Wildfire response across the UK is an under-resourced 'postcode lottery', claims a new union report.
last year found an "exceptional increase" in outdoor blazes that "can be linked to the hot, dry summer". In July 2022, there were 21,246 outdoor fires - nearly trebling the previous July's figure.
It has also been estimated that, on and around 19 July 2022, around 95 buildings were destroyed including 16 homes in Wennington, in the London borough of Havering.by the BBC, found firefighter shortages meant 39 fire engines were not available to attend wildfires that burnt across London that day. Better recruitment and retention of retained firefighters in rural areas is needed, it added, and greater central government investment in training, crew numbers and PPE - including the introduction of body-worn physiological monitors for firefighters and specialist respiratory protection.
Every authority also has to have a plan in place which sets out how they intend to respond to foreseeable risks in their area, including wildfires.
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