Written Question·Home Office·UIN 7284

Moorland: Fires

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 10 October 2024

Question

Paul Davies

LabourColne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance on the criteria to be used to determine when to use a helicopter to help put out moorland fires.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Fire and Rescue Services are operationally independent in England. Each fire and rescue authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfire), through their Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) while having regard to ...

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