Ngoc My commune currently has more than 880 hectares of forest land, of which more than 400 hectares are protective forests. The commune has well implemented the State's support policy for protective forests, production forests, and forests allocated to 90 households. Every year, the Commune People's Committee proactively coordinates with relevant agencies to regularly open training courses and conferences to disseminate the State's policies and guidelines; disseminate the benefits that people enjoy in actively protecting and developing forests. In the commune, 75% of households live on forests. Currently, people in the commune know how to invest, plant and care for forests according to the right techniques, so the productivity and quality of planted forests have increased significantly. Compared to some other crops, income from exploiting forest trees is sustainable and not much affected by the market.
In order for the forest economy to play a role in people's lives, in addition to supporting people in developing the forest economy, the People's Committee of Ngoc My commune always focuses on forest fire prevention and control. From the beginning of the year, the People's Committee of the commune has coordinated with specialized agencies to regularly inspect and urge forest protection; proactively develop specific forest fire prevention and control plans. Require forest owners to develop forest fire prevention and control plans and submit them to the Lap Thach District Forest Protection Department for approval. Along with that, the commune focuses on allocating resources to equip some items for forest fire prevention and control. Maintain and strengthen the commune's rapid response force, which is the militia and self-defense force; build a fire prevention and control force and protect forests with the motto of 4 on-site. Attach the responsibility of forest protection and development to each household with forests to raise people's awareness of forest protection, limiting the consequences caused by forest destruction.
As a household with a large forest area of over 60 hectares, Mr. Nguyen Viet Binh's family in Cuong village has always been proactive in implementing fire prevention and fighting measures. Mr. Binh said: "Forest fire prevention and fighting is a major concern for forest owners, because this is their main source of income after many years of investing, protecting and developing forests. Therefore, right from the beginning of the hot season, I and many other forest owners in the commune have proactively cleared and collected flammable materials in the forest and along the forest edges; proactively equipped forest fire fighting equipment, built firebreaks at key locations, prone to fire and explosion, thereby minimizing the risk of fire and explosion".
Comrade Nguyen Thanh Chung, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ngoc My commune, said: "For effective forest fire fighting, the traffic infrastructure for fire fighting plays an important role. However, currently, the roads serving forest fire fighting in the commune have not met the actual requirements. When a forest fire occurs, it is very difficult for the functional forces and fire trucks to access and fight the fire. In addition, the budget for equipping facilities and building forces to participate in forest fire prevention and fighting is limited, and the water source for fire fighting is limited, leading to low fire fighting efficiency. Typically: At the end of March 2025, in the Sang mountain area of the commune, fires broke out at three different locations. Immediately after receiving the news, the functional forces mobilized nearly 300 people with vehicles and equipment to localize and extinguish the fire. However, due to the terrain being mainly rugged rocky hills and strong winds, the forces encountered many difficulties in accessing to fight the fire, causing the fire to spread, causing tens of thousands of damage. m2 forest area".
With forest fire prevention as the top priority, Ngoc My Commune People's Committee has promoted propaganda and mobilized people to use fire safely in the forest. Organized the signing of commitments to protect forests, prevent and fight forest fires for forest owners; built new and cleared firebreaks; required forest owners and units contracted to protect forests to proactively implement forest fire prevention and fighting plans. Focused on effectively implementing the "4 on-site" motto, mobilizing core forces in fire prevention and fighting at the grassroots level to ensure timely and effective fire fighting...
Article and photos by Thu Nhan
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