Over the past two months, the entire Carpathian region has experienced abnormally dry weather. Rainfall has been infrequent and highly localized. During the past week, a heat wave from Europe has moved into the western regions. In Zakarpattia, temperatures reached up to 35°C on some days; in the mountains, they ranged from 25 to 27 °C.

 

An extreme level of fire danger now prevails across all regions under the Branch “Karpatskyi Forest Office” (Lviv, Zakarpattia, Ivano‑Frankivsk).

 

Despite these conditions, no significant wildfires have been recorded. Over the past week, there was only one incident in the Berehivske Forestry Management Unit, affecting 1.6 ha. A fire broke out in the forest litter of young stands due to local residents’ careless handling of fire. Foresters promptly extinguished the blaze using on‑site resources.

 

Avoidance of major wildfires has been achieved thanks to the timely preparatory work of the foresters of the Branch “Karpatskyi Forest Office.”

 

In the Forestry Management Units with the highest ignition risk, the activity of patrol brigades has been reinforced. A total of 81 brigades, comprising over 200 State Forest Protection personnel, are now in operation.

 

Training sessions have been conducted for State Forest Protection staff under the “Forest Firefighting Leader” programme (105 participants) and the “Forest Firefighter” programme (155 participants).

 

Over 600 informational briefings have been conducted with local residents.

 

A total of 433 km of new firebreaks have been constructed, and maintenance has been carried out on 47,700 km of existing strips.

 

All necessary equipment has been prepared. There are 32 pickups for patrolling the forest tracts, 28 of which are equipped with firefighting modules (10 of these were procured this year); 1,642 backpack sprayers; 90 tractors with mounted equipment; 180 motor pumps; and 16 fire trucks.

 

A total of 195 firefighting water reservoirs have been constructed, 110 of which are fitted with piers for water intake.

 

We remind you that for violations of fire‐use regulations, a fine of UAH 1,530 to 4,590 is imposed; for officials, this can rise to UAH 15,300. For unauthorized burning of vegetation, the fine is UAH 6,120 (and UAH 21,420 for officials). Within protected reserves, all fines are doubled.

 

For safe forest recreation, a network of fully equipped recreation points has been established. Entry is free. A map showing the locations of the “Lisovychky” recreation points is available on the SFE “Forests of Ukraine” website.