SHIPLEY Fire Station is "strongly advising" people not to have barbecues on public land, after yesterday's warm weather saw crews called out to a number of incidents.

Fire crews were called out to four reports of fires, and although there were no injuries, it "needlessly ties up a valuable community resource", a Shipley Fire Station spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added: "We want to send a message out and strongly advise people not to have barbecues on public land. The warm weather has attracted people to have them, but we urge them not to.

"We were called out four times within the wider Shipley area, but we were pulled about all over, really.

"There were no injuries, but it creates more work for us and needlessly ties up a valuable community resource."

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service's #BeMoorAware campaign is also back in the spotlight amid the warm weather, with people urged to avoid having barbecues on moorland.

On its website, it says: "West Yorkshire is a diverse landscape of towns, villages, countryside and moorland. Our moors are host to wildlife, are a natural store of global carbon and a leisure hotspot for walkers, fell runners and bikers.

"Each year wildfire destroys thousands of hectares of our countryside, having significant effects on the economy, environment and social fabric of rural areas.

"The Pennine Moors covering Kirklees, Calderdale and parts of Bradford contain Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), the highest National Protection Designation and highest European Nature Conservation Designation.

"West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service has a statutory duty to protect the moorland environment and is a member of the South Pennines Fire Operation Group made up of local councils, landowners, Fire and Rescue Services, Yorkshire Water, United Utilities, Pennine Prospects and Natural England. The group coordinates protection activity within these areas.

"Along with our partners, we want people to #BeMoorAware of the impacts that moorland wildfire has on our communities and how we can help to prevent future wildfires across West Yorkshire."