As prolonged hot, dry weather continues to increase the risk of wildfires across the UK, volunteer pilots from Civil Air Support are helping emergency services by providing an unexpected but valuable early warning capability from the air. Whilst the majority of Civil Air Support’s missions are planned in response to requests from partner organisations and…

As the Environment Agency together with Somerset County Council declares a ‘major incident’ on the vulnerable Somerset Levels, Local Resilience Forums (LRFs) up and down the country continue to maintain a cautious watch in anticipation of further flood warnings. Current concerns are centered around the Southwest and along the South coast, where higher-than-average rainfall has…

Five trillion pieces of plastic debris have found their way into seas and onto beaches around the world, threatening the health of users and damaging the marine biodiversity that depends upon unpolluted sea and shores for survival. It’s a global problem but perhaps there’s a local solution. Through marine education, beach monitoring and community cleaning…

A Civil Air Support (CAS) aircraft recently assisted the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service by aerial photo mapping the aftermath of a huge wildfire in the Highlands of Scotland. The crew involved tried something new for us – the systematic pattern photography of a vast area of ground with subtle overlap. Technically, the hundreds of…