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oneastlondonthisyearhasalreadyseenhundredsofgrassfiresandoneoftheukslargesteverhasbeenburninginthescottishhighlandsforthepasttwoweeksmorefirecrewsarenowtraininginskillsfromsoutherneuropeandtheusareeur
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iquesthedeliberateburningoflandtokeepafirecontainedatthemomentjustfiveukunitsacrossmorethanfireandrescueservicesspecialiseinthefightingfirewithfiretechniquemostlyinmoorlandareasbutchieffireofficerpaul
hedleywildfireleadforthenationalfirechiefscouncilnfccsaidmoreunitsincludingthoseinservicesthatstraddleurbanandruralareaswouldbetrainedinnewwaysofwildfirefightingtheycouldthenbedeployednationallyinthee
ventofasignificantfirehesaidheaddedtheriskandthreatofsuchmajorwildfireswasclearlygrowingintheukallofthislearningfrominternationalpartnerswhoareprobablystillsomeyearsaheadofusisaverysensiblewayoftrying
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iththermalimagingtosurveythesiteforhiddensubterraneanburnsismattoakleyafireinvestigationsofficerforsurreyfireandrescueheisoneoftheuksnationalwildfiretacticaladvisorsagroupofspecialistofficerswhoalread
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recognitionheexplainedwhatusedtobeaninetoyearcyclethisiseveryyearnowweareheadingtowardsanorthernmediterraneanclimateinthesoutheastofenglandwithinthenextdecadeandthiswillbebusinessasusualdayindayoutman
yofthewildfirefightingmethodsbeingrolledoutacrosstheukrelyonatoolboxofskillsfromcreatingnaturalfirebreaksandreducingthefuelloadofvegetationtosettingcontrolledburnsdeliberatelyaroundwildfirestostopthei
rspreadtogethertheywouldreducetheneedforhugeamountsofwaterinadroughtandreducethenumberofappliancesneededonsitebutthefirebrigadesunionsaysnewtrainingandtechniquesarenotenoughtotackletherisingchallenges
ofclimatechangeitsaysmorecrewsareneededafteryearsofcutsthathaveseenthelossofthousandsoffirefighterssincemattwrackthefirebrigadesunionsgeneralsecretarycalledformorefundingfromthegovernmentsayingrisingt
emperaturesandthesystematicunderfundingofthefireandrescueservicearearecipefordestructionthegovernmentsaiditwasgivingfireandrescueauthoritiesaroundbnthisyearandeachauthoritywasabletodecidewhatitspentit
onaspokespersonsaidthehomeofficeworkscloselywiththenationalfirechiefscouncilandenglandandwaleswildfireforumtocontinuetoimproveourresponsetowildfiresandmitigatethem