On December 1st, the year-end meeting of the members of the Forestry Producers Society was held in Durazno, at the new headquarters of the Monitoring and Dispatch Center (CMD). This traditional gathering brought together member companies, suppliers, authorities, and associates from across the country in an atmosphere of camaraderie and reflection on the shared challenges and achievements of the year. The event coincided with the start of the Forest Fire Prevention and Control Operation (O-PAIF) and a tribute to Martín Sosa Díaz, whose name was officially assigned to the CMD.
FOREST FIRE PROTECTION OPERATION
As in every summer, the Forest Fire Protection Operation (O-PAIF) began the phase that includes nationwide responses in the protection of planted forests of SPF partners.
Voluntarily, more than 100 SPF partner companies, which own 90% of the country’s commercially viable forests, agree to, implement and finance a system that protects them, with the three basic actions to prevent fires: prevent, detect and fight.
This year, that start took place at the new headquarters of the Central Monitoring and Dispatch Center (CMD), in the city of Durazno.
This new (rented) house allows the unification of the camera detection and management areas in a single environment, ensuring a more agile and precise work, improving dispatch times and making the situational analysis more complete, which defines the actions that, although protocolized, must pass through the filter of human knowledge and intervention.
A heartfelt tribute was also paid to Martín Sosa Días, after whom the power plant is named.
Martín paved the way and pushed with conviction and firmness the realization of this joint response mechanism, which distinguishes our country, placing it in a position of reference for the scope and the way in which companies support each other to face a common enemy.
The speeches, filled with emotion and memories, were given by the president of SPF, Eng. Lucía Basso, the coordinator of the Operation, Rafael Sosa, Eng. Simón Berti, Director of Cambium and Clarissa Brugnini, wife of Martín.
Following the ceremony, a luncheon was shared, providing an opportunity for the traditional camaraderie gathering of the association’s members and associates, who arrived from different parts of the country.