Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeFirefighters have warned they need more funding as they face increasing pressure from “an unprecedented summer of dangerous and volatile wildfires.” "Firefighters are having extra demands put on them as a result of an unprecedented summer of dangerous and volatile wildfires,” said Steve Wright FBU general secretary. "Rather than leaving it to individual firefighters and brigades making these decisions, we believe it should be a statutory duty for firefighters to attend floods. However, with those extra responsibilities must come increased funding, improved access to the best equipment and better national resilience.”