- Each Division, Range, Section and Beat is manned by Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Ranger, Forester and Forest Guard respectively.
- There are two APR units deployed in Khordha Forest Division to assist forest staff in protection activities.
- In total, 163 Forest Check Gates have been set up for checking of vehicles and prevention of smuggling of forest produce on transit.
- 213 Fire Protection Squads have been constituted under State CAMPA APO 2021-22 involving 2130 number of local youths @1 squad per Range (each squad of 10 persons) in 37 Territorial Divisions of the State for forest fire prevention and control activities.
- Each Forest Range has been provided one hired vehicle under State CAMPA APO 2021-22 for movement of Field staff and Fire Fighting Protection Squads for forest fire prevention and control activities.
- During the year 2021-22 under this State CAMPA APO, 19500 Km of forest Fire Line have been maintained for prevention of forest fire in different Forest Divisions of State.
- Further, 32 Forest Protection Squads have been constituted under this State CAMPA APO involving 320 numbers of local youths respectively for forest protection activities in different Territorial Divisions of the State.
- 37 Fire Protection Squads have been constituted under Centrally Sponsored Scheme involving 370 numbers of local youths respectively for forest fire protection activities in 37 Forest Divisions of the State.
- During the year 2021-22, under Forest Fire Prevention and Management - Centrally Sponsored Scheme, 6799 Km of forest Fire Line have been created for prevention of forest fire in different Forest Divisions of the State.
- 590 numbers of VHF stations and 880 numbers of Walkie-Talkies are in operation in the State for strengthening communication network to be used for monitoring protection activities.
- The details of year wise offence cases detected with timber and vehicles seized for the last 5 years are given below:
Year | Year Offence Cases Detected (In No.) | Offenders Involved (In No.) | Timber Seized Quantity (In Cum.) | Vehicles Seized (In No.) |
2016-17 | 65228 | 51180 | 1915 | 1280 |
2017-18 | 66493 | 60353 | 7952 | 530 |
2018-19 | 63105 | 47130 | 5397 | 411 |
2019-20 | 59460 | 41310 | 3673 | 358 |
2020-21 | 55412 | 50740 | 6185 | 558 |