Scientific-practical conference "Fire arrangement of coniferous forests and towns of the steppe zone of the south of Russia"

According to plan conferences and seminars FFA FBU VNNILM-based branch of the Institute of "South European NILOS" September 4, 2012 held scientific conference (training workshop) on "Fire arrangement of coniferous forests and towns of the steppe zone of the south of Russia." Conference organizers: FFA, the Forest Department for the Southern Federal District, the FBI VNIILM, Forestry Department of the Rostov region, The Forestry Administration of the Volgograd region, branch FBU VNIILM "South European NILOS" Sholokhov territorial division - Forestry, Sholokhovskoe GAU "forest."

The purpose of the conference organization, technology and tactics for prevention and control of forest fires, modern mechanical means and methods of artificial forests on sandy land and burnt forest, coniferous forest fire arrangement steppe zone and how to protect communities from forest fires. Conference was chaired by the Head of the Forestry Department of the SFD Kostenich PS

Participants noted that forest fires in the region are one of the factors of negative effects on the prairie plantings. Until now, the prevention and control of forest fires in the steppe zone is not well studied and developed effective ways of fighting crown fires. At the same time, in recent years in the region has increased its fleet of machines and mechanisms for fire prevention, the composition of which is formed without sufficient scientific and practical justification. In the face of extreme adversity are settlements located close to the plantations, which are characterized by poor fire condition.

Fighting forest fires is on the lack of technical and methodological levels, the control system of fighting forest fires is ineffective.

The participants noted that the current method of clearing the burnt forest and soil preparation allows for 4 years after the fire to create and cultivate forest crops of good quality. Particular attention should be given to the introduction of a culture of coniferous hardwood.

As a lack of afforestation burnt noted that their afforestation done without fire arrangement and usually stands on the site of the burned to create the same.

During the field trips have been featured fire barriers in solid pine, forest culture Gorelnik 1994., Fire barriers around Veshenskaya.

This article has been translated by machine translation.