1. The activity of State Forests in favour of fire protection

2. The logo of State Forests
State Forests National Forest Holding:
is in charge of 7,2 mln of forests
takes care of the condition of managed lands
on its territory people can pick the groundcover
controls illegal logging in private forests, if Starost’s Office of the Poviat delegates this task and pays for it
exists in Poland
The logo of State Forests

3. Regional Directorates of State Forests

4. Current prognosis of the risks of fire April 2017
No danger
Low danger
Medium danger
The non-predicted area

5. Regional Directorate of State Forests in Krosno
Holding over 80% of forests requires appropriate fire precautions. In order to do this State Forests apply the array of activities.
Regional Directorate of State Forests in Krosno

6. Protection of internal forest roads
Mounting the barriers
They are large enough in size to prevent a fire passing through or over it.
Jedlicze, Poland

7. Fitting the prohibitory signs
“Fire road, no.10”
Fitting the prohibitory signs
“WARNING
Forest areas
Fire danger”

8. Fire-fighting construction
Fire tower provides the observation within a radius of 10 km at least.
Fire Tower in Pieńsk,
Poland

9. Firebreak type B in Konstantynów, Poland
Preventive activity
Firebreaks prevent from potential fire spreading and simplify the fire-fighting action in the case of fire uprising.
Firebreak type B in Konstantynów, Poland

10. Water channel in Role, Poland
On forestial grounds lies above 1000 points of fire extinguishing water of various kinds: naturals, artificials and standpipes
Water channel in Role, Poland

11. Area under video surveillance”
Moreover, forestry management is monitoring forest fire danger from 1st March to 30th September as well as creating and holding the system of detecting and informing about forest fires.
“Warning
Area under video surveillance”
Jedlicze, Poland

12. - irreversible damages.
State Forests tries to prevent forest fires in many ways, but it is not enough.
People do not realize that taking the rubbish out often prompts to forest fire and hence
- irreversible damages.
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BAD

13. Made by Patrycja Armata Natalia Penar kl 2al kl 2al
Weronika Wyderka
kl 2al
Patrycja Armata
kl 2al
Natalia Penar
kl 2al
Zespół Szkół Ponadgimnazjalnych nr 5 w Krośnie

14. Sources http://www.lasy.gov.pl/nasze-lasy/polskie-lasy
“Ochrona lasów przed pożarami”, Karol Wiler, Paweł Wcisło
“European Glossary for wildfires and forest fires”, Dr. Robert Stacey, Stephen Gibson, Paul Hedley