Joint Team Deployed To Handle Forest Fires On Mount Arjuno

Volunteers are preparing to search the hotspots of forest fires on Mount Arjuno, Batu City, East Java, Wednesday (6/9/2023). (ANTARA PHOTO/Ari Bowo Sucipto/tom.)

The joint team consisting of dozens of personnel was deployed to deal with forest fires that occurred in the Mount Arjuno area, which is located in the Batu City area, East Java. Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Batu Agung Sedayu said the joint team was dispatched from the Brakseng climbing route, Bumiaji District, to carry out fire extinguishing. "The departure of a joint team for handling forest and land fires (karhutla) on Mount Arjuno through the Brakseng climbing route, Bumiaji District, Batu City, as many as 36 personnel," said Agung as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, September 6. Agung explained that the joint team consisted of personnel from the Batu City BPBD, Tahra Raden Soerjo, Batu City Health Service, TNI, Polri, Batu City Civil Service Police Unit, Perhutladi, Disaster Risk Reduction Forum (FPRB), and Tagana. Then, the joint team has already extinguished 36 hotspots. Batu City, Linmas, Brigade Penoling 13.38 Batu City, a number of volunteer organizations and the local community. "The condition of the team was also checked for health by the Health Service and PMI to ensure the condition of personnel before being dispatched," he said. Based on the latest data, he said, karhutladi the Mount Arjuno area left six hotspots. Since the fire occurred in Mount Arjuno in the Batu City area on September 1, 2023, the joint team has extinguished 36 hotspots. "The ground extinguish extinguishing effort has been carried out at 36 hot coordinates of Mount Arjuno the Batu City area," he said.

The City Government (Pemkot) Batu has also issued a Decree (SK) on the Emergency Response Status of the Mount Arjuno Forest Fire Disaster in Batu City Region Number 188.45/269/KEP/422,012/2023 by the Acting Mayor of Batu Aries Agung Paewai. "We also continue to carry out monitoring, monitoring, and evaluation, the current situation of forest and land fires taking place on Mount Arjuno," he said. in the area of Mount Arjuno, the area of Bukit Budug Asu, Singosari District, Malang Regency, on August 26, 2023. The fire extends to various areas such as Pasuruan Regency, Mojokerto and Batu City.