A joint educational event was held by the Ministries of Emergency Situations and Internal Affairs at the Ganja Regional Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the border of the forest massif and the agricultural land in the Zurnabad village of Goygol district - in the open air on the topic "Preventive measures against fires in the forest, crops and harvested grain fields".

According to the local office of APA, representatives of the relevant state institutions operating in the western region and farm owners took part in the event, which was held in order to further increase the efficiency of preventive measures against fires in forest, cropland and harvested grain fields, as well as to organize mutual activities.

Colonel Asif Mammadli, head of the Ganja Regional Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, opened the event with an introductory speech and spoke about the purpose and importance of the event.

Colonel Agali Huseynov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agshin Kazimov, Deputy Chief of the State Fire Control Service, Colonel of the Internal Service, spoke about the importance of further expansion of joint cooperation in the field of timely prevention of fires that may occur in forests, crops, and harvested grain fields.

It was noted that the protection of forests from fire, along with fields of grain and technical crops, is not only the employees of fire safety agencies, but also the main tasks of all persons working in the agricultural field, including farms, and they face serious issues in this field.

Speakers also talked about the importance of further expansion of joint cooperation in the field of timely prevention of fires that may occur in forests, learning the rules for the correct use of fire extinguishers, specifying the locations of natural and artificial water sources, crossings, grain fields bordering forest areas, communication lines, including the creation of mineral lanes between roads and railways and plowing with a width of not less than 4 meters, as well as the need to educate citizens living in villages near the forest in the field of fire safety.

In his speech, the employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs emphasized the relevance of the topic and said that it is forbidden to burn harvested grain fields, and the owner of the grain field is responsible for this.

Rahil Hasanov, Director of Samukh District State Agrarian Development Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, Mammad Taghiyev, Director of the Tovuz Regional Forestry Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, and Azad Humbatov, an employee of the Gazakh District Executive Authority, voiced their suggestions on the topic.

At the event, a wide range of opinions were exchanged and questions were answered.

At the end, the participants of the event were visually shown how to cut the cropland using machinery on the border of the forest massif and the cropland in the Zurnabad village of Goygol region, and to create a safety zone between the harvested cropland and the forest area by plowing.