Economic analysis of functioning of forest fire protection in the State Forests
The goal of the study was a detailed analysis of fire protection costs in the State Forests, taking into consideration obligatory tasks (described in the Forests Act) as well as additional tasks and categories of forest fire danger classes, with indicating possible changes in the rules of financing.
The analysis was carried out on the basis of both: General Directorate of the State Forests’ reports on the state of fire prevention in the State Forests in the years 2000–2004 and the data from Forests Districts.
According to the operative regulations, the main obligatory tasks of the State Forests’ administration are fire prevention as well as creating and maintaining fire protection infrastructure (fire protection zones, fire access roads, water supply points, monitoring of forests, bases of fire fighting equipment, telecommunications and alarm network) in the forests in case of fire.
Forest fire suppression (excluding watching fire sites) is an additional and expensive task of forest services as it made 17.2 per cent of total expenses on fire protection of all forest districts in the years 2003–2004.
The costs of fire suppression come to 8–10 million zlotych per year depending on forest fire hazard in a particular year. Firm and immediate limitation of fire protection costs is not recommended because it could have caused lowering the level of fire safety as well as increase in losses.
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