Publish Date: | Wed, 02 Mar 2022 12:36 AM (IST)
Independent Jain-Balod. Incidents of forest fires come to the fore on a large scale during the summer. The Forest Department has become alert to control this. Besides giving proper training to forest workers, 29 fire blower machines are ready to deal with the fire. Apart from this, a fire control room has been set up at the department level, where forest guards are closely monitored along with the nodal officer.
Let us tell you that due to the heat, there is a fear of incidents of fire in the forests. Forest department’s machinery works so that such an incident does not happen. There has been a decrease in the number of fire incidents as compared to the last few years. The main reason for this is being told as the fire blower machines along with the inadequate resources. Balod, Gurur, Dallirajhara, Daundi and Daundilohara five forest areas come under the Balod Forest Department.
It has about 104 beats, where 29 fire blower machines have been provided this time. In Balod forest area, there are 107 premises of reserved forest and protected forest, in which there are five ranges, 28 rounds and 187 fixed areas. As soon as the summer season starts, incidents of arson in the forests come to the fore. This results in loss of wildlife as well as rare vegetation. Various measures are taken every year by the Forest Department to get control over it.
Forest department alert to control incidents of arson
In case of occurrence of arson in the forest area, inform the civil department, the machinery of the forest department is alert to get control over such incidents. After the farmers set fire on the bunds of the fields, it is necessary to pay attention to it, so that this fire does not spread further to the forest, proper training has been given to the personnel including the care of all the resources.
Satellite service helps
It is implemented as soon as the information of any type of fire incidents is received. Officers and personnel working in the forest area have been trained. Similarly, through this satellite service, FSI (Forest Survey of India) also gets information about the incident of arson immediately through message on mobile. Due to this, after getting the location of the incident, the machine reaches there soon. There have been many incidents of arson in the last year. No major accident has happened in this. Some bushes and forest areas were damaged. Not a single wildlife died in the fire.
Attention is given to these measures
The Forest Department is focusing on the following measures to prevent arson. In this, a two-way fire line of 3-3 meters going from the compound is drawn, a fire line of 6-6 meters on the main road going through the ham forest, 12 meters of the line is cut in 1/5 of the boundary area and lit. Attention is paid to the appointment of fire guards, printing of wall posters and making them accessible to the public by the Joint Forest Management Committee, control, messaging, etc. Apart from this, the work of getting control of the fire is done by clearing that much premises through the fire blower machine.
blower will work like this
According to forest department officials, the air blower emits such a strong wind that the dry areas of the forest start shrinking rapidly. With this, the leaves are collected at one place and set on fire. The team stays there until the fire completely burns the leaves down. Apart from this, if there is a fire somewhere inside the forest, then the leaves from all four sides of the fire area are removed with strong wind and the fire is easily controlled. The blower can be easily lifted and carried anywhere. For this, the officers and employees of the Forest Department will be trained. At present, the purchased blower has been kept in the forest department’s office.
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