The activity was carried out as training managers extinction Infomur Plan and taking into account the start this Sunday's season high fire danger.
The simulation allowed us to detect and analyze the performance of the various phases of the fight against forest fire detection, warning, mobilization, suppression, control and finishing.
During the exercise, the experts from the Directorate General of the Environment, in collaboration with the Directorate General of Civil Protection, developed a group work, guided by specialized trainers Brigades Strengthening Forest Fire (BRIF), Ministry of Environment environment, analyzing the details of the simulation.
The course 'Fighting Techniques and Operations Management Forest Fire Fighting "is part of the various actions that the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning for a better running training and proper training of managers Species, Environmental Agents Forest Brigades and specialists in extinguishing fires in the wild.
The work developed in the drill can see three scenarios of attack techniques into extinction.
The first is the direct attack of fire-fighting aircraft, the helicopter base in Sewer runs under the instructions of the director of Extinction water discharges (1,200 liters) needed to control the fire in its main front, with the support of members of the Brigade helicopter transport.
The second technique is the indirect attack by opening lines of defense with hand tools that mark the area of lateral spread of fire.
Finally, the third technique, is another direct attack on assembly lines using the hose with fire fighting vehicles Forest Brigades, who put down one flank of the fire.
Source: CARM