The Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC) was launched in January 2020 and brings together law enforcement agencies and UK environmental regulators to tackle serious and organised waste crime. The impact of waste crime on fire and rescue services is wide reaching as activities such as fly-tipping pose a risk of fire and the mislabelling and dumping of hazardous waste requires Fire Service expertise and multi-agency collaboration. Fires at unregulated waste sites can result in fire services dealing with challenging and protracted incidents and can put firefighters at greater risk as there is often little information on the content of the waste stored on site and good operating practices may not be followed.
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