Urban and forestry fire events in Mossoró/RN
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2019.006.0005Keywords:
Forest Protection, Fire Statistics, PreventionAbstract
The municipality of Mossoró is in the process of population growth and economic development. This phenomenon has caused the reduction of the encompassing natural areas and with this, the increase of occurrences of urban and forest fires during the years. These fires can bring several damages to the local fauna and flora, as well as the population. Thus, the present study aimed to analyze the statistics of occurrences of urban and forest fires in the area covered by Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, from December 2012 to 2016. Information about the fires was obtained from the collection of documents from the Rio Grande do Norte Fire Department, headquarters of Mossoró, and were decoded into an Excel spreadsheet, where it was possible to have information about the quantity, distribution throughout the year and the locations of urban and forest fires. from 2012 to 2016. The fires were distributed through their respective place of occurrence and were classified as urban or forestry. The data collected showed the record of 1,268 occurrences of urban fires and 84 occurrences of forest fires in the coverage area, from 2012 to 2016. The year with the highest number of occurrences of urban and forest fires was 2012, with 464 and 37. Occurrences in total numbers, respectively. Only two sites were identified as forest fire in the city, which were the Environmental Preservation Areas and Public Roads/Forestation, which presented 84 occurrences during the study period.
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