Fires: There 29 municipalities without defense plans. Plan Beja had a negative opinion.
The fire defense plans are required, but there are municipalities that have never had or plan but is already outdated. Beja is the district with more municipalities without the updated plans, a total of six.
According to available data by the Nature Conservation Institute and Forestry (ICNF), there are seven planes that had a negative opinion after delivered by the respective municipalities, Beja Vidigueira and are among these cases.
Some municipalities are even identified the high risk of fire. Alongside all issues involving the cleaning of the land and the awareness campaigns by the authorities, there is a point that is not being fulfilled by all municipalities.
Defense Municipal Plans for Forest Fire should all be approved and within legal parameters. But it's not what happens. Three municipalities have never had a plan to fire - São João da Madeira, Oporto and Amadora. Others have plans that have expired - some six years ago and the other five to four years, as indicated by data from the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forestry (ICNF).
The plans are divided into three generations, such as the Municipal Emergency Plans, activated in case of disaster, How did it happen, Borba e.g., when a section of the Municipal Road 255 dropped down. Plans grandfather, of course, have expired, since they have a validity of five years.
All over the country, are there 29 municipalities that do not have that updated plan, thus being the following rules have changed long. Beja is the district with most municipalities in this situation - a total of six. However, the issue is more serious: the Braga district, the parishes of Povoa de Lanhoso county, besides not having the municipal plan in place, ICNF as are indicated by the first and second priorities fire hazard. The same applies to the cities of Valencia and Monsoon, Viana do Castelo district, which are also flagged several parishes with priority.
However, There 17 municipalities will soon have the respective outdated plans, since the periods ending before the time of the fire - 1 July.
Beja District Plans: https://fogos.icnf.pt/infoPMDFCI/PMDFCI_PUBLICOlist.asp?cmd=search&t = PMDFCI_PUBLICO&z_Distrito=%3D&x_Distrito = Beja&z_Concelho=%3D&x_Concelho =&psearch=&psearchtype=
Plans throughout the country: https://fogos.icnf.pt/infoPMDFCI/PMDFCI_PUBLICOlist.asp?cmd=search&t = PMDFCI_PUBLICO&z_Distrito=%3D&x_Distrito =&z_Concelho=%3D&x_Concelho =&psearch=&psearchtype=
Plans leaded by ICNF
According to the data available at ICNF, there are seven planes that had a negative opinion after delivered by the respective municipalities: Beja, Vidigueira, Esposende, Povoa do Lanhoso, Vizela, Castanheira de Pera, Pedrógão Grande, Peniche and Valongo. Note that the defense plan Pedrógão Grande fire and Castanheira de Pera - where the fateful fires occurred June 2017, that caused 66 dead and destroyed hundreds of homes - are out of date since 2014. Even so, the plan Castanheira de Pera was leaded by the ICNF 16 January 2019 and Pedrógão Grande plan saw the negative opinion 3 January this year.
The plans have to follow a common legal framework to the whole country. For example, all must consider the standard of cleaning range 50 meters around the buildings that are located in forest land. What happens in some cases is that the municipalities intend to create smaller tracks, so the ICNF does not give a positive opinion.
Impacto de não existir um plano
According to ICNF, 'Plans list the necessary measures to prevent forest fires, as well as forecasting and planning "of fire risks. Besides, "Municipalities that do not have approved and updated plans to 31 March incur default '.
Not having a plan means creating barriers for both businesses municipalities as for individuals. They are not, for example, released funds for financial support, such as the Rural Development Program (PDR 2020) –, investment in farms and forestry and support for young farmers to boost your business. In this field, Also the county is losing, since you can not compete for tenders opened by public bodies - permanent forest background, Breakers support teams and support in terms of maintenance.
Besides, not have a defense plan means not establish an action plan in conjunction with a number of entities with EDP, REN or Infrastructure Portugal. Without planning projects of water points, planning parking surveillance teams and planning the set of local structures to support the fight, the role of Civil Protection, for example, It becomes more complicated. Moreover, soil amendments are constant, What makes the update of essential plans for preventing and fighting fires.
