Facing Potential Forest And Land Fires, Jambi Provincial Government Asks Companies To Check Tool Readiness

Fired forest and land fires in Jambi. (ANTARA-Nanang Mairiadi)

JAMBI - The Jambi provincial government (Pemrov) has asked plantation companies to check their respective equipment and infrastructure to anticipate forest and land fires (Karhutla) considering that the dry season will occur soon.

"In order to anticipate the occurrence of forest and land fires this year, the Jambi Provincial Government asked the company to be able to check the equipment and all infrastructure so that it can be used in the event of forest and land fires in their respective areas," said Jambi Provincial Secretary (Sekda) Sudirman, Monday, May 29, confiscated by Antara.

The Jambi Provincial Government has sent a letter to the company so that later they will follow up on checking equipment assistance provided through the TNI and the government regarding tools to anticipate forest and land fires and in a fairly long period of time, usually the equipment is not conserved, so it must be checked again.

"If the report we received is that there are tools that are not functioning, we urge them to immediately repair them so that when the forest and land fires occur, the equipment is ready," he said.

The Regional Secretary also said that the details of the company's malfunctioning tools could not be ascertained at which company, but in general there were several companies that had to repair tools for the preparation of their forest and land fires and we did not expect events in 2015 and 2019 to happen again this year and coincidentally the cycle has been four years, so it is necessary to be vigilant in 2023.