The government of Upper Bavaria has ordered nationwide aerial surveillance due to the increased risk of forest fires. The planes start from places like Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm and Oberpfaffenhofen. As a result of the drought, the forest fire risk index with levels three and four shows a high risk of forest fire for large areas of Upper Bavaria, the government announced. Forests on light, sandy sites with little vegetation, sunny forest clearings and forest edges are particularly at risk. The government urges people to be particularly careful in the forest and at a distance of less than 100 meters from it. The air rescue squadron of Bavaria eV provides the voluntary pilots for air observation. The observers are usually employees of the civil protection authorities or forest authorities.
District of Munich – Observation flights due to the risk of forest fires – District of Munich
