Scottish Wildfire Forum

In recent years we have seen many significant wildfire events across the UK and 2025 saw a record high in areas burnt by wildfires. The scale and impact of some wildfire events are increasingly straining our ability to respond. The 2026 UK Wildfire Conference has therefore never been more relevant. It will provide the opportunity for the wildfire community to come together on 10 and 11 November in Leeds to share lessons learnt, discuss new ways of working, and to support collaboration across se

Today’s commitment by the Scottish Government - as laid out in its Strategic Action Plan on Wildfires - and the recently published Scottish Fire and Rescue Service formal debrief report on last summer’s devastating wildfires, has been welcomed by the Scottish Wildfire Forum.

A keynote speaker from the UK Wildfire Conference in 2024, Tiago Olivera, has written an article for the International Association of Wildland Fire website in which he outlines recommendations for how European countries can adapt to the growing wildfire risk. In this piece Tiago explores ‘a new era’ of wildfire mitigation and prevention, as defined in two new wide-ranging reports.