内容摘要："In the broadest sense, everyone who makes a tax contribution pays for that shortfall."

"In the broadest sense, everyone who makes a tax contribution pays for that shortfall."

Jersey's fire service deals with a comparatively larger number of non-fire related emergencies than many counterparts in the UK, according to its boss.The service is marking its 75th anniversary this year and chief fire officer, Paul Brown, said it responded to about 1,300 calls a year.

He said living on an island, firefighters had to be prepared for anything, including cliff and sea rescues.He told BBC Jersey the number of fires in homes was above the number responded to by many other services in the UK, and it also dealt with "well above" the number of non-fire emergencies.The service has faced challenging incidents in recent years including the gas explosion at Haut du Mont in 2022 in which 10 people died and the

Referring to the storms, Mr Brown said: "We were exceptionally busy with hundreds of calls."You don't want to deploy lots of people into a hazardous environment if you don't have to, equally, people need us."

He recalled a tree came down on a fire engine, adding: "Firefighters are remarkable people and they have a remarkable skills set. They are very resilient, very competent."

Mr Brown, who has been in post since 2019, said firefighters did a lot of work on education, fire prevention and law enforcement and "need to adapt and reflect that the hazards around us change."She said efforts were ongoing to stop it spreading towards the infrastructure of Zip World Tower.

Posting to Facebook, photographer Garan Thomas wrote that it was "the worst wildfire" he had ever seen, "right on my doorstep"."These are some of the most powerful images I've ever photographed, the most gorgeous colours in the most devastating situation," he said.

"South Wales Fire were doing an amazing job deploying the helicopter and fire beaters, keeping everyone safe while also providing a safe place to view the event unfolding.”Posting to its Facebook page, Zip World Tower said: "Due to an ongoing situation with localised wildfires, one of our Phoenix zip lines (Alpha line) at the Zip World Tower site has been closed due to its access road being shut.