Annual Report 2023 UPM Forestal Oriental

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DETECTION All fire detection tasks are carried out within the framework of the Fire Protection Operative by the Society of Forest Producers (SFP) and in conjunction with other companies in the sector. At UPM we also have a support group for Planning and IT, to be able address mapping issues as well as all systems and functionality of the SFP’s Fire Management System and that of the companies that manage them.

The SFP’s Fire Protection Operative has:

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Detection and monitoring cameras with artificial intelligence for smoke detection

Heliborne Brigades with response services

Combat planes specially fitted for fighting forest fires

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Detection aircraft routes, with three daily flights depending on the risk of fires

Air coordination aircraft to handle direction, coordination and logistics on combat aircraft supply runways

All this equipment is managed and from a Monitoring and Dispatch Centre located in Durazno