📋 Tender Overview
The district municipalities of San Cristobal, Jumbilla, Copallin and Corosha, in the department of Amazonas, activated the Civil Defense platform and the Disaster Risk Management Working Group following the forest fires that have been recorded in these jurisdictions since September 9, and are coordinating the formation of brigades to carry out the fire control and extinction work, reports the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI), through the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN).
In this regard, the Regional Government of Amazonas indicated that, in Jumbilla, support with personnel to put out the emergency is also being managed with the Peruvian Army; while, in Corosha, the fire that started on September 5 was controlled, but was reactivated in an inaccessible area and remains active. In that jurisdiction alone, 200 hectares of natural cover have been reported destroyed. In the other districts, the Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (EDAN) is in process.
Fires in Ancash and Huanuco
Likewise, in the department of Ancash there are 3 forest fires in Independencia, Huari and Chacas. The first two are already under control and the personnel of the respective local municipality are working on their total extinction, with support from the Provincial Municipality of Huaraz and Park Rangers from the National Service of Natural Protected Areas by the State (SERNANP). In Chacas, meanwhile, the emergency is taking place in an inaccessible area.
A similar situation has occurred since September 9 in the Acochacan population center, district of San Francisco, province of Ambo (Huanuco), where residents of the area are carrying out fire control and extinction work with the help of hand tools. The EDAN has so far destroyed 100 hectares of crops.
Extinguished emergencies
In the Cusco region, another event destroyed 140 ha of natural cover at the Wata archaeological site, Huarocondo district, Anta province, on September 5. The local government worked to extinguish it. Finally, in Ticapampa (Ancash), 25 ha of vegetation were consumed after the forest fire that occurred on September 8. The district municipality and SERNANP put out the fire.
INDECI, through the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN), continues to monitor this type of event that occurs in different regions, in coordination with the Regional, Provincial and District Emergency Operations Centers, as well as with the respective authorities, the response actions to care for the affected and affected population.
