Government considers the issues of ensuring fire safety
Astana. 30 May. Kazakhstan Today - At the meeting of the Government the Minister of Internal Affairs Kalmukhanbet Kassymov reported that every year up to 4,000 forest and steppe fires are registered in the country. The area of fires reaches 100 thousand hectares, including up to 4 thousand hectares of forests. The extent of fire damages is almost 230 million tenge.
"Since the beginning of this year, the forest fund registered 67 incidents of fire. The area of fires is 7 times higher than last year. In addition, 1015 steppe fires are registered, which is also higher than last year" - Kassymov reported.
For the timely response to natural fires, since the beginning of this year, the regions have concluded agreements with JSC "Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary" on providing space monitoring services. Together with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Interdepartmental Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Forest-Steppe Fires has been approved.
The Minister of Internal Affairs informed that with the onset of the summer holidays, special attention will be paid to the fire safety of children's health camps.
"However, at the present time the readiness of the akimats, forest owners, forest protection agencies and other economic entities for the beginning of the fire-dangerous season is provided at an insufficient level. The voiced facts, as well as the analysis of the results of the last year, show the unreliability of the forest-steppe protection system against fires" - K. Kassymov concluded.
Source: The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Official website
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