Australia and New Zealand announces forest fire disaster investigation report requiring removal of fire hazards

　　China News Service, August 25. According to foreign media reports, New South Wales, Australia, announced on the 25th an investigation report on the 2019 forest fire disaster, requiring the removal of hidden fire hazards and saying that it must be prepared for the following forest fire season to prevent Like the catastrophic forest fires that occurred at the end of 2019, and even worse things have occurred.

　　From the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2020, more than 11 million hectares of jungle in southeastern Australia were razed to the ground by fires, killing at least 33 people and killing billions of native animals. Australian Prime Minister Morrison referred to the fire disaster as Australia's "black summer".

Data map: In December 2019, forest fires spread in NSW, Australia.

　　Since then, the Australian federal government and state governments have launched independent investigations into the fire.

　　The state of New South Wales announced on the 25th that the situation last season was "extreme and extremely unusual", with the largest fire in Australia on record. A total of 25 people died in the fire in the state.

　　The forest fire investigation team made 76 recommendations, and NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said that the state government has accepted all recommendations.

　　The survey report pointed out that “climate change caused by the increase in greenhouse gas emissions obviously played a role in causing the fire to occur and spread, but climate change cannot explain everything that happened.”

　　In the proposal, the state will require landowners to clean up or burn combustible materials-usually dry shrubs and dead leaves, and will train firefighters to treat wild animals and establish a fund to develop fire detection technology .

　　Elliott also said that the government has allocated 45 million Australian dollars to help prepare for the next fire season. The implementation of these recommendations will require more funds, including improving the safety of fire trucks, issuing more protective equipment to firefighters, and even ensuring that they are provided with 12-hour food packages.