Summary of Aerial Fire Fighting in Ukraine

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1 Global Fire Monitoring Center National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center State Emergency Service of Ukraine State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine Summary of Aerial Fire Fighting in Ukraine Sergiy Zibtsev Head, Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center (REEFMC) National University of Life and Environment Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev

2 Overview Ukraine and its fire prone forests Wildfires in Ukraine Use of fire aviation for patrolling Use of fire aviation for fighting fires

3 Ukraine and its capital

4 Polissa Fire prone forests of Ukraine 2 million ha of pine forests Carpathians Crimea Forests of Ukraine million ha Fire-prone Scotch pine forests in dry regions ( mm) Crimean pine forests in semi- Mediterranean climate

5 Wildfires in Ukraine On average in Ukraine up to 3,000 to 6,000 wildfires occurred annually affecting areas up to 4,000 to 10,000 ha During droughts larger wildfire events occurred with burned areas per single event up to 8,000 ha Aerial firefighting assets are particularly required to respond to such large fires

6 Aerial observation of forests fires in Ukraine Aerial patrolling of forests is performed by the Ukrainian State Base of Aviation Fire Management of the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine Up to 111 persons of staff The Agency operates 6 MI-2 and 6 airplanes AN-2 Total time of patrolling in 2012 by helicopters hours fixed-wing aircraft - over 1336 hours The costs for renting MI-2 - US$ 1000 per hour AN-2 US$ 765 per hour Routes of helicopter patrolling in Crimean peninsula

7 Fire patrolling

8 Aerial firefighting in Ukraine Responsibility of the Department of Aviation, Aviation Search and Rescue of State Emergency Service of Ukraine Includes: command group meteorological service flights control group two squadrons of special services (airplanes and helicopters) engineering and aviation service rescue and paratrooper service aircraft maintenance and logistics group group for airfield services and flight support automated control systems

9 Conditions for use of fire aviation in Ukraine Fire aviation Polissa can be called when an area of wildfire exceeds 25 to 50 ha or when there is high risk of uncontrolled fire When emergency situation declared by Government, the aerial means are dispatched within two hours to the airport Carpathians closest to the wildfire event The distance between wildfire location and the airport during firefighting operation should Crimea not exceed 150 km For aerial firefighting in Ukraine the fixed-wing AN-32P (Antonov Corporation, Ukraine) and helicopters Mi-8MT are designated, based at a special airport in Chernigov region Totally in Ukraine up to 70 specialists related to fire aviation are on 24 hours duty

10 Fire aviation preparedness During fire seasons helicopters on call strategically located in regions with high fire hazard and could start firefighting operation within minutes Mostly water uses for aerial firefighting MI-8MT can deliver 3-5 tons per drop. Forest fire aviation forces of Ukraine conduct firefighting all over Ukraine and have been deployed to missions abroad (Turkey, Russia, Greece, Portugal)

11 Ukrainian Air Tanker AN-32P (Antonov Corporation) The An-32P can bring up to 8000 kg of extinguishing fluid or delivering 28 firefighters and up to 10 packs of 100 kg fire equipment Drop of 8000 t water from m with speed km/h create a spot with water concentration more 1 l/m 2 with long і m wide

12 Scheme of flight mission to extinguish forest fires using the An-32P

13 Fire attacks using the An-32P in Crimea

14 Fire extinguishing Mi-8MT with VZP-5 Airport Horizontal fly H=100 m, V = 120 km/h Approach wildfire area V- 80 km/h Н= m Water reservoir Water uptake Н=30 m Maneuver for water drop Increasing height H= m V km/h Wildfire area Water reservoir Water drop H=40-30 m, V=120 km/h Water uptake H=30-40 m

15 Fire extinguishing by Mi-8MT with VZP-5 (2007)

16 Tactics and radio connection during operation

17 Conclusion and Needs for development of fire aviation in Ukraine Role of fire aviation in Ukraine in future will increase due ti increasing of fire severity Efficiency of fire aviation could be improved if direct suppression will be applied Pilots training needs to be improved (indirect fighting) Improvement communication with interagency ground forces Needs for use of aviation for fire fighting in Chernobyl exclusion zone

18 Chernobyl zone Ukraine, 26 April 1986 Fukushima 1 Japan, 11 March Cs, kbq/m 2 IRSN, 2011

19 Problem of contaminated fires around failed Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

20 Global Fire Monitoring Center Regional Eastern European Fire Monitoring Center National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine Thanks for attention! Crimean Mountains Wildfire, July 2012