In summer, the likelihood of fires increases sharply due to violation of fire safety rules when burning garbage and making fires in the wrong places. According to statistics, in 9 cases out of 10, the culprit of forest fires is a person

Most forest fires start from fires that have not been extinguished. Better not to ignite them in dry, warm and windy weather. But if nevertheless the need arises, you need to follow simple rules. Bonfires should be kindled in specially designated places. If there is no such place, then it can be prepared on sandy and pebble spits along the banks of rivers and lakes, on forest roads, in quarries, on old fireplaces, on lawns and glades covered with green grass. It is necessary around the fire, on a strip at least 0.5 m wide, to remove everything that can burn and cause the spread of fire. It is desirable that there is water near the fire, as well as branches to overwhelm the flame in case of burning propagation. Try not to light bonfires under the crowns of spruces, pines, usually with drooping crowns, as well as in young coniferous stands. Avoid laying fires near hollow trees - they are fire hazardous. It is unacceptable to light fires in old clearings, in areas with a large amount of dry combustible materials. In these cases, even a small spark is enough to create a smoldering, unnoticed source of ignition in the vicinity of the fire. Burning wood in open areas is always very strong. In dry weather and in the wind, burning branches, leaves, coals are transferred tens of meters.

When visiting the forest, it must be remembered that smoking is dangerous, especially in coniferous plantations, where there is little green grass and last year's needles, lichens, grass, small twigs and other plant litter dry out strongly during the day. Therefore, it is best to smoke in designated areas or in areas suitable for making fires and smoking. You should not smoke in the forest on the go, because there is always the danger of being automatically thrown towards a burning match or cigarette butt.

Discipline in the forest, conscientious behavior and strict adherence to simple fire safety rules will guarantee the preservation of forests from fires.

In a fire hazardous season in the forest, it is unacceptable:

1. use open fire;

2. to burn grass under trees, in forest glades, clearings, as well as stubble in fields, in the forest;

3. to make fires in young coniferous stands, on peat bogs, logging areas, in places with dry grass, under tree crowns, as well as in areas of damaged forest;

4. use wads made of flammable or smoldering materials for hunting;

5. leave the cleaning material oiled or soaked in flammable substances;

6. refuel engine tanks, use damaged cars, smoke or use open fire near cars fueled with fuel;

7. Leave bottles or glass shards as they can act as incendiary lenses.

The season of forest fires has come in the mountains of the Northern Tien Shan, the correspondent of "Khabar 24" reports.

They are usually of natural origin and result from so-called "dry thunderstorms". However, in recent years, some areas in the Zailiyskiy Alatau have begun to be actively developed. In addition, domestic tourism began to gain momentum. Now there are many people in the mountains. And this is already a factor in the occurrence of man-made fires. Therefore, the city's emergency services are now in constant readiness. Exercises were held on the territory of the Ile-Alatau National Park, the purpose of which is to quickly detect and eliminate a fire. The Ile-Alatau National Park is today considered the most visited place in the mountains of the Trans-Ili Alatau. And the area of ​​forests here exceeds 19 thousand hectares. Most of the territory is inaccessible terrain. The terrain is extremely difficult. And some places can only be reached by aviation.

Grigory Bedenko, correspondent:

- A fire in the mountains is not only a disaster that causes colossal damage to the environment. This is also a huge problem for emergency services. Similar incidents in the Zailiyskiy Alatau have occurred more than once. For example, putting out one of the fires in the Alma-Arasan gorge took almost a month. Therefore, the main thing here, of course, is prevention.

At today's exercises "Fire-21", it was precisely the close interaction of ground services and aviation that was practiced. According to the scenario, the crew of the patrol aircraft is the first to detect the fire. Kazavialesoohrana monitors the entire mountain system, up to the border with Kyrgyzstan, on a daily basis. When a signal arrives, the city's emergency units and the Rescue Service fighters are alerted. By the way, fires in mountainous areas are assigned the highest difficulty level by default. And then aviation is connected to extinguishing. The helicopter "Kazaviaspas" floods the fire with the help of the onboard APU. The crew of the second vehicle delivers the personnel of the Rescue Service and ROSO to the site. All fighters underwent special training in landing from great heights. Their task is to evacuate people affected by the fire. In total, 210 people, 28 units of specialized equipment and 3 aircraft were involved in the exercises.

Ruslan Kasybayev, Head of Emergency Situations Department of Almaty:

- During the exercise, two fires were worked out. One hearth was located in a forest glade, the second - on a hill. The fire was extinguished in the first fire by the forces of the national park, in the second fire a helicopter group of the rescue service of Almaty and Kazaviaspas of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan was involved. Based on the results of the exercise, the grade can be given "good" The forces and means worked harmoniously.

Since the beginning of May this year, employees of the Emergency Situations Department of Almaty have carried out 34 raids in mountainous areas for preventive purposes. Unfortunately, the guests of the National Park are very active in making fires here. There were 102 such cases. 56 people were fined. It is worth recalling that for such violations in specially protected natural areas, fines of up to one hundred MCI are provided.

On May 27, 2021, during an aviation patrol, employees of the Borovsk Aviation Department discovered 5 fires, 2 fires each on the territory of Urumkai KSU and Burabay State Scientific and Production Enterprise, 1 fire was detected on the border area with Burabay State Research and Production Enterprise at Otradny KSU.

Paratroopers-firefighters of the Borovsk Aviation Department, employees of the ground forest guard with equipment were sent to the place of the fires to extinguish the fire and prevent its further spread. Thanks to the coordinated actions of all services, fires were stopped and liquidated in small areas.

On May 27, 2021, S.K. Musin, instructor of the APG of the Bukebaevsky aviation department. among the employees of the Bukebaevsk branch of the RSU GLPR "Semey Ormans" a lecture was held on the topic: "Rules for extinguishing forest fires".

During the lecture, questions were raised regarding the interaction of the land-based forest guard and the State Enterprise "Kazavialesoohrana", namely:

- interaction between aviation and ground protection of forests when extinguishing a forest fire;

- conducting radio exchange with the aircraft;

- safety precautions for localization and elimination of a fire involving an aircraft.