Scotland's Regional Moorland Groups
Burning Hills, Brave Hearts: How Rural Workers Helped Tackle the Cannich Wildfire! 🏴
The crucial role that gamekeepers, stalkers and rural workers played in tackling the huge wildfire at Cannich is being explained in our new film below!
Yesterday gamekeepers spoke to Kate Forbes MSP, of the role they played alongside the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service, providing expert knowledge as well as estates supplying vital equipment such as argocats, fogging units and leaf blowers to tackle and contain the wildfire.
‘First and foremost, I would like to thank all of the firefighters, gamekeepers, rural workers and communities who played an active part in tackling the recent wildfires in Cannich and Daviot.
‘I held a wildfire summit recently, which was a positive first step in learning the lessons of the recent fires and adapting the approach to future fires. I’m grateful to everybody who contributed to the constructive discussion.
‘The clear and consistent message is that wildfires are likely to become more intense and more frequent, as is seen across parts of Europe, unless decisive action is taken.
‘ As such we must ensure that we use as many techniques as possible at our disposal for combating fire, including helicopters dropping water but also man-made breaks in vegetation, usually created through backburning.’ - Kate Forbes MSP.
Film produced by Kirk Norbury Filmmaker & Photographer on behalf of Scotland’s Regional Moorland Groups.
