A chief fire officer warns there will be more fires due to extreme heat caused by climate change.
Mr Dovey said as well as heatwaves in the summer, the service would have to tackle more flooding in the winter due to climate change.
Cabinet Office minister Mr Malthouse warned the summer was likely to bring further hot weather and the risk of wildfire remained elevated. He said some services were "running very close to a [staffing] level where the incidents we attend aren't safe" and called for more firefighters to be recruited.
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