They say that Jersey has been placed on immediate wildfire alert and fear a blaze similar to those which ripped through the Jersey countryside two years ago.
The service has now stepped-up its response to all reports of outside fires and will send extra firefighters and equipment, including water carriers, to even small blazes.
Only last week, the service sent a water carrier to a small hedge fire in St Ouen – a parish which has been plagued by large countryside fires in the past.
Firefighters have also launched a publicity campaign to warn of the devastating effects of sparking a blaze.
