Wildfires across North Wales cost fire service £500k as boss calls for more resources

Summer wildfires cost North Wales Fire Service an additional £500,000

North Wales Chief Fire Officer Dawn Docx said wildfires and floods are the new normal and more investment is needed to keep region safe. v.1

Wildfires across North Wales cost fire service £500k as boss calls for more resources

Summer wildfires across North Wales cost the fire service an extra £500,000 and left it stretched - now the Chief Fire Officer is calling for more resources to deal with the problem annually.

Wildfires cost fire service £500k as Chief Fire Officer calls for investment

North Wales Chief Fire Officer Dawn Docx told the October meeting of the North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority that while in the past cutting the number of firefighters has made sense as risks have reduced, the picture has now changed