On 28 June 2023, Scotland had the UK’s largest-ever wildfire covering 30 square miles of highland scrub and woodland just south of Inverness. On an international scale, meanwhile, wildfires seem to occupy the news daily as global temperatures continue to…
The environmental impact of fire service activities
The explosion and subsequent fire at the fuel storage depot at Buncefield are familiar to most fire fighters; the issues linked to extinguishing the blaze are well versed and have been incorporated in to the training of many fire and…