In 2026, the number of forest fires in the Volgograd region decreased by 16%
Forestry of the Volgograd region announced the results of the fire fighting season for 2026. In the forest areas of the region recorded 16% fewer fires than a year earlier. Each fire was quickly eliminated.
According to the Regional Committee of Natural Resources, Forestry and Ecology, coordinated actions of services, early warning measures, saturation of forestry with the necessary equipment and large-scale prevention contributed to the decrease in the number of fires. Before the start of the fire hazard period and throughout the season, new mineralized strips with a length of 9.2 km appeared, and 45.2 km of the former were updated. We installed gates and sold-outs with information, temporarily blocked people’s access to forests, conducted interdepartmental trainings.
Ground patrol is organized on a permanent basis: state inspectors of regional nature, forestry workers, rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, representatives of law enforcement agencies and Cossack societies monitored the order in the forests. The rules were explained to citizens, and administrative measures were applied to those who violated them: 122 protocols were issued for non-compliance with fire safety requirements.
Modern solutions come to the industry: the lands of the forest fund are monitored through the ISDM-Rosleskhoz remote monitoring system, as well as the Forest Preserver complex, which combines a network of thermal imagers and video cameras.
By fulfilling the tasks set by Governor Andrey Bocharov, the region consistently increases the level of comprehensive security. Quickly respond to forest fires helps the updated equipment of forest fire stations. So, in 2025, to support them, an emergency response team was formed with equipment that allows deploying a mobile field headquarters. In 2026, thanks to the federal project “Preservation of Forests” of the national project “Environmental Well-being”, mobile universal fire modules entered the Leshchevsky, Rudnyansky and Staropoltava Forestry.
Resources of forest fire stations are used both inside the forest fund and when extinguishing fire in areas bordering the forest. During the fire hazard period, forestry specialists went to such fires 195 times, which made it possible to protect more than 34.4 thousand hectares of tree plantations.
