- Request
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1) Please list the resources that your fire service owns for fighting wildfires? (For example, equipment/ vehicles like unimogs, water backpacks, backpack blowers)
2) Do you own any firefighting aircraft or aerial resources? (For example, helicopter/ plane/ drones)
3) How much did your fire service spend on fighting wildfires in 2015? (For example, on training / resources including equipment and vehicles)
4) How much did your fire service spend on fighting wildfires last calendar year (2025)? And so far this calendar year January - July? (For example, on training / resources including equipment and vehicles) - Decision
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1) Water backpacks are the only equipment specifically owned for the purpose of fighting wildfires.
2) No
3) Due to National Operational Guidance (NOG) changes Wildfire would have not been a recognised incident type in 2015 and would not have had spending allocated to Wildfire, it has only been since implementation NOG that Wildfire has been an incident type.
4) 2026 - £100, 000 2025 - £45, 000
- Reference number
- 17472157
- Date request received
- 3 August 2026
- Date of decision
- 30 September 2026