During the phase “Charlie” to fight forest fires, which runs until September 30, 2234 will be operational teams of the different forces involved, operating 9,721 and 2,050 vehicles, in addition to 236 lookout posts of responsibility of GNR, under the Special Device to Combat Forest Fires (DECIF).
The DECIF also provides 49 air assets, but the critical stage in fires start with 45, not counting the device with the four Kamov helicopters fleet State which are inoperative.
Of the five Kamov planned to integrate DECIF this year, only one is operational, telling the National Civil Protection Authority (ANPC) repair two of the aircraft during the month of July, but not guarantee entry of the other two on the device this year.
About the beginning of the “Charlie” phase, the national operational commander, José Manuel Moura said there has not been “any embarrassment” to the level of terrestrial device and there “the embarrassment at the level of heavy aerial means, it has to do with the four Kamov”.
The device of fighting forest fires, estimated this year at around 80 million euros, it is identical to 2014, being reinforced with 17 teams in fire departments.
The last interim report by the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forestry (ICNF) indicates that the burnt area and the number of homes more than doubled this year compared to 2014.
According to ICNF, there were, between January 1 and June 15, 6113 fire occurrences, 3,578 more than in the same period of 2014.
The report said that the 6113 fires resulted in 14,971 hectares of burnt area, 9,446 more than in the same period of 2014, when flames consumed 5,525 hectares.
The ANPC stated in terça- fair, which during the “Bravo” to fight forest fires, which took place between May 15 and June 30, there were 3,355 fire incidents, the highest number in 12 years.
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