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Villaflores: Municipal forest fire management model
Pedro Martínez Muñoz, Carlos Alberto Velázquez Sanabria
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Abstract
As provided for in the General Law on Sustainable Forestry Development, the Municipality of Villaflores has worked on a continuous basis since 2002 to reduce the damage caused by forest fires as part of its working agenda, in conjunction with Federal and State agencies and NGOs. The work plan has the following phases: a) Inter-agency coordination: participation of governmental agencies and NGOs; b) Pre-suppression: actions enabling the preparedness of resources (human, material and financial), highlighted by the establishment and operation of a Municipal Forest Fire Control Center; c) Prevention: actions to increase the participation of the general population; d) Inter-municipal linking: strategy to foster backup, validation