By: Choirul Fuadi)*
CIDISS – In the last of 2015, Central Kalimantan Province had forest fire and land. Since that disaster, government through Agency for Disaster and Fire Agency (BPBPK), Central Kalimantan Province keep doing handle to fire forest and land.
In the year of 2016 and 2017, Central Kalimantan has having fire, but the large area as not same as large of previous fire land and forest in 2015. It might caused by the large of forest is less and the preparation to handle the fire from government and people.
There are 4 areas in Central Kalimantan province as the most dangerous of Forest Fire and land. The areas are the regency of Pulang Pisau, Kotawaringin Timur, Lamandau and Palangka Raya city. It stated by Staff of Data and Operations Control Center (Pusdapol), BPBPK of Central Kalimantan, Dedi Kusnadi.
The four areas still have Gambut land. And then, in order to minimize the potential vulnerability of forest and land fires in the four areas, the party working together with the Karhutla Task Force team to monitor in a continuous manner. It also conducts monitor to hot spot using terra, aqua, SNPP and NOAA satellites.
Dedi said, based on data, on Monday (11/9) approximately at 07.00 am WIB, using terra satellite, aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, it found a hot spot in Sukamara Regency. In fact, previously, on Sunday (10/9) it recorded as many as seven hot spots observed in some areas in Central Kalimantan. The seven hotspots are located in; three of them are in Pulang Pisau Regency, two in Kapuas Regency, One hotspot in Seruyan Regency and Sukamara Regency.
BPBPK has conduct anticipations, besides in the land handle, the team also handles the fire by air system of water bombing”. Recently, the party with satgas karhutla keep continues many efforts to handle the fire through much socialization, giving information, and forbid to make fire land and forest.
“We are also invited people in Central Kalimantan always active to involve in the handle the fire forest and land, in order the haze disaster such in 2015 will never be again,” he said.