📋 Tender Overview
Defense sector monitors and responds to 17 active fires in six regions. In response to the forest fire emergency affecting the piura region, the national government, through the ministry of defense, deployed a spartan aircraft from the air force to help control the fire in the jacapampa sector, in the huarmaca district, huancabamba province.
the aircraft in question made two flights on sunday afternoon. it took off from the chiclayo air base for the corresponding extinguishing operations with the guardian firefighting system.
these tasks were complemented by a ground deployment. personnel from the rapid intervention company for disasters of the 14th motorized infantry battalion, moved to support security and control work, debris removal and firebreak ditches in the cerro paraton sector.
equipped with helmets, vests, shovels, picks, elbow pads, knee pads, mats, cones, ropes and crowbars, military personnel are helping to control the emergency alongside members of the district municipality, firefighters and the local community.
according to the latest report from the national institute of civil defense, through the national emergency operations center (coen), there are 17 forest fires active throughout the country: 4 in amazonas, 3 in cajamarca, 7 in piura and 1, respectively, in tumbes, ancash and la libertad.
military personnel are at strategic points of the fire carrying out the pertinent actions to prevent the spread of the fire. despite the difficult conditions of wind and high temperatures, the team remains firm in its commitment to protect the community. air force aircraft, meanwhile, remain on constant alert.
