Yen Dung forest fire prevention in dry season

BAC NINH - Yen Dung Ward (Bac Ninh) has more than 800 hectares of forest, mainly planted with eucalyptus, fruit trees, and various types of forestry trees. Currently, the weather is entering the dry season, posing a high risk of forest fires. To protect the forest area in the area, in recent times, the Bac Giang Commune Forest Protection Department has closely coordinated with Yen Dung Ward to proactively develop plans and implement measures to prevent and fight forest fires.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hoach's family in Kem residential group, Yen Dung ward was assigned 12 hectares of land for production forest. In addition to planting eucalyptus and acacia to exploit every 5 years, his family also planted fruit trees and forestry trees such as lychee, jackfruit, persimmon, custard apple, etc. To protect the forest area, fruit trees and forestry trees from fires, Mr. Hoach's family checks, cares for, clears the ground cover and creates firebreaks every day. Mr. Hoach said: "The entire area of ​​protective forest in Kem residential group has been converted into production forest, bringing many economic benefits to the people. Planting, caring for and protecting the existing area is a regular task for each forest owner."

Officers of the Inter-ward Forest Protection Department, Bac Giang commune and forest owners created a firebreak in Yen Dung ward.

With the task of managing and protecting the forest area of ​​Yen Dung ward and Bac Lung commune, Mr. Tran Van Hau, a forest ranger of the Inter-ward Forest Protection Department, Bac Giang commune, must closely coordinate with the contracted forest fire prevention and fighting officers of the communes and wards to regularly patrol the entire area bordering residential areas to promptly detect encroachment and forest fire risks. Mr. Tran Van Hau said: "In previous years, forest fires often occurred due to many reasons, mainly due to low awareness of people about management, protection, fire prevention and fighting. Currently, due to propaganda, the encroachment on forest land, burning vegetation causing the risk of forest fires, and deforestation has decreased. However, the phenomenon of young people, teenagers, and students going into the forest to sightsee, and some people arbitrarily burning votive papers, causing a high risk of forest fires, so we continuously patrol every day."

In Yen Dung ward, there are currently more than 800 hectares of production forest, of which more than 620 hectares of forest have forest products and nearly 190 hectares of forest have not yet formed forestry products. Because the forest is interspersed with residential areas, industrial clusters, historical and cultural relic sites, the number of people coming and going is large, the main tree species are eucalyptus mixed with pine, acacia, fruit trees, silvicultural trees, the vegetation below is herbaceous plants that are flammable... so the risk of fire is very high. To effectively prevent and fight forest fires, the Ward People's Committee coordinates with the Inter-ward Forest Protection Department and Bac Giang commune to direct and guide forest owners to implement measures on management, protection and fire prevention and fighting; organize propaganda and training on measures to integrate documents related to forest fire prevention and fighting; strengthen the steering committee for management, protection and fire prevention and fighting at the commune level.

The Inter-ward and Commune Forest Protection Department of Bac Giang has the function of managing and protecting forest areas in Yen Dung ward and some other areas. Mr. Nguyen Van Diep, Head of the Department said: “In recent years, due to good propaganda and mobilization work, most people in the localities have been actively aware of planting, caring for and protecting forests. However, there is still a small number, especially young people, who lack awareness in forest fire prevention and fighting. Therefore, the work of forest management, protection and fire prevention and fighting has always been focused on by the unit. The Department directs forest rangers in charge of the area to advise local authorities on implementing fire prevention and fighting measures, and to be ready to participate when mobilized. Since the beginning of the year, there have been no large-scale forest fires in the communes and wards under the Department's responsibility due to timely detection and prevention. In the coming time, the unit will continue to direct the implementation of measures, focusing on doing a good job of propagating to the people documents related to forest management, protection and fire prevention and fighting”.

The dry season is gradually entering its peak. In the coming time, functional forces, local authorities, and forest owners in the ward will continue to patrol, control, and grasp fire risks, fully prepare plans and equipment for fire prevention and fighting, and minimize damage caused by forest fires.

Article and photos: Nguyen Tuan

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