A troublesome summer season is anticipated as a result of dry winter, fireplace providers’ spokesman, Andreas Kettis mentioned on Saturday.
In an interview with the Cyprus Information Company (CNA) Kettis additionally mentioned that based mostly on the statistics and analysis they perform on the reason for fires, it seems that human exercise is in charge generally (over 92 per cent).
Kettis added that within the 2022-2023 season, the variety of fires was “significantly decrease” than in earlier years.
Though a troublesome summer season is anticipated, Kettis mentioned, based mostly on the dry winter, the fireplace safety season which has been prolonged, and the environmental situations predicted, “I need to imagine that, a minimum of, we are going to stay on the identical ranges (as the 2 earlier years)”.
He mentioned that the fireplace prevention season was anticipated to start out earlier this yr, and that, there have already been two or three “fairly giant fires”.
Kettis additionally referred to “fireplace behaviour”, which he mentioned, was indicative of a “troublesome summer season interval” forward, noting that the fireplace prevention season has been drastically prolonged, and was now operating from April to November.
Requested in the event that they had been pondering of taking any extra measures, to stop arson or fires brought on by negligence, Kettis mentioned that the fireplace service was attempting to tell members of the general public with numerous campaigns.
He famous that stricter penalties have been lately launched concerning fires and their causes and {that a} new invoice was at present being drafted, which supplies for even stricter penalties.
Requested if there was ample workers and gear Kettis mentioned that they’ve workers in all 17 fireplace stations in rural areas whereas around the clock aerial patrols had been being carried out by plane of the Forestry Division.
He additionally mentioned that a number of fireplace detection programs have been put in in numerous areas, whereas extra can be put in in lots of rural areas, but additionally in industrial areas, which detect and analyse fireplace, and on the identical time, inform, in case the fireplace is spreading, the competent providers to reply.
Kettis mentioned, “further effort is being made by way of prevention”, noting that the contribution of members of the general public was “crucial”.
