INDONESIA: SWEDISH AND GERMAN FIREFIGHTING EXPERTS HELP INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES COMBAT DEVASTATING FOREST FIRES.

Record ID: 989851

  • Title: INDONESIA: SWEDISH AND GERMAN FIREFIGHTING EXPERTS HELP INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES COMBAT DEVASTATING FOREST FIRES.
  • Date: 7th April 1998
  • Summary: SAMARINDA, EAST KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA (RECENT) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. AV: AERIALS OF FOREST FIRE NEAR BALIKPAPAN (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. AV: AERIALS OF HELICOPTER WATER BOMBING 0.22 SAMARINDA (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 3. GV/CU: FOREST FIRE NEAR SAMARINDA (2 SHOTS) 0.34 4. GV/MV: AFTERMATH OF FIRE IN LOA JANAN HILIR, OUTSKIRTS OF SAMARINDA: THE FIRE DESTROYED 42 HOUSES AND LEFT 330 RESIDENTS HOMELESS (2 SHOTS) 0.47 5. GV/MV: PEOPLE CHECKING REMAINS OF BURNT HOUSES (3 SHOTS) 1.07 6. GV/CU: FOREST FIRE NEAR SAMARINDA IGNITED BY OLD COAL MINE (2 SHOTS) 1.18 7. GV/CU: VILLAGER EXTINGUISHING FIRE BY BRANCHES/ FLAMES (3 SHOTS) 1.37 8. GV: MAN TRYING TO DOUSE FLAMES WITH WATER PUMP 1.42 9. CU: JAMAL (ONE NAME) SAYING "MY EYES HURT BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE, IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO GET WATER AND MAKES ME FEEL ILL, ALSO IT'S DIFFICULT TO BREATHE." (BAHASA) 2.02 10. GV: SMOKE 2.10 BUKIT SUHARTO, SOUTH OF SAMARINDA (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 11. LV/GV/CU: COAL SEAM WHICH HAS BEEN BURNING FOR 15 YEARS/ SMOULDERING COAL SEAM (4 SHOTS) 2.34 12. CU: HARTMUT ABBERGER, FOREST FIRE EXPERT FROM GERMANY, WORKING FOR INTEGRATED FOREST FIRE MANAGEMENT/GTZ, SAYING "THESE COAL SEAMS WERE FIRST STARTED IN 1982- 83 WHEN THERE WAS A SIMILAR SERIOUS FIRE SITUATION, SIMILAR DROUGHT. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN BURNING UNTIL NOW. AND THESE COAL SEAMS COULD ALSO START THE FIRE, BUT THE MAIN FIRE CAUSE HERE IN THE PROVINCE ARE HUMANS. STARTING FIRES BY THROWING AWAY CIGARETTES, STARTING FIRES BY BURNING TO PREPARE LAND, LAND CLEARING." (ENGLISH) 3.06 13. MV/CU: ABBERGER CHATTING FIRE LOCAL FIRE INSTRUCTOR/ CHECKING HOTSPOTS (2 SHOTS) 3.17 14. GV/MV/CU: LOCAL FIRE TEAM TRYING OUT NEW EQUIPMENT FROM GERMANY AND DOUSING SMOKE FROM COAL SEAM (3 SHOTS) 3.36 15. GV: GENERAL SHOTS TOWN WITH FOREST FIRE WARNING BANNER 3.45 16. MV: VICE-GOVERNOR OF EAST KALIMANTAN AWUNG FAROEK SHAKING HANDS WITH SWEDISH RESCUE SERVICES AGENCY 3.53 17. CU: FAROEK SAYING ""WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE AUTHORITIES, ESPECIALLY SWEDEN AND UNDP WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN THE FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS IN EAST KALIMANTAN, AND THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN US ADVICE HOW TO PUT OUT THESE SERIOUS FIRES." (BAHASA) 4.08 18. GV/MV: WATER PUMP BROUGHT IN BY SWEDISH TEAM FOR UNDP/ MEMBER OF SWEDISH TEAM EXPLAINING HOW IT WORKS (4 SHOTS) 4.30 19. CU: THORD SCHYBERG, MEMBER OF SWEDISH TEAM, SAYING "WE ARE GIVE THEM THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE BUSHFIRES AND WE'LL ALSO GIVE THEM SOME MATERIAL. IT'S ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE 300 MEN HERE. WE SHALL TRY TO PUT OUT THE EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF SAMARINDA" (ENGLISH) 4.50 20. MV/CU: LOCAL TEAM PRACITISING (3 SHOTS) 5.00 21. CU: OFFICIAL FROM FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, KUNANWAN, SAYING "RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TRAINING TO CONTROL THE FOREST FIRES. ALL OF THEM ARE VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE EQUIPMENT FROM THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT AND LEARN HOW TO CONTROL THE FIRE" (BAHASA) 5.17 SAMARINDA (HANDOUT - ACCESS ALL) 22. LV/GV: MAN WITH WATERING CAN TRYING TO PUT WATER ON FLAMES/ FLAMES AND SMOKE (3 SHOTS) 5.42 KUTAI NATIONAL PARK, NEAR SAMARINDA (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 23. GV/MV/CU: FLAMES AND MEN WITH WATER PUMPS/ FLAMES (5 SHOTS) 6.10 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SAMARINDA AND BALIKPAPAN, EAST KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA
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  • Country: Indonesia
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