Cuban forestry rangers begin campaign against forest fires

 HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 13 (ACN) The Cuban Forest Ranger Corps (CGC by its Spanish acronym) announced the beginning of the Protection Campaign against Forest Fires, which constitutes a national system in charge of preventing and confronting its outbreak in the country's vegetation and forests.
Manuel Lama Gomez, gave details of the new crusade with the participation of executives of the Ministry of Agriculture (Minagric), the Civil Defense, heads of the Ministry of the Interior (Minint) in the provinces and representatives of other agencies.

With an eminently preventive vision, he said that it will include organizational actions, preparation, practical exercises and various communicational actions in conjunction with groups of the central administration of the State, political, mass and social organizations, with the leading role of the people, according to a wide version of the Minint.

He warned about the need to follow up on the increase in the population's perception of risk, the preparation and coordination among the responsible forces and the need to maximize prophylactic measures by means of more intentional communication messages in all cases.

He also insisted that drought, the accumulation of combustible material, the impact of other meteorological phenomena, climate change and negligence in fire management, make it necessary to be proactive and adopt all the necessary measures.

Dagoberto Rodriguez Lozano, director of Soils and Fertilizers of Minagric, referred to the instructions given by Ydael Perez Brito, its head, to prioritize the integrated work with the CGC, the actions to raise awareness among producers and the population of agricultural areas about the causes of these events, increase control measures, the role of inspectors and the identification of prone areas.

Those attending the meeting agreed to socialize preventive actions through all channels and areas of communication in order to prevent negligence, which accounts for 95 percent of all deflagrations.

tion in order to prevent negligence, which accounts for 95 percent of all deflagrations.