The Fire Brigades Union said the fire and rescue service was ‘fragmented, overstretched and chronically underfunded’.
Firefighters respond to a large wildfire in woodland at Lickey Hills Country Park on the edge of Birmingham in 2022
The Fire Brigades Union said there had been wildfires across much of the country, warning that the fire and rescue service was “fragmented, overstretched and chronically underfunded.” Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “An incoming Labour government will need to wake up to the harsh reality of the climate emergency.
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