A very intense period has begun for the rescuers of our district, as the number of fires caused by burning last year's rubbish and careless handling of fire in forests is constantly growing.
A very intense period has begun for the rescuers of our district, as the number of fires caused by burning last year's rubbish and careless handling of fire in forests is constantly growing. In order to improve the operational situation, employees of the Lepel District Department for Emergency Situations conducted a raid to prevent the lighting of fires in prohibited areas.
In order to minimise the consequences associated with fires in ecosystems, a mobile group was organised in the Lepel district, which conducted a raid to prevent the ignition of dry standing vegetation and forests. The group included employees of the district department for emergency situations, the Lepel forestry, and the inspectorate for natural resources and environmental protection.
During the raid, rescuers spoke about the responsibility for burning dry vegetation, standing grass, as well as stubble, or failure to take measures to extinguish fires, and for lighting fires in prohibited areas. They gave examples of how citizens' carelessness led to them receiving burns, and in some cases, to a fatal outcome.
Preventive conversations were held with the residents of the district, they were given thematic leaflets, and were strongly advised to be extremely careful with fire and to immediately call the rescue service at 101 or 112 upon discovering fires.