Fire breakout near border of Wildlife Reserve
Category: Forest Fires, Guard posts and patrols, Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve, Orangutan Foundation Staff, Uncategorized | Date: May 13 2009 | By: orangutanfoundation
At the end of April, there was another fire breakout, near the Pos Danau Burung (or Bird Lake Post) that borders the western section of Sungai Lamandau Reserve.
Map showing Bird Lake Post on the Reserve Border.
Thankfully, at that time, our Programme Coordinator, Pak Hudi, was visiting the area with the Section Head (II) of the Central Kalimantan Agency for Conservation of Natural Resources (BKSDA), Pak Eko Novi. Along with our ever-ready Patrol Manager, Pak Jak, they raced to assist our field staff at Pos Danau Burung.
Field staff from Pos Danau Burung who made up the fire-fighting team
Face to face with the fire wall
Trying to stop the fire - forest in the background
Caught unaware they had to grab whatever was at hand to beat the fire.
They slogged to beat out the fires for many hours under the hot sun. We appreciate the hard work of our field staff, whose primary role is to replant the western part of the Reserve but would not hesistate to switch roles as fire-fighters when needed.
Tears for nature - tired and emotional.
Pak Eko Novi was also very appreciative of our staff’s dedication that he organized a special ceremony for the field staff, in which he presented pins from the Fire-Fighting section (Manggala Agni) of BKSDA Section II. It was truly an honour, and much appreciated!
It does not stop there for our hard-working Programme Coordinator, Pak Hudi. Today (13th May), under a special invitation from Pak Eko Novi, he will be giving a team-building exercise for the Fire-fighting team of BKSDA Section II, Central Kalimantan.
Hopefully, we will have a post from Pak Hudi himself about this experience!
Thanks,
June
Programmes Manager
Tags: Borneo, Fires, Indonesia, Orangutan Foundation, Wildlife Reserve
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3 Responses to “Fire breakout near border of Wildlife Reserve”
brigitta, switzerland, on 14 May 2009
Dear June
What a hard work! All the best to you and the Field staff from Pos Danau Burung.
Sincerley,
Brigitta
Mara McCaffery, on 14 May 2009
Hi June
How terrible to hear about the fire. Its very frightening to face fire like that, so well done to all those who worked so hard to put it out. I wonder how that fire started. Has it been very dry this year?
Best wishes
Mara
orangutanfoundation, on 08 Jun 2009
Hi Mara,
No, it has not been unusually dry this year, but unfortunately people sometimes start fires at places such as these so that new grass would grow, and this would encourage deer to the area. It is currently dry season however and when fires start (deliberately or not), they just spread!
Thanks, June
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