Photo credit:  Surrey County Council.  Photo shows recent wild fire at Box Hill.

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service is urging residents to be ‘Wildfire Aware’ after crews responded to a number of open fires last week. 

Firefighters attended the fires on Redhill Common, woodland in Merstham and areas in the West of the County. The fires have largely been caused by barbecues and campfires. 

The Fire Service encourages people to take steps this Easter Holiday to swap barbecues for picnics and to take litter home.  It asks people to dispose of cigarette ends properly and refrain from throwing them out of a car window.

With a dryer than average March and warm weather continuing into April, Surrey is currently covered by the Amber assessment meaning wildfire risk is ‘very high’.
Photo credit:  Surrey County Council.  

Photo credit:  Queen Victoria Hospital

More than a thousand burns patients across the South-East will soon be able to have life-changing laser treatment closer to home.

A £400,000 investment in state of the art laser equipment at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, will make it the only hospital in Sussex, Surrey and Kent to offer this treatment on site. Currently patients that need laser treatment to reduce redness, itching and tightness on their scarring have to go into London or Essex.

The introduction of the new equipment at the Hospital means patients can continue to have their care delivered by the team they know best.