From April 25 to May 10, a special fire protection regime is introduced in Tatarstan

(KZN.RU, April 22, Alina Berezhnaya). Since the beginning of April, 140 fires have been registered in Kazan caused by the burning of dry grass. The special fire protection regime is being introduced in Tatarstan from April 25 to reduce the risks in the event of a wildfire. Ferdinant Timurkhanov, the head of the Civil Protection Directorate of the Kazan Executive Committee, spoke about security measures during this period at the Business Monday.

According to him, populated areas located in the residential district Krasnooktyabrsky, Novoe Yudino, Lebyazhie, Zalesny, Krutushka, Shcherbakovo, Goluboe Lake, Petrovsky, Bolshie Derbyshki are in the risk zone of forest fires. In each district, groups are created for the prevention of forest fires.

F. Timurkhanov reminded that the owners of the territories are responsible for the safety of their plots. To prevent a fire-hazardous situation, they need to pre-clean the area from dry branches, fodder and other potential “fuel”. It is necessary to create a 10-meter buffer between the site and the forest, free from objects of ignition, or to protect the property with a fire barrier of 0.5 meters.

The fire regime will last in Tatarstan until May 10. During this period, you cannot burn dry grass and garbage, cook food on the fire. It is forbidden to cook food in the open air, and in forest-park zones and areas bordering the forest, pyrotechnics cannot be used.

You cannot burn fires on peat soils, in burned braziers, at wind speeds of more than 5 meters per second, leave fires unattended, burn combustible and explosive liquids and objects in them.

“I would especially like to note that the violation of fire safety rules in the conditions of a special fire prevention regime entails the imposition of an administrative fine. For citizens in the amount of from 4000 to 5000 rubles; officials from 20000 to 40000 rubles; for legal entities from 300000 to 500000 rubles”, reminded F. Timurkhanov. He added that in order to prevent forest fires, it is necessary to carry out preventive measures with the population. In particular, extracurricular lessons on fire safety and forest protection should be organized in schools before school holidays. Also during the two-month period for sanitary cleaning, it is necessary to continue activities for collecting and taking out garbage from the forest park area to solid waste landfills, to strengthen control over the implementation of flammable and fire works, and other activities.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, instructed the main rescuer to keep the situation under control. “I ask to pay close attention to the fire regime on the eve of the May holidays. We can control the problem only when we treat it with full responsibility. Rescuers should be fully prepared”, noted the Mayor of Kazan.