The press center of the Tatar-Inform News Agency hosted a joint briefing with the participation of the Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Tatarstan Ilgizar Zaripov and the Deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan for the State Fire Service, Colonel of the Internal Service Konstantin Chanyshev. The topic of the press conference: "On the readiness of the territorial subsystem of the RSF to work on the prevention and elimination of wildfires on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan".
The head of the Ministry of Forestry Ilgizar Zaripov said that if last year the fire season in the forests was opened on April 25, then this year, due to the warm weather, it is planned for April 5-10.
In general, we are ready for the fire season in the forests.
In preparation for the fire-hazardous period, a Consolidated plan for extinguishing forest fires on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan for the period of the 2023 fire season was developed, ground patrol routes of the forest fund were approved, forest fire formations and mobile fire extinguishing groups were formed.