Ministry of Forestry Strengthens Fire Care Communities, Targets 500 Groups by 2026

Personnel Support and Extinguishing on Peatlands

To support field operations, the Ministry of Forestry is strengthening 1,419 organic Manggala Agni personnel in six priority provinces through cross-regional support. This step includes the deployment of 1,000 Forestry Police personnel to Kalimantan through an operations control assistance scheme.

As many as 5,000 civil servants (ASN) of the Ministry of Forestry were also alerted to support handling as needed.

Together with the TNI, Polri, local government, BPBD and the community, officers checked hot spots, extinguished the fire, blocked the spread of the fire, carried out wetting and combed out remaining embers.

In peatlands, cooling is carried out continuously to prevent fires below the surface from re-igniting.

The Ministry of Forestry also supports weather modification operations with BMKG, BNPB and TNI by considering atmospheric conditions and flight safety. This operation took place simultaneously with extinguishing the source of the fire on land.

Animal Handling and Law Enforcement

Apart from extinguishing, handling forest and land fires includes monitoring habitat and handling wild animals.

Based on the Ministry of Forestry's national recap updated on October 8 2026, 290 individual wild animals were recorded as being handled, including 96 orangutans and 78 proboscis monkeys. This number includes both live and dead animals.