UK fire chiefs say long-term investment needed to cope with wildfires

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2025-04-05

London (PA Media/dpa) - The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has warned it needs "long term and sustained investment" to cope with climate change and "increased demand" on its services, after firefighters battled wildfires across the UK this week. This year has seen 286 wildfires hit the UK, according to the NFCC, more than 100 above the number recorded in the same period in 2022, a year that saw record-breaking temperatures and unprecedented......

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