Burning of vegetation

Everyone knows how terrible and destructive the element of fire is. However, not everyone understands that fire rages not only in houses and apartments – due to faulty stoves, overloaded electrical grids, or a cigarette left unextinguished on a sofa or floor. A large-scale fire can also start from burning dry grass or an improperly built bonfire: both in household plots, in fields, and in forests.

Adults deliberately violate fire safety rules and, with their own hands, create the "maximum" conditions for a fire to start in a forest, a field, or on a residential property. Then they lament, blame themselves – but can regrets help the situation? There is no sense in the unjustified haste to quickly tidy up a household plot, improper preparation of barbecues, and building bonfires! There is only immense danger: to human and animal lives, property, and ecosystems. How to avoid hectares of dry vegetation and forest lands ablaze? Everyone must observe fire safety rules.

"ALLOWED":

- building bonfires in household plots (observing all necessary fire safety measures, with primary fire extinguishing means available) and in designated areas in forests (if no ban on visiting forests has been introduced);

- grilling barbecues in household plots (observing all necessary fire safety measures) and in designated areas in forests (if no ban on visiting forests has been introduced).

"PROHIBITED":

- setting dry vegetation on fire;

- throwing unextinguished matches and cigarettes;

- building bonfires outside specially designated areas (in the forest) and outside specially prepared areas (on residential property), on balconies, loggias, terraces, roofs, and stylobates;

- building bonfires in windy weather, setting up a bonfire too close to buildings and structures, using open flames in the courtyards of multi-story buildings;

- leaving a bonfire unattended, entrusting supervision to children, leaving a bonfire unextinguished.

Do not allow yourself, acquaintances, or strangers to burn dry vegetation or build bonfires improperly! If you witness a fire, assess your capabilities, the degree of risk, and try to extinguish a small fire: cover the flames with sand, beat the fire with tree branches. If the fire area is large, call rescuers at 101 or 112.