Representatives of Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center took part in round table discussion on "Development of Interagency Coordination for Monitoring, Prevention and Control of Wildland Fires"
On March 26, 2021, representatives of Silviculture Department NULES of Ukraine and Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center, Prof. Sergiy Zibtsev, Assoc. prof. Vasyl Gumeniuk and Assoc. prof. Oleksandr Soshenskiy took part in an online roundtable discussion on "Development of Interdepartmental Coordination for Monitoring, Prevention and Control of Wildland Fires", organized within the framework of USAID Project "Economic Support to Eastern Ukraine" and Luhansk Regional State Administration.
The round table was attended by representatives of the Luhansk Regional Civil-Military Administration, USAID Project "Economic Support to Eastern Ukraine", State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine, UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme, Luhansk Regional Department of Forestry and Hunting, Zhytomyr Regional State Administration, Zhytomyr Regional Department of Forestry and Hunting, SE "Zhytomyroblagrolis", Department of State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ovruch and Narodychy сity united territorial communities, Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center and Silviculture Department of Education and Research Institute of Forestry and Landscape-Park Management NULES of Ukraine.
During the meeting, participants shared their experience in landscape fires suppression in 2020 and presented the following reports: "Response to catastrophic wildland fires in 2020 in Luhansk region", "The state of consequences liquidation of wildland fires in 2020 by enterprises of Zhytomyr Regional Department of Forestry and Hunting, "Readiness and priority measures in forestry enterprises of State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine in 2021", "Readiness of the Department for Civil Protection and Defense of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration and the Department for Emergency Response of the SES of Ukraine in the Zhytomyr region for the fire season 2021", and "Recommendations for improving interdepartmental coordination participation of local communities in monitoring and fire prevention in Luhansk region".
At the end of the round table, the participants discussed some issues and recommendations for further action of all stakeholders and the development of interagency coordination for monitoring, prevention and control of forest fires.
