URGENT URGENT, Control from.......Sunday 22nd July 2018
And so it was at around 3pm today I was checking the car parks when I was flagged down by a visitor, it's usually bad news when someone flags us down, who told me that he had seen smoke coming from the forest just inland from the beach near the wreck on the western end of Cefn Sidan.
The result was of course a radio call to our control to alert them to the information; the team sprung into action as we set about locating the fire which was found outside the park boundary in the NRW Pembrey Forest. Other members of the public were already attempting to tackle the fire and had alerted the Fire Service via 999 as had our team at control.
On this point the gentleman who called 999 was amazed he had a mobile signal, it's worth mentioning that 99% of the time when you dial 999 your mobile will pick up any network not necessarily the one you pay for... technology eh!
Well anyway it was soon apparent that the cause of the fire was a DISPOSABLE BBQ and a campfire, I cannot understand the selfishness of people WHY. A fire crew from Llanelli station arrived on site but due to the location couldn't get a hose close enough so had to carry water in buckets; the use of "fire beaters" helped contain the flames but the damage had already been done and the fire had burned deep into the ground, ( as we discovered when two of us revisited the incident around 18:30)
If any of my readers wonder about the decision to ban BBQ's and fires etc in the Pembrey Country Park believe me when I say the difficult decision was taken to take into account the stupidity and selfishness of some visitors (my personal view)
Well on a brighter note, apart from being bitten by a Horsefly again! we were joined by the incredible GIANT WOOD WASP, busily laying eggs in the bark of a Pine tree which was still smouldering.
These harmless insects are very impressive being around 40mm long.
The result was of course a radio call to our control to alert them to the information; the team sprung into action as we set about locating the fire which was found outside the park boundary in the NRW Pembrey Forest. Other members of the public were already attempting to tackle the fire and had alerted the Fire Service via 999 as had our team at control.
On this point the gentleman who called 999 was amazed he had a mobile signal, it's worth mentioning that 99% of the time when you dial 999 your mobile will pick up any network not necessarily the one you pay for... technology eh!
Well anyway it was soon apparent that the cause of the fire was a DISPOSABLE BBQ and a campfire, I cannot understand the selfishness of people WHY. A fire crew from Llanelli station arrived on site but due to the location couldn't get a hose close enough so had to carry water in buckets; the use of "fire beaters" helped contain the flames but the damage had already been done and the fire had burned deep into the ground, ( as we discovered when two of us revisited the incident around 18:30)
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| you can see the disposable BBQ in the lower centre |
If any of my readers wonder about the decision to ban BBQ's and fires etc in the Pembrey Country Park believe me when I say the difficult decision was taken to take into account the stupidity and selfishness of some visitors (my personal view)
Well on a brighter note, apart from being bitten by a Horsefly again! we were joined by the incredible GIANT WOOD WASP, busily laying eggs in the bark of a Pine tree which was still smouldering.
These harmless insects are very impressive being around 40mm long.
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| Giant Wood Wasp (Wikipedia free to use ) |
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