Surrey Fire and Rescue Service are turning up the dial on wildfire awareness

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service are urging residents across the county to be ‘Wildfire Aware’ this season, after fires almost doubled between 2022-2023.

As part of its wildfire prevention campaign this year, the service is encouraging everyone to take steps in preventing wildfires to protect homes, businesses and habitats, by binning BBQS and taking litter home. Between 2022-2023, the service dealt with553 wildfires in Surrey, with their appliances spending over 13,000 hours attending wildfire incidents in the last year alone.