The East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government formed a task force (task force) to prevent the control of forest and land fires (karhutla) both for the prevention and handling of forest and land fires in the face of the dry season.
"The formation of the forest and land fire control prevention task force is a step by the local government to deal with the impact of the dry season which is estimated to be drier than before," said Head of the Regional Management Agency (BPBD) of NTT Province Ambrosius Kodo, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 8.
He explained that the task force was chaired by the Regional Secretary of NTT Province and involved various relevant agencies such as the Disaster Risk Reduction Forum (FPRB), BMKG, TNI, Polri, and various agencies related to local governments.
Ambrosius explained, BMKG has estimated that the dry season conditions in 2023 in NTT will be drier than before.
This condition, he said, is very risky to cause forest and land fires in the island-based province.
Therefore, the provincial government formed a task force to prevent forest and land fires from increasing education and handling disaster emergencies due to forest and land fires.
"This task force will try to minimize opportunities for forest and land fires through socialization or prevention education in the community," he said.
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Ambrosius reminded residents in NTT to play an active role in preventing forest and land fires through steps such as avoiding activities to clear agricultural land by burning or while hunting animals.
In addition, avoiding the act of throwing cigarette butts in an open area where piles of dried grass are easily struck by fire.
"The hotter dry condition certainly makes the risk of forest and land fires higher so it is better for us to prevent it," he said.
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