The Role of Community in Land Fire Prevention Efforts in Liang Anggang District, Banjarbaru City

Abstract

This study aims to determine the role of the community in preventing land fires in Liang Anggang District. This research uses a quantitative descriptive method. The population in this study were all people in Liang Anggang District, Banjarbaru City, based on the total number of heads of families, namely 11599 people. The sample used in this study is random sampling. The sample calculation using the Krejcie and Morgan formula obtained a sample of 371 household heads. Data processing is done by editing, scoring and tabulation which will be analyzed using percentages. The role of the community in efforts to prevent land fires which is mostly carried out is cleaning the triggering fire on the surface land, namely 36.33%, paying attention to the burning time of 35.33%, firebreaking 29.67%, and controlled burning 6%.