inp.polri.go.id - Pekanbaru. The Riau Regional Police continues to monitor forest and land fires beyond extinguishing fires. Burned areas remain under surveillance to ensure that fires do not become a shortcut to clearing, cultivating, or exploiting land.
This post-fire monitoring is part of the Riau Regional Police's strategy to break the chain of wildfires. Police ensure there are no loopholes for certain parties to profit from a fire.
The Rokan Hilir Sub-regional Police are among those conducting surveillance by patrolling areas prone to wildfires and re-checking signs prohibiting activities in burned areas.
The Head of Public Relations of the Riau Regional Police, Senior Superintendent Akmadi, explained that the Riau Regional Police have been installing prohibition signs in several locations affected by forest and land fires since 2025. These signs serve as a sign that the burned land is still under surveillance.
"Since last year, signs prohibiting activities have been installed in a number of locations affected by forest and land fires. The goal is clear: burned land remains under supervision and cannot be immediately cultivated or utilized," he explained on Saturday (8/29/2026).
Post-fire monitoring is important to prevent the perception that burned land can be cleared, cultivated, and then utilized.
"There should be no assumption that after land burns, it can then be cultivated and utilized. In fact, after burning, we tighten supervision. This way, there are no profits to be gained from land burning," he emphasized.
One of the locations being re-inspected is Parit Atmo Road or Parit Iput Road, Bagan Punak Meranti Village, Bangko District, Rokan Hilir Regency.
This area, a former forest and land fire site, has had signs prohibiting activities since 2025. During the latest inspection, officers confirmed that the signs were still in place.
Police also found no activity in cultivating or reusing the land. The area is currently covered in scrubland.
The inspection showed that monitoring of the burned land continues even after the fire has passed.
"This shows that the sign installation was not a ceremonial activity. A year after it was installed, our officers returned to the location to ensure that the prohibition was still being complied with and that no further use of the burned land was taking place," he said.
Supervision was not limited to Bangko District. The Simpang Kanan Sector Police also conducted patrols in the Simpang Caltex area, Bukit Dua, Simpang Kanan Village, Simpang Kanan District, on Thursday (8/27/2026).
The patrols were carried out by police personnel along with community members. In addition to monitoring areas prone to forest and land fires, officers checked signs prohibiting forest and land burning that had previously been installed at the fire sites.
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