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UK spring/summer and fire season 2022

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@Phoenikakias Maybe climate change is screwing us. The fires are absolutely raging from the top of Scotland at 58N right down to southern Cornwall at 50N. There are currently 21 active fires right now in the UK during the early hours of Sunday morning. That is just crazy for March. The forests are starting to get hit now as well as they are obviously starting to gradually dry out too. Two forests went up in flames on Saturday, but they were extinguished by ground and helicopter units. Fantastic efforts by the fire crews over here!

The situation is ongoing here...

 

The irony that the driver passes a "no BBQ and no campfires" sign

 

The terrain looks like an African Savannah during the dry season. Dry as a bone. 

 

The situation on Saturday night is not good. Fires raging on multiple fronts in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland...

 

The entire island of Gruinard is totally ablaze tonight... holy mackerel...

 

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It's much cooler today but the fires are still absolutely raging. Fire crews are exhausted and there isn't enough appliances to combat all the fires, especially aerial appliances. It looks like North Wales and Manchester are trying to convert planes into water bombers for use. I don't think the UK has a single water bomber that is currently in operation. A reality check for us maybe.

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This is at Stornoway in Scotland, which is way up at 58N. The fires are across the entirety of the UK and Ireland.

 

Fire everywhere...

 

 

 

 

 

I think it's time to start converting planes into water bombers as they will do the work of 100 firefighters. I don't think the UK has a single water bomber in operation.

 

They need to get a water bomber out to Gwynedd ASAP, given that 300 firefighters, 50 trucks/pumps and 4 helicopters can't control the blaze. This fire has been burning for 2 days and is now at risk of becoming uncontrollable. 

 

Since fire crews are working on so many fires, some aren't getting the necessary attention like this one in northern Ireland...

 

Lancashire fire department is going to have its work cut out tonight...

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Things are developing quickly tonight with at least 23 active fires that I know of as of Sunday night. The real number is probably far higher. Fire crews need to organise and commission the use of water bomber planes to get these blazes under control ASAP. I guess we assumed we wouldn't need water bombers here in the UK? I don't know if the fire situation has EVER been as bad as it is right now!? We have had far worse individual fires, but I don't think we have ever had this many fires, this close together, and certainly not this early on in the year!

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Lancashire fire station and several other crews are battling the fires in the darkness with drone assistance as they try to get them under control... 

 

Moving forward I don't see how the fire crews cannot commission and introduce at least 2 permanent water bombers. We have been caught out with our pants down with these fires. Ideally we will need a permanent water bomber plane for southern England and Wales, plus a second plane for northern England and Scotland too. If I was them, I would be getting that done ASAP ahead of the forthcoming summer season when the forest fires could really become an issue. So far we have mostly had grass, gorse, heather and moor fires, however there were two huge forest fires in southern England back in July 2018 and July 2020. Given the current situation, a warm-dry summer now could be catastrophic. 

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Things are getting hectic here and I have never seen it like this. The fires are still raging away across the country. 2 weeks have now passed since my last measurable rainfall, although there is some rain in the forecast now and it is also due to cool down considerably this week. Temperature's are going to be well below average from Tuesday onwards and it is going to feel more like January than late March. Hopefully that will take the sting out of the fires as they are real bad right now.

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400+ hectares / 1,000 acres has been burnt in South Wales alone. Thousands of nesting birds have been killed as well as lizards. 

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This is happening now on Monday night...

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Fires burning everywhere. It looks like more than 30 separate ones on Monday night. Where are those damn water bomber planes!? Get them commissioned and into operation now. We need at least two on standby moving forward after this wildfire ordeal. It's madness not using water bombers to fight these fires. Pretty much every other country that experiences wildfires makes use of water bombers. Surely this will be a reality check for us. I can only assume they are still in the process of converting DC-10's with water tanks or something right now. It's madness not to have any water bomber planes. They can drop the same equivalent of water as 5-10 helicopters.

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