Firefighting aircraft aren’t enough – Britain needs to build a wildfire-resilient society that involves everyone

Calls for a dedicated UK national wildfire service are growing louder. Given the huge recent fires across the country, this is an understandable reaction – people see specialist aircraft used in Spain, Portugal and Greece and want the UK to have something similar. Sudden climatic stresses are increasing periods of prolonged heat, drought and dry vegetation, creating conditions that make larger and faster-moving wildfires more likely. So, a specialist national wildfire service for the UK…