 forest planting. Concentrating a strong enough force to strengthen inspection and suppress violations in forest areas at high risk of encroachment. Proactively and promptly detect and handle illegal deforestation cases, not allowing violations to develop for a long time and become hot spots.

Le Hong Phong Forest Protection Management Board said that the forest area of ​​the unit is located within the administrative boundaries of Hoa Thang, Hong Phong, Hong Thai communes, Cho Lau town - Bac Binh district. The total area and current status of the forest land that the Board is managing and using is 15,313.49 hectares, including 24 sub-areas. Of which, production forest is over 7,000 hectares; protective forest is over 8,200 hectares. The outstanding features of the Le Hong Phong Forest Protection Management Board area are short rainy season, low average rainfall, high temperature with little change during the year, wind and large amount of evaporation. The land in this area is mainly semi-mobile flying sand. Therefore, it causes many disadvantages for the unit's forestry development activities.

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