Project: Implementation of actions to prevent and combat forest fires in the State of Tocantins Activity: Environment Product: PREVENTING AND COMBATING FOREST FIRES Geographic data: Brasil Start date: July 2013 End date: October 2013 Action to combat forest fires in the State of Tocantins With this objective, Tragsa has trained 50 fire brigade members, divided into eight different towns in the region, recruited for extinguishing forest fires and have been equipped with personal protective equipment (PPE). The management documentation, procedures and protocols have been developed to facilitate and improve the integration of the staff hired by the Tragsa Group in the existing plan, and workshops on topics of common interest and agreed with all parties have been organized for the managers and authorities of the entities involved in the field of firefighting.