00:00Although we've had a very, very wet winter, the ground is dry.
00:05People do not understand how hot and dry conditions are
00:09and the risk of the wildfire or threat of wildfire until it's too late.
00:13There was a wildfire down towards Loch Lagan where a father and son had gone camping.
00:17All of a sudden the son said, oh look at the fire dad.
00:21And as he turned around, the whole area was on fire
00:24just because a hot spark had come out of the fire and then set fire to the ground.
00:28Training that I offer is very much, it's empowering the local people in here
00:33so that they know how to respond in a wildfire situation.
00:36Thinking about a wildfire plan, do you have a pond nearby that you could use
00:41or could be used as the fire service could get a pump into there?
00:45The ground is dry, it will dry out very quickly and so we're starting to experience that now.
00:50It doesn't have to necessarily be hot, sunny conditions, it just needs to be dry.
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