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Cairngorms wildfire in numbers: Report lays bare devastating impact of five-week blaze dlvr.it/TVG8qv

Cairngorms wildfire in numbers: Report lays bare devastating impact of five-week blaze

The Scottish Parliament will address the growing risk of wildfires on September 1.

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Why the UK needs to learn from Europe's wildfires news.sky.com/story/why-the-u… @AviemoreFire @ScotLandEstates @fire_scot @heathertrust @NFUStweets @ScotGamekeepers @essexforester @forestsandwood @WildfireTacAd

Why the UK needs to learn from Europe's wildfires

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Pleased to contribute to @BBCWeekendGMS alongside @DrTELS with analysis of the recent #wildfires in the Highlands. While the cause of the fire is under investigation, a comprehensive government-led debrief needs to take place to ensure lessons are learned. @ScotLandEstates
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⚠️ Update on wildfires in Highland, Moray and Aberdeenshire ⚠️ Please take a few minutes to watch the video that shows the huge scale of the response and acknowledges the dedication of all the firefighters who responded.
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Landward TV airing wildfire training, fire 🔥 to tackle 🔥 @WildfireTacAd @ScotGamekeepers @ForumScottish
Dee Ward@DeeWardRottal20 May 2025
We are on BBC Landward this Thursday at 8.30pm in case anyone wants to see some of the stuff we are doing here at Rottal. It was a fun day filming with @DougieVipond . For my English, Welsh & Irish friends- Landward is the equivalent of Country File but way better and focused on genuine rural subjects and issues. It airs in England, Wales & NI on Sunday at 9.30am on BBC Two.
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This is alarming, we need to check NatureScot equivalent peat maps as a matter of urgency. @RossEwing97 @ScotLandEstates
Luke Hemmings 🌻🇺🇦@lwhemmings18 May 2025
Successive govts. have been far too reliant on “opportunity / constraint” mapping, presumably driven by remote data and algorithms - to the point where stuff can’t happen even though it’s clearly the right thing if you just looked on the ground or listened to the people who do
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IAWF@IAWF16 May 2025
Wildland firefighters are increasingly being called to fight wildfires in urban environments. @AnotherFireGuy Lindon Pronto challenges our current approaches to fighting fires in Wildfire Magazine Special Edition: #LAFires #wildfire ow.ly/zLsK50VNmWz

LA Fires: Tactics - International Association of Wildland Fire

By Lindon Pronto: We have entered an operational gray zone: wildfires burning in cities. These fires are the jurisdiction of urban fire departments, but often they rely on wildland firefighters to...

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Fire crews were still in attendance this morning tackling sporadic hotspots. Around 100 Hectares lost, devastating to local wildlife! Please follow the guidance of @fire_scot and help prevent further wildfires. ⬇️
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
@fire_scot13 May 2025
We are still in attendance at a large outdoor fire near Fauldhouse, West Lothian. We were called there at 11.43am on Saturday, 10 May. We currently have four fire appliances and specialist resources there. GC Kevin Ketchen explains the challenges crews have faced 👇
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🔥 Extreme Wildfire Warning – Mainland Scotland 🔥 An Extreme Wildfire Warning is in place across mainland Scotland from today until Monday, 12 May. ✅ Avoid BBQs and campfires ✅ Never discard cigarettes or litter More info on our website: ow.ly/kkqT50VQ445
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🚱 #Drought Report ⚠️ 27.6% of the EU & UK is in warning, 1.5% in alert. Since late March, drought has intensified, spreading across central, northern & south-eastern Europe, with alerts now in Greece, Türkiye & the Balkans. 🔗 europa.eu/!WX3pwj
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Royal Scottish Forestry Society makes 3 fire articles publicly available, including UK Wildfire 2024 conference report, see rsfs.org.uk/index.php/compon… @ForumScottish @ScotLandEstates @MoorlandAssoc @heathertrust @NFUStweets @WildfireTacAd @centrewildfires
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Largest fire 2025 Galloway Forest Park 6,720 ha (16,598 acres) source EFFIS MODIS/Sentinel 2, mostly grassfire, damaged SSSI. Lots helicopters. @ScotLandEstates @Forestry_UK @NFUStweets @ForumScottish @ScotGamekeepers @DrTELS
Dr Thomas Smith 🔥🌏@DrTELS16 Apr 2025
Here's the UK's cumulative burnt area so far for this year, according to @CopernicusEMS, beating the previous record of 2019. It may be early in the year, but we are towards the end of the 'fire season'. [1/2]
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And here's a map of the burnt area locations, most picked up over the past 30 days. [2/2]
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EFFIS data over many yrs 🔥 >30ha occur springtime in Scotland/UK. Need to exclude land management fires known as Muirburn in Scotland. See JHI paper scottishwildfireforum.co.uk/…

Resources | Scottish Wildfire Forum

Explore a wealth of reading resources and cutting-edge research on fire danger assessments, wildfire management and more.

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Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥@GuillermoRein14 Apr 2025
Replying to @FirebreakSvcs
Dear Michael, a single example cannot rebut a statement about the statistical mean over many years of UK wildfires.
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And need to be careful to exclude the large number of small land management fires, known as Muirburn in Scotland
Michael@FirebreakSvcs14 Apr 2025
Not sure either is right. The largest wildfires in UK have happened in April. The Galloway Forest Park fire this April was c. 6,000 ha, and Ardnamurchan fire 2003 was 7,000ha. Difficult terrain & lower population reason.
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Where did you get your statistics? Looking at EFFIS statistics over many years for fires >30ha I think still shows that the majority of large fires in UK happen in springtime.
Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥@GuillermoRein14 Apr 2025
Replying to @FirebreakSvcs
Dear Michael, a single example cannot rebut a statement about the statistical mean over many years of UK wildfires.
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Not sure either is right. The largest wildfires in UK have happened in April. The Galloway Forest Park fire this April was c. 6,000 ha, and Ardnamurchan fire 2003 was 7,000ha. Difficult terrain & lower population reason.
Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥@GuillermoRein13 Apr 2025
Replying to @GuillermoRein @firesciphil @grok
Typical academic: I subject myself to public scrutiny when I know I am right.
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A Galloway Wildfire – Bog Myrtle & Peat gallowayfarm.blog/2025/04/07…

A Galloway Wildfire

Spring lends itself to small traditions. Just as I note the arrival of sand martins, swallows and wheatears on the moor, I’ve fallen into the rhythm of taking the little dog onto the hill in the ev…

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The linked RSE paper by DT is vague, & doesn’t drill down to look at actual issues. And needs comprehensive risk assessment or bowtie risk analysis to identify cross-cutting issues e.g. soil carbon emissions from afforestation peaty soils
Davy McCracken@DavyMcCracken10 Apr 2025
The nature crisis will persist unless we tackle the climate-nature emergency with the urgency it deserves. Latest blog post from @RoyalSocEd rse.org.uk/resource/the-natu…

The nature crisis will persist unless we tackle the climate-nature emergency with the urgency it...

Our climate is changing. Biodiversity is in decline. Scotland has declared nature and climate emergencies, but what is being done urgently?

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A few wildfires in Scotland popping up on EFFIS. A bit concerned about the size of one in SW, nr Glentrool village. 6km2 (3,600ha). Also seeing some big ones in Wales. @DrTELS @rorymiles @ForumScottish @ScotLandEstates @NFUStweets @ForestryLS
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
@fire_scot5 Apr 2025
⚠️ 🔥 A very high to extreme wildfire warning remains in place through the weekend. For more info and advice 👉 firescotland.gov.uk/wildfire…

Wildfires

Learn what casues wildfires, how to prevent them, and the strategies we use to fight them.

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