A week nearly without fires, but preparations of equipment, infrastructure, and personnel continue!

1.5 ha – the area of fires that occurred over the past week on the territories of SFE “Forests of Ukraine.”

In the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions, several small ignitions caused by the crash of enemy drones and rockets were extinguished almost immediately.

One exception is the Kharkiv region, where, unlike most other areas, it is dry and hot.

In the recently incorporated Izyumske Forestry Management Unit, nearly 30 hectares of forest burned.

In particular, a large fire broke out in Starosaltivske Forestry, affecting 21 ha. The fire, as often happens, spread from adjacent self-seeded agricultural lands. The forestry’s territory is mined — the fire was accompanied by detonations of mines and munitions.

Another fire, covering 4 ha, occurred as a result of enemy shelling in Borivske Forestry.

The fire was quickly contained thanks to the use of new equipment—forest‐firefighting modules, that SFE “Forests of Ukraine” delivered this spring to the newly integrated forestry enterprises.

In the other regions, rainy and cool weather have so far favored the foresters. But summer has only just begun! Therefore, regional offices are continuing their fire‐preparedness measures.

Infrastructure

 

In just one week, the forestry units of Branch “Pivnichnyi Forest Office” established 412 km of mineralized firebreaks and carried out maintenance on 907 km. Over the past month, 1,400 km of firebreaks were created in the Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions. At the Branch “Tsentralnyi Forest Office”, 457 km of new mineralized firebreaks were laid and maintenance was performed on 2,000 km of existing strips. At the “Podilskyi Forest Office”, 13 observation towers were repaired.

Upgrading the Firefighting Equipment and Inventory

 

At the Branch “Slobozhanskyi Forest Office”, 517 pressure fire hoses, 400 backpack fire extinguishers, fire nozzles, and other items were acquired. At the forestry units of the Branch “Tsentralnyi Forest Office”, a batch of new forest-firefighting modules has arrived and is now being mounted on pickups. An additional six modules were delivered to the forestry units in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. In the Sumy and Chernihiv regions, over the past week, foresters upgraded 26 piers at fire-fighting water reservoirs to improve water intake.

Personnel Training

 

In the past month at the “Tsentralnyi Forest Office”, 42 employees completed the “Forest Fire Incident Commander” course and 30 completed the forest firefighter training course. At the “Podilskyi Forest Office”, more than 200 lectures were delivered to the local community on proper conduct in the forest.