Fire chiefs have said last week's wildfires across London show that lessons learned tackling rural blazes must urgently be applied to built-up areas.
Fire chief Dave Swallow in the aftermath of a moorland fire south of Birmingham last week
NFCC lead wildfire tactical advisor David Swallow, who is also group commander for Hereford and Worcester Fire Service, said: "Everything is bone-dry and services need to recognise the risk they've now got. If they don't, then they're naïve. He said that his wildfire group had for some time been preparing for the increased risk of wildfires from climate change but that the risk was now "immediate".found that two out of eight fire services in the south east of England - identified as a key area at growing threat of extreme temperatures - made no reference to wildfires in their Integrated Risk Management Plans .
A spokesman for Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Moving forward, we will include more specific wildfire risk analysis as part of our new Community Risk Management Plan for 2023-2027." "It's horrific, but we have predicted it," he said. "I just don't think anyone would have predicted that it would happen so soon."
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