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Unprecedented summer of wildfires sparks Welsh fire resilience summit
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Wales’ First Minister will hold a fire resilience summit this week, following an “unprecedented” summer of wildfires.
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Minister → hold → wildfires
With 14 consecutive incidents ongoing at one time and fire zones identified in more than 50 locations, Wales had to declare four major incidents in the summer of 2026.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) alone saw a 227% increase in calls and responded to more than 1,000 grassfire incidents, leading to support outsourced from services across England and the UK military in August.
At the summit this week, the main topics expected to be discussed include aerial support, climate change, technology, funding and prevention techniques.
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topics → identify → support
Assistant Chief Fire Officer for SWFRS, Matthew Jones, said: “This was unprecedented for us.
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This → say → us
As a service, we pride ourselves on our ability during the wildfire seasons.
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we → pride → seasons
“This for us now is that signal around what is coming in the future.”
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what → come → future
According to data from Global Wildfire Information System, 28,299 hectares of land burned across the UK, making 2026 the second highest year on record.
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During his first public appearance after the summer recess, Rhun ap Iowerth promised to hold the first-of-its-kind event, citing the climate emergency as “a reality right now here in Wales” rather than in “some distant future”.
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Iowerth → promise → future
The Blaenavon fire of July, which lasted weeks, was identified by EFFIS, the European Commission’s Fire Information System, as particularly environmentally impactful.
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which → last → EFFIS
Professor Stefan Doerr at Swansea University, and leader of the Centre for Wildfire Research, said: “They actually flagged this as one of the fires worldwide that emitted one of the largest amounts of carbon per unit area.
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that → say → area
We have other countries that are much more problematic in terms of wildfires.
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But this particular fire, because it burned deep into the peat, released a huge amount of carbon.
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it → burn → carbon
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While Natural Resources Wales, which manages land owned by the Welsh Government, have contracts with helicopter operators, no fire and rescue service in the country yet possess their own aircraft – limiting geographical reach and access to aerial support.
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service → read → support
“Under extreme conditions, you cannot get close enough to that fire and this is when aerial support such as helicopters or planes are more important”, Prof Doerr said.
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Doerr → get → helicopters
“They do not necessarily put out the fire completely, but they can help to stop the fire from moving to an area that is particularly important.
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that → put → area
“In the future, we do need this aerial support to be available under those more extreme conditions.”
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support → need → conditions
Technology is already being explored with a year-long drone trial led by Cardiff University launched earlier this month.
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The flying device is equipped with advanced sensing capabilities and thermal and optical imaging to detect and monitor fires in areas of difficult access.
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device → fly → access
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