The organisation says the ongoing Cairngorms wildfire and last year's Dava fire highlight the need for better-equipped, community-based wildfire response (Image: Pixabay)"North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is currently formalising exactly this kind of partnership with a comparable volunteer wildfire unit in England. Highland Wildfire Response says a proposed agreement with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has stalled (Image: HWR)The group stresses it does not seek to replace SFRS but to offer trained, insured support from within local communities to contain wildfires before they escalate. Mr Mackenzie said the lack of a formal structure puts volunteers at financial risk and leaves gaps in wildfire resilience. HWR says its pilot units are ready for deployment but are held back by the lack of an agreement with SFRS. The organisation continues to request a meeting with the SFRS chief officer responsible for wildfire response in order to move the partnership forward.