Hot Spots, burnings and respiratory problems in the city of Campo Grande (MS) in the period 2014-2020

Abstract

Context: The use of fire for burning is a cultural and frequent practice, providing deleterious consequences, both on the environment and on human health, triggering influences on climate variability, loss of biodiversity, scaring away fauna, respiratory problems, among others. . The production of urban space in the city of Campo Grande-MS and its territorial expansion made it the stage of major transformations over time that have generated environmental changes with repercussions on the lives of the population, such as fires. Method: This study reflects on data on hotspots, fires, climate and respiratory system diseases in the city of Campo Grande-MS, based on the comparison between the related variables. Data on diseases of the respiratory system were obtained from the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System (DATASUS/SUS) on notified and confirmed cases; Precipitation data were concatenated from the INMET Database (National Institute of Meteorology) available at the CEMTEC Database (Centro de Monitoramento do Tempo e do Clima de Mato Grosso do Sul), the information related to hotspots was collected in the BDQueimadas (Database of fires) of INPE (National Institute for Space Research). The results indicate that many action strategies have been taken to reverse the occurrences, but in a palliative perspective, thus, specific problems continue to occur, requiring more incisive measures.