Communication management on forest and land fires mitigation awareness based on community

¹ Majoring in Doctoral Population Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
² Majoring in Magister Communication, University of Riau, Indonesia
³ PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional RU II Sungai Pakning, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: achmadisyaalfassa@gmail.com

Abstract

Forest and land fires are disasters that occur quite frequently in Riau Province and have an impact on the destruction of various sources of community livelihoods, land quality, and public health in general. Efforts to deal with forest and land fires disasters have been carried out by various parties through various prevention activities to recovery, but broad community participation from various stratifications has an important role in managing forest and land fires disasters in a sustainable manner. Community Concerned Disasters (MPB) is a volunteer organization that acts as the front guard in efforts to deal with forest and land fires. This study aims to identify MPB communication management in forest and land fire disaster management activities in Sukajadi Village, Bukit Batu District, Bengkalis Regency, Riau Province. This research used a participatory approach and indepth interviews with local residents, communities and government. This study found that in efforts to deal with forest and land fires disasters in Sukajadi Village, MPB has a strong role in involving stakeholders to preserve the environment, improving infrastructure and equipment, and increasing community capacity in forest and land fires disaster management.