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View all search resultsRiau declares emergency alert for forest fires
Riau Police chief spokesman Sr. Comr. Zahwani Pandra Arsyad said all regional police forces had been instructed to increase patrols and surveillance in regions prone to forest fires to prevent them from spreading.
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A firefighter battles a peatland wildfire on July 10, 2025, as forest and land fires returned amid extreme heat, in Rimba Panjang, Riau.
(AFP/Wahyudi)
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iau provincial administration has declared an emergency alert over forest fires until the end of November, as haze from fires has begun to appear in several regions in the province.
Head of the Riau Disaster Mitigation and Fire Agency (BPBD), M. Edy Afrizal said the emergency status decree was signed by acting Riau governor SF Hariyanto on Friday.
“The upgrade in forest fire management status was decided by a meeting of relevant agencies and the Riau Regional Administration Leadership Forum [Forkopimda],” he said on Saturday.
“Considering the rainfall is already decreasing, the status was declared to anticipate potential fires, which have already increased in several regions.”
After the status was declared, Riau BPBD immediately requested support from the central government, such as helicopters for water bombing and patrol duties, as well as weather modification operations.
“We will immediately send a letter to the central government through the BNPB [National Disaster Mitigation Agency] for forest fire support, which needs more intensive effort,” Edy said.
“We are also coordinating with the Forestry Ministry’s forest fire control director to propose weather modification operations and request helicopter support for forest fire management.”
