(ANTARA/FB Anggoro/*)Palangkaraya, C Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - The Central Kalimantan regional military command (Korem 102 Panju Panjung) has deployed six platoons or 180 men to help put out land and forest fires in the region.
"We are committed to fighting the land fires, meaning that we will fully concentrate on extinguishing the blazes, " the 102 Panju Panjung regional military command chief, Col Rudiono Edi, said here on Tuesday.
Rudiono said his command had assigned its members to help the regional adminstration overcome the forest and land fire problem.
At least 30 soldiers equipped with two portable fire fighting engines had been posted in every district military command (Kodim), he said.
The regional military command was overseeing six Kodims, namely those in Palangkaraya, Sampit, Pangkalan Bun, Muara Teweh, Buntok, and Kuala Kapuas.
"In each of the Kodims we have deployed fire engines complete with the firemen although they don`t have big capacity water hoses," Rudiono said.
In addition, the regional military command had also established cooperation with the regional police and the local high prosecutor`sn office to prevent possible forest and land torching actions by irresponsible elements, Col. Rudiono said.
The soldiers in the field were also ready to set up tents that might be needed by firefighters and dig trenches to keep the fires from widening, he said.
The soldiers aleady had experience in fire fighting as they had partcipated in past small fire fighting operations in a number of regions such as Muara Teweh, Kuala Kapuas, Pangkalan Bun, Sampit, and Kuala Pembuang, he said.(*)
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