Inp.polri.go.id - Palembang. The South Sumatra Regional Police intensified forest and land fire (karhutla) prevention measures across vulnerable areas in the province, recording 374 targeted operational activities. The framework focuses on continuous monitoring and early fire detection.

The operations comprised 189 high-risk area patrols, 99 public advisories, and 86 direct community socialization sessions encouraging residents to refrain from land-clearing through burning.

"Patrols, advisories, and socialization continue to be scaled up as preventive measures," said South Sumatra Police Head of Public Relations Senior Superintendent Nandang Mu’min Wijaya on Tuesday (15/9/2026. "Officers in the field actively engage the community to safeguard their areas and immediately report hot spots or activities that risk triggering wildfires."

He said that community collaboration remains critical for early response, enabling security forces to extinguish emerging fire hazards before they expand across the South Sumatran ecosystem.

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