Representatives of the REEFMC took part in a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission at the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration on prevention of landscape fires in the Zhytomyr region
On June 18, 2020, Volodymyr Fedorenko, First Deputy Head of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration, chaired a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on prevention of landscape fires in the Zhytomyr region, which was attended by representatives of the Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center and the Department of Silviculture, NULES of Ukraine Prof. Sergiy Zibtsev and Assoc. Prof. Vasyl Gumeniuk.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration, Zhytomyr Oblast Forestry and Hunting Management, Zhytomyr National Agroecological University, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zhytomyr region, the State Ecological Inspectorate in Zhytomyr region, Malyn Forestry College and others.
Participants of the Interdepartmental Commission presented an analysis of the fire situation and the consequences of landscape fires in the ecosystems of Zhytomyr region since the beginning of 2020 and discussed further fire prevention and detection strategies using Earth remote sensing tools.
