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Survival Skillset

Lesson 12 of 13

Fire safety, wildfire, peat and the law

55 min

Every spring, fire crews across Britain are called to moorland and heath fires. Some burn for days across thousands of hectares, destroy nesting birds and habitats that took centuries to form, threaten homes and close roads. A good number of them are started by people: a disposable barbecue on dry heather, a campfire not properly put out, a fire lit on peat that smouldered underground and broke out the next…

In this lesson

  • UK law on lighting fires
  • England and Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Everywhere in the UK
  • Fire law and customs outside the UK
  • Wildfire risk and fire danger ratings
  • Caught near a wildfire
  • How it moves
  • What to do
  • Peat fires
  • Recognising peat

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