No natural fires have been recorded in Moscow in 2024

Not a single natural fire has been recorded in Moscow in 2024. This was reported on Wednesday, November 27, by Deputy Mayor of the capital on housing and public utilities and improvement Petr Biryukov.

According to him, this year, as well as last year, no natural fires were recorded on the territory of the capital due to timely preventive measures. The number of dry grass fires has decreased by 56%. From May to August emergency services promptly liquidated only 11 dry grass fires, notes the agency of city news "Moscow".

Biryukov noted that park, forest and specially protected natural territories in spring and summer were under round-the-clock control of the capital's fire and rescue garrison, RT writes. Specialists conducted their intensified patrols to prevent possible fires. In the vicinity of natural and green areas, park zones in New Moscow was organized duty of water-washing equipment, notes IA Regnum.

From the air, the fire situation in the capital and neighboring regions was controlled by helicopters of the Moscow Aviation Center and crews of the Volga-Dnepr company, according to the kp.ru website. Here were prearranged mineralized and firebreaks on the borders of settlements, prepared places of water intake for aviation equipment and carried out plastering, reports NSN.

Particular attention is paid to the organization of preventive and explanatory work with the population, people are handed out leaflets on fire safety, concluded Biryukov.

November 18 in the Moscow region summarized the results of the fire season. The average area of detection of forest fires in the region decreased by almost 50% for the year. This year in the Moscow region updated the fleet of forest firefighting equipment, introduced new technologies for detecting fires, which allowed to reduce the response time by another five minutes compared to 2023, reports 360.ru.