(HBO) - Over the past years, the coordination between three forces – forest rangers, police, the military – in forest protection and forest fire prevention and fighting in Hoa Binh city has proved effective.



Hoa Binh city’s forest ranger force carries out the fire prevention and firefighting plan in the dry season 2019 in Trung Minh commune.

Hoa Binh City has ​​8,800 ha of forest and forestry land, of which over 5,550 ha are covered by forest. Fourteen out of the city’s 15 communes and wards have forests. About 5,000 ha of forests are at risk of bush fires, with rocky mountain and boundary areas at high risk.

For many years, Hoa Binh City has well maintained the coordination among three forces, namely forest ranger, police and the military, in ensuring political security, social order and safety as well as in forest protection and fire prevention and fighting in the locality. Forest rangers strictly follow the tri-partite coordination plan to enforce regulations on forest management and protection, forest fire prevention and fighting. The force has organized defensive drills in combination with forest fire fighting in Su Ngoi commune, worked with the police, the military and People's Committees of Yen Mong and Hoa Binh communes to hunt for deforestation criminals in the boundary area between Hoa Binh city and Da Bac district. The forest ranger forces also coordinated with functional agencies to handle deforestation in the Bua Lau - Nui Co area, Hoa Binh commune; and conducted inspections to detect the illegal trading and transport of forest products in the locality.

Every year, the forest ranger force advises the city People's Committee in building and implementing plans on forest protection and fire protection and fighting. It also assisted the local authority in monitoring forest resources and implementing working programs. The forest ranger force has helped the People's Committees of 14 communes and wards in strengthening the Steering Boards on forest protection and development, while maintaining 96 community-based teams for forest protection and forest fire prevention and fighting with 905 participants. The Steering Boards of communes and wards have well organized communication activities, kept a close watch on changes in forest resources, conducted patrols of key areas at high risk of fires, stayed prepared to handle fire situations, and guided forest owners in implementing regulations on agricultural production, and closely managed the use of fire in forests in the dry season.

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