On April 30, 2020, in the regional Akimat of the East Kazakhstan region, a regular meeting of the regional commission for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations was held. One of the topics on the agenda was "On measures taken to ensure fire safety of the region from forest-steppe fires. On the establishment of fire posts in settlements where there is no state fire service. ” From the State Enterprise "Kazavialesoohrana" a report was made by the commander of the eastern aviation link Konshu Andrey. The topic of the report is "The readiness of the Eastern aviation link to work in the fire hazard period of 2020”.

On April 30, 2020, within the framework of the program for informing the population of the paratrooper-fireman of the Kostanai aviation branch, Iralin B.U. among students of the Forest Elementary School a preventive lecture on fire-related topics was held. Children were familiarized with precautions when handling fire in the forest, actions when a forest fire was detected, actions lost in the forest, and compliance with sanitary standards when visiting forest areas.

On April 29, 2020, a steppe fire was discovered from the observation tower in the buffer zone of 74 and 84 quarters of the Bayanaul forestry, Bayanaul GNPP. About 10 people of the Bayanaul GNPP, 4 paratrooper-firefighter of the Bayanaul aviation point and 5 pieces of equipment to extinguish the fire and prevent its further spread were sent to the ignition site. Thanks to the coordinated actions of all services, the fire was stopped, the threat to the State Forest Fund was removed. The fire area is 0.35 ha.

On April 27 and 28, 2020, as part of a program to inform the public of Pavlodar aviation branch employees from the Mi-2 helicopter, campaigning leaflets were dumped over the country roads of the RSU GLPR "Ertic Ormani" in the amount of 1700 pieces.

On April 27, 2020, a fire was detected on the territory of the 26th quarter of the Aksai forestry, Aksai branch, Ile-Alatau GNPP. The forces and means of the Aksai branch, the Ile-Alatau GNPP and the Almaty aviation branch were thrown into the fight against the fire element. Thanks to the coordinated work of all fire extinguishing services, the fire was successfully eliminated on an area of ​​0.2 ha. In the elimination of the fire were involved: 6 paratroopers-firemen of the Almaty aviation branch, 10 people of the Aksai branch, Ile-Alatau GNPP, 3 pieces of equipment.

On April 27, 2020, as part of a program to inform the population of the paratrooper-fireman of the Akmola aviation branch, Mazur A.S. among the employees of FE Savitsky, a preventive lecture was held on the topic "Observance of fire safety rules in the forest”. Employees of the organization were acquainted with precautions when handling fire in the forest, actions in case of detection of a forest fire, actions lost in the forest, compliance with sanitary standards when visiting forests.

On April 25, 2020, on the third day of a stubborn struggle against the fire element, it was possible to completely localize the fire that passed to the territory of Grachevsky Forestry and spread to other forestries of the Dolonsky branch of the Semey Ormany state forest nature reserve. In order to prevent the spread of fire on the spot, an operational headquarters was created, all the necessary reserves and services were involved, an algorithm of actions for residents of nearby settlements was developed. Fire extinguishing was carried out around the clock. The fire was localized at 19:00 on Nur-Sultan, on an area of ​​3948 ha. It is worth noting that the experts of all the services involved acted in concert and demonstrated a high level of professionalism in the fight against the fire element.

A forest fire raging for the third day in the Beskaragai district of the East Kazakhstan region nearly killed 25 foresters, Khabar 24 correspondent reports. Caught in a fiery trap, they were saved thanks to the ability to act cohesively in emergency situations. They managed to stop the spread of fire in the pine forest, but it is too early to talk about complete elimination.

Kairat Khasenov, head of the Semey Orman enterprise:

- While extinguishing the fire, we did not notice how it got dark, and the wind suddenly changed direction. Therefore, they fell into a fire trap. Miraculously got out of the fire. 400 people fight with fire without sleep and rest. To eliminate the fire, the military of the Kokshetau garrison and the regional National Guard were involved, as well as 110 pieces of equipment, two Mi-2 and Mi-8 helicopters. At a time, up to 10 tons of water is discharged from the air onto a burning forest.

Asem Utesheva, correspondent:
- Now you see the operational headquarters unfolding behind me.” This is only a quarter of the special equipment that is involved in extinguishing a fire. Cars come here to refuel and water and drive to the scene of the fire.
Alexander Vershinin, head of the department of the enterprise "Semey ormany":
- The spread of fire is stopped. Work is being done with him inside, retouching. Yesterday was, of course, a difficult day. The fire due to the strong wind and high temperature was riding. Today it is planted. We work with him inside. Dry and windy weather interferes with fire fighters. And because of the heavy smoke, it is difficult to identify new sources of ignition. But, most importantly, the fire does not threaten the inhabitants of nearby villages.
Andrei Konshu, commander of the eastern aviation link of the State Aviation Unitary Enterprise "Kazavialesoohrana”:
- The ground services, also the aviation ones, quickly worked. We worked with a spillway device, carried out the discharge of water on two helicopters. We carried out 25 discharges with a volume of 2.5 tons each, we also participated in the Mi-26T helicopter, it has currently carried out 12 discharges of 15 tons each.
According to preliminary estimates, the fire has already captured 2300 hectares of forest. Experts suggest that the human factor became the cause of the fire.

Authors: Asem Utesheva, Medet Omirkhanov.
https://24.kz/ru/news/social/item/391407-pozhar-v-vko-edva-ne-unes-zhizni-25-chelovek

The second day there is a fight against a forest fire that has crossed into the territory of Grachevsky forestry and has spread to other forestries of the Dolonsky branch of the Semey Ormany state forest nature reserve.  On April 24, in order to extinguish a forest fire that had become a large one, in addition to the Mi-8 and Mi-2 helicopters of the Kazavialesoohrana, the Mi-8 helicopters of the Akimat of the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk and Mi-26T of the Kazavialesoohrana were involved.  50 targeted discharges of water to the fires were performed with a total tonnage of 312.5 tons of water. More than 400 people and over 70 pieces of equipment were involved in the elimination of the fire, including: the personnel of the Ust-Kamenogorsk and Bukebaevsky aviation departments, the forces and means of the GLPR "Semey Ormany” and "Ertis Ormany”, the emergency department of the region, the national guard, and fire departments of the city Semey and others. Currently, the spread of fire was stopped in all directions. The estimated fire area is 3,500 ha.