The period of serious danger for forest fires in Campania begins on Saturday 15 June: a state that will remain for four months, that is until 15 October, unless extended. This was established by the General Directorate of Regional Civil Protection by virtue of the assessments of the Multi-Risk Functional Center on the climate framework.
To safeguard the forest heritage, 5 important measures are taken:
Prohibition on lighting open fires in the woods and up to a distance of 100 meters from them, as well as in pastures;
Ban on burning of plant, agricultural and forestry residues;
Prohibition on burning stubble and weeds, even uncultivated ones;
Prohibition on lighting fireworks, launching rockets of any type and/or paper hot air balloons, better known as “flying lanterns”, equipped with open flames, as well as other pyrotechnic articles at a distance of no less than 1 kilometer from wooded areas and pastures , except for specific exceptions;
Prohibition on carrying out the following activities in the woods and pastures: using engines or stoves that produce embers or sparks; use flame or electric devices to cut metals; explode mines; smoke or carry out any other action that could create a mediate or immediate risk of fire such as, for example, throwing matches or lit cigarettes; park vehicles on unpaved roads in wooded areas
The Civil Protection of the Campania Region draws the attention of the mayors to the need to “strengthen reconnaissance, surveillance, sighting and alarm activities for forest fires on their territory, also making use of voluntary civil protection associations, as well as to raise awareness among citizens and the trade associations of farmers and breeders, promoting the culture of civil protection and the correct rules of conduct for the protection of the environment”.
