We are walking blindly from springtime mildfires to summertime Wildfires,south wales valleys over 75,000 ignitions in 20yrs in spring,no property/lives lost.summer fires can change this ppe,tactics,training, funding,commitment and leadership youtu.be/yDmRdQyOL8Q?si…

The 2024 uk wildfire conference will be held in Aberdeen, Scotland on November 12th and 13th The website is live to sign up for updates and call for speakers is open 👍🏻📣🔥🔥 wildfire2024.co.uk

🔥Survey🔥 Do you live in the UK or Ireland? Have you been impacted by #wildfire, live in an at-risk area, or where fire is a land management tool? If so, you are invited to participate in a 15-min survey that focuses on community wildfire resilience: surveymonkey.com/r/firesukie

📢Wildfire PhD opportunity: Air quality impacts of #wildfire🔥 smoke from contaminated peatlands. For more details see: centa.ac.uk/studentship/20…

I have just finished reading fire weather by John Vaillant What a fantastic and sobering look at the past and future of wildfires, the UK has the the ignitions, has the fuels just doesn’t always have the weather…..yet ! 🔥🔥

Locations of high risk coal tips have been released today. datamap.gov.wales/maps/category-… We can now align fires to high risk sites to work with partners to reduce future risk. A very Quick Look shows listed tips which burnt this summer. Healthy Hillsides | Llethrau Llon 🔥

Fire behaviour and equipment show and tell today Fire Service College for a wildfire course supported by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Northumberland Fire & Rescue Service wildfire teams. Fantastic facilities and a great to have the chance to share knowledge and experience 🔥🔥

Unbelievable scenes again from the devastating impact of wildfires, Chile this time 😳

Spring is slowly coming to the South Wales Valleys & wildfires will return. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service wildfire team have been busy throughout the winter training crews in tactics as well as training and exercising with our partners Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales

International partnerships and training, make your friends before you need them 👍🏻👍🏻🔥🔥

Interesting read about the wildfires that remain burning through the freezing cold Canadian winters ready to pop up in spring- aptly named zombie fires. Mike Flannigan explains the complexities and issues bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

Joint decision making table top exercise with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales officers. Large wildfire burning close to communities with added complications of high risk coal tips and environmental pollution. Great to see everyone working together to make an effective plan 👍🏻🔥

Great work by the crews identifying wildfire hotspots and breaking up fuel continuity across our landscapes, a totally washed out feb and March has reduced our planned burning so thankfully we have other options 👍🏻 #wildfiretoolbox

Education Prevention Response . The 3 strands of the Wildfire toolbox which we use to protect communities from wildfires 👍🏻🔥

Made it to Wikipedia with a video about the healthy hillsides project🔥🔥really not sure how that came about but it gets the messages across 👍🏻👍🏻

I met with Sam Walsh to chat about wildfire and the challenges faced by South Wales Fire and Rescue Service for Round Our Way it will be really interesting to see how this year goes, rain since October with very few fires could mean another long summer fire season🤔🤔🔥🔥 have a listen below

Listening to John Vaillant on BBC Radio 4 discussing wildfires, great to hear John discussing the difference between good fires & bad fires & Y fire exclusion isn’t a viable option. Also mention the unique issues in South Wales Fire and Rescue Service & the work being done. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

South African WOF-Kishugu JV teams preparing to depart to fight wildfires in Canada as part of the international assistance 👍🏻👍🏻🔥🔥