PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – Charly flies, expansion risk high. This report went out this morning and that only means one thing: it is so dry in the province of Utrecht that the Utrecht Security Region is taking precautions.
“It is often the case that nature is simply extremely dry at this time of the year. It has not rained for a long time, which means that it is very dry in the nature reserves,” explains Danny Volmer, spokesperson for the Utrecht Security Region. . “We are now going to the so-called phase two. As a fire service, we are then extra alert, as are our colleagues from the nature managers.”
Utrecht is not the only region where the fire brigade is extra alert because of the drought. Phase two is also underway in North Holland, parts of South Holland, Flevoland, Overijssel, Gelderland and the north of Limburg.
First time
According to Volmer, it is not unusual that Charly is already flying in mid-March. “No no, that is not that bad. It is of course very unpredictable when it is dry in nature and what period that is. Spring, autumn or summer. In this case it is already very dry and it makes for the The fire brigade does not know when we have to react extra vigilantly.”
As far as Volmer knows, it is the first time this year that Charlie has been deployed.
How is the Security Region dealing with the drought in the province: