Los forest fires are a serious threat, both for biodiversity and local forests, As for the people who live in areas prone to these phenomena, since their power of destruction can become massive.
The Prevention is usually one of the most effective measures to prevent forest fires They occur. Therefore, these are carried out during the coldest months of the year, which are the least likely to experience fire situations.
Fire prevention in the community of Madrid
Specifically, It will act in 4,140 hectares through the debrote to the herds of the herdsknown as preventive grazing. The rest will be made in 1,700 hectares of girdles, in addition to 396 of firewall review with bulldozer, Blacks or motonivel, and another 218 of mowing. For this, the regional government has 304 troops deployed in 25 forest seals, which will intervene in 58 municipalities during the eight months of low and medium risk of this type of accidents (from October to May).
The Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Interior, Carlos Novillo, today supervised one of these works in the La Berzosa de Hoyo de Manzanares urbanization. Precisely these types of spaces must have self -protection mechanisms, contemplated in the Civil Protection Plan against Fires Forestry of the Community of Madrid (Infoma), with measures such as ensuring A support with perimeter belts 30 meters wide, free of dry vegetation and with the clarified tree mass. In addition, municipalities, especially in high -risk areas, must develop municipal action plans against fires Forestry, as is the case of Hoyo de Manzanares.
The Autonomous Fire Department defines the areas of action and coordinates these equipment, being planned 130 actions to clear, pruning, attachments, branches and removal of remains. In addition, these professionals are prepared to extinguish fires with vehicles that have equipment To be able to carry out a first attack to a conato, turning it off or preventing its progress.
They also work on the maintenance and review of 380 hectares of firewalls and 61.55 kilometers of roads and forest tracks to guarantee accessibility to mountains. They will have heavy machinery equipment composed of chain or wheel tractors, motonivers and rollers.
Your performance Preventive is carried out in areas with abundant vegetationincluded in six areas: Lozoya-Somosierra, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, central, south-western area, East Campiña and Las Vegas region.
High risk period for volunteers
Once Start the high forest fire season -of June to September- The brigades who are working for the rest of the year will be part of the infoma. This plan had 5,924 professionals and volunteers, distributed among firefighters, forest agents, workers of the Madrid 112 Emergency Center and Civil Protection volunteers and the immediate logistics response equipment (Erive).
In 2024, the vast majority of fires, 75%, remained with, not exceeding 1 burnt hectare. During this period, 239 were produced, below the average of the last decade, which amounts to 280. These claims affected 1,667 hectares, of which 1,208 was pasture and 449 scrub, so that The regeneration of burned vegetation occurs rapidly.