From Monday 1st July until 15th September, snap the attention phase per Forest fires in all the provinces of Emilia-Romagna. The provision, as usual, was issued by the Regional Agency for Territorial Security and Civil Protection, in agreement with the representatives of the Regional Directorate of Fire Brigades, the Regional Carabinieri Forestry Command and Arpae Emilia-Romagna. Furthermore, at the same time as the start of the summer campaign against fires, it will start also an twinning with the Sardinia Regionwhich will see the sending of a mobile column from Emilia-Romagna with teams of civil protection volunteers: they will be engaged on the island in the month of July.
With the start of the attention phase, the Carabinieri Forestale patrols will have as their priority il fire control and the repression of all illicit behaviour. In Emilia-Romagna a bulletin has been issued at the moment medium risk (yellow code), valid until 7 July: citizens are therefore advised to manage with the extreme caution when burning Of plant residues of agricultural and forestry work, which can only be carried out in the absence of wind and only in the morning. The fires will have to Anyway be turned off by 11amThe situation will be constantly monitored and periodically updated.
In this sentence every day there will be 18 forestry patrols dedicated to the prevention of forest firesi. Furthermore, they are up to 9 teams of volunteers on the fieldi, one per province, and two fire brigade helicopters in the period considered most critical, namely the central weeks of August. Approximately 150 volunteers are involved in the activity of guarding the Soup (Permanent Unified Operations Room) and in the fire-spotting teams, at fixed points or in patrolling the mobile routes. These are the useful numbers for reporting: 115 – emergency number of the National Fire Brigade to report a fire; 1515 – number of the Carabinieri-forestry force to report crimes and behavior at risk of forest fires.
Permanent Unified Operations Room opens Also from Monday, at the headquarters of the Regional Agency for Territorial Security and Civil Protection in Viale Silvani in Bologna, Soup will also openPermanent unified operations room, to oversee the territory. Operation of the Hall is expected, unless extended, until September 1st. From 8 am to 8 pm, including Saturday and Sunday, representatives of the Fire Brigade, the Carabinieri specialty forestry and the Civil Protection volunteers specializing in fire prevention will be present. An on-call service will operate during the night. In the meantime, the activities planned by the volunteers will resume (mobile and fixed sightings), in support of the Fire Brigade and Forestry Carabinieri units, which in turn will raise the level of control of the territory, for the prevention and repression of illicit actions.
The twinning with the Sardinia Region Monday 1 July will also start twinning from la Emilia Romagna region and the Sardinia region. The activities will take place in the municipalities of Villacidro and Isili in the territory in the Province of South Sardinia. Here Emilia-Romagna will field a mobile column, which will see the rotation of four contingents in weekly rotation; the column will be composed of 19 operational volunteers, qualified against fires, and three regional officials. Also available are five off-road operational vehicles equipped for forest firefighting and two minibuses for travel with people. The conclusion of the activities with the return of the teams is scheduled for July 26.
