According to the report of the Department of Agriculture of Ca Mau Province on April 10, the province is more than 45,000 hectares of forests with high fire. Of which, more than 19,300 ha of fire alerts IV (dangerous level) and more than 3,600 hectares of fire alarms (extremely dangerous level).
The area of forest at extremely high risk of fire is mainly concentrated in U Minh Ha Forestry One Member Co., Ltd., with more than 2,770 hectares; Song Trem sub-region; U Minh 2 sub-region and U Minh 1 sub-region.
To proactively respond to the risk of forest fires, right from the beginning of the dry season, the provincial authorities have built sewers and dams to retain water, and at the same time synchronously deployed fire prevention and fighting solutions according to the motto "4 on-site" (4 on-site forces, on-site vehicles, on-site logistics and on-site command) and "3 readiness" (forces, vehicles, logistics, command and information).
To ensure forest fire prevention, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Ca Mau province has issued many documents directing specialized agencies and local authorities to strengthen implementation. In particular, forest owners, localities and relevant units should review, update and strictly implement the approved forest fire prevention and fighting plan; raise vigilance, increase patrols and guarding, ensure forces, vehicles and fire fighting tools to promptly handle situations when they arise.
U Minh Ha National Park, U Minh Ha Forestry One Member Co., Ltd. will consolidate forces, vehicles, logistics, and commands, following the "4 on-site" motto, strengthen inspection and control, prevent people from entering the forest during the peak of the dry season, promptly detect and strictly handle violations, and absolutely do not let forest fires occur.
The Provincial Police directed relevant affiliated units to coordinate with the Forest Protection Department to strengthen inspections of forest fire prevention and fighting work of forest owners, especially forest planting enterprises in the U Minh Ha area, promptly rectify limitations and shortcomings and handle violations in fire prevention and fighting according to regulations.
Department of Agriculture and Environment reviews and identifies key areas, has a high risk of forest fires, actively arranges and regulates forces and mobile means to coordinate and support forest owners to handle arising situations. Coordinate with news agencies and press agencies to strengthen propaganda on forest fire prevention and fighting, increase the amount of forecasting and warnings for forest fires in the peak time; Regularly renovate the contents, forms and propaganda measures to raise awareness and awareness of law observance of the people.
