By

Juan Jose Peñaranda Arregocés

Corpoguajira recommends that the authorities emergency department to be very attentive the start of the first dry season of the year 2015 (January – March), which could cause forest fires in the mountain ranges of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serrania del Perija.

To avoid such environmental accidents, it is recommended that the community generally make adequate waste disposal, Do not throw the floor matches, butts, cigarettes or burning objects; papers, cans, Plastics, glass or any type of waste or materials capable of causing a fire. Under no circumstances should a fire in the field.

Please have the following emergency numbers: Red Cross: 7274693, 3102610228, 132 Civil defense: 7273353, 144. Firefighters: 119. Prevention and Attention to Disasters: 3176682497, 3114145114, 3176682497, 3114145114. Corpoguajira: 3106581142, 3016008358 and 3185858383.

A wildfire, It arises because solar heat causes dehydration in plants, which recover the water lost from the substrate. However, when soil moisture drops to a level below 30%, plants are unable to obtain soil water, dabbing slowly. This process causes the emission to atmosphere of ethylene, a present highly combustible vegetation and chemical. It takes place then a double phenomenon: both plants and the air around them become highly flammable, so the risk of fire is multiplied. If these conditions in periods of high temperatures and strong winds moderate sum, the possibility that a spark causes a fire, It becomes significant.