Bradford moor BBQ ban to be extended as wildfire risk rises
The report to Bradford Council's regulatory panel said "a number of incidences of wildfire" had been recorded in the district ahead of the original banning order being put in."Many of [these] will have been the result of careless or negligent behaviour in respect of fires and barbecues, rather than deliberate arson," the report stated.The report noted no "serious" wildfire incidents had taken place in the district since the PSPO began but recognised "repeated large fires on Marsden Moor in Kirklees, one of which was the result of a firework. Cost of damage was estimated at close to £500,000".The PSPO allows police and other authorities to order people to surrender anything in their possession which could be used to light a fire. Offenders face a fixed penalty, summary conviction and fines totalling thousands of pounds.The council said it was also launching a consultation with major landowners of other moorland areas within the Bradford district, for example Yorkshire Water, so that those could also be covered by the extended ban.The authority's Be Moor Aware campaign also continues to be a "valuable tool" in spreading these messages, it said.
The tightening of rules in Bradford comes at a time when the fire service are putting out fresh warnings nationally about the increased risk of wildfires during the dryer summer months and their impact on wildlife.According to the National Fire Chiefs Council, the UK has seen 286 wildfires so far this year.It said that was more than 100 above the number recorded during the same period in 2022, a year that saw record-breaking temperatures and wildfire activity, with incidents up a third in some parts of the wider Yorkshire and Humber region too.A six-week consultation on the PSPO extension is due to take place.
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