Jakarta, Aug. 8 -- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) announced that 77 forest and land fire (karhutla) monitoring posts in Central Kalimantan Province are ready for operation to strengthen the monitoring and command system on the ground.

BNPB's Head of Disaster Data, Information, and Communication Center Abdul Muhari stated on Friday that the posts, located in all forest and land fire-prone areas, are operated by a ground task force.

The ground task force comprises 50 personnel from the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) and the National Police (Polri), karhutla volunteers, the Ministry of Forestry's Manggala Agni, and local governments through their respective district and city Disaster Mitigation Agencies (BPBD).

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