威尔士亲王表示，由于气候变化，英国未来面临“令人恐惧的前景”，可能发生更多野火，因此做好准备将“至关重要”。
There is a "terrifying prospect" of more UK wildfires in future due to climate change and preparation will be "crucial", the Prince of Wales has said.
威廉王子探访了位于朗达卡农塔夫郡特雷赫伯特的社区，该社区曾在8月受到一场大型山火威胁。他赞扬了为挽救家园、土地和生命所付出的“巨大”努力。
Visiting Treherbert in Rhondda Cynon Taf, which was threatened by a huge mountain fire in August, Prince William praised a "gargantuan" effort to save homes, land and lives.
“我们需要开始像欧洲大陆那样严肃对待野火，”他说，并提出了诸如缺乏灭火飞机等问题。
"We need to start taking wildfires as seriously as the continent has done," he said, raising issues such as a lack of firefighting aircraft.
他还表示，社区对这起事件的应对可为其他地区树立榜样，因为当地居民纷纷伸出援手，支持抗击火灾的一线人员。
He also suggested the community's response to the incident was an example for others to follow, after locals rallied around to support those fighting the flames.
威廉王子会见消防队员、军方人员和当地志愿者的社区中心，距离被烧黑的山坡仅几米之遥。
The hillside, just metres away from the community centre where Prince William met fire crews, military personnel and local volunteers is burnt black.
“抬头一看，大山着火了——像岩浆一样，”经营该建筑的慈善机构“山谷儿童”的总监凯斯·爱德华兹解释道。
"You looked up [and] the mountain was alight - it was like lava," explained Kath Edwards, managing director of charity Valleys Kids, which runs the building.
“我真心以为我们要失去这个中心了——但更重要的是，人们将失去家园。
"I genuinely thought we were going to lose the centre - but more importantly people were going to lose their homes.
“你永远不会想到这会真的烧到家门口，可它就来了——简直疯狂。”南威尔士消防救援局（SWFRS）在8月宣布进入重大事故状态，当时被迫同时应对14起野火，其中包括特雷赫伯特上方的那场大火。
"You never think this is going to come literally to your door and that's what it was - it was just crazy." South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) declared a major incident as it was forced to respond to 14 wildfires at the same time in August, including the one above Treherbert.
来自英国其他22个消防救援局的支援力量被调集而来，士兵们被部署挖掘隔火带，并协助输送210万升水灭火，其中包括女王直属廓尔喀后勤团的200名官兵。
Support was drafted in from 22 other UK fire services while soldiers were deployed to dig fire breaks and help supply 2.1 million litres of water to douse the flames, including 200 members of the Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment.
马埃斯特格消防站站长、同时也是特雷奥奇留用（待命）消防员的阿莱德·巴恩德告诉威廉王子，这是他和同事们经历过的“最艰难的野火季节”。
Aled Bound, who is crew manager at Maesteg fire station and a retained - on-call - firefighter at Treorchy told Prince William it was "the hardest wildfire season" he and his colleagues had ever dealt with.
数月来创纪录的高温和干旱天气，引发了春夏之交英国各地的野火浪潮。他形容这段经历“在精神和身体上都极其消耗”。
Months of record-breaking heat and dry conditions sparked a wave of wildfires across the UK through spring and summer. He described it was "mentally and physically draining".
“我从未需要把这么多水运上山去灭火，第二天还得回来，因为火又烧起来了，因为它燃烧得太深了，”邦德说。他警告说，随着气候变化，这“很可能是未来情况的一个征兆”。
"I've never had to take so much water up a mountain to put on a fire and still come back the next day because that fire has relit, because it's so deep-seated," Bound said. With climate change, he warned it "could well be a sign of what's to come".
国家消防局长委员会的数据显示，记录在案的重大野火数量创下历史新高——英格兰和威尔士共计1350起，比2025年增加300多起，比2024年增加1000多起。
Figures from the National Fire Chiefs Council show a new all-time high for recorded significant wildfires - 1,350 across England and Wales, up by more than 300 on 2025 and more than 1,000 on 2024.
威廉王子对消防员说，2026年是“我第一次感到普遍担心这个国家野火规模”的夏天。
Prince William told firefighters that 2026 was the first summer "where I've felt generally worried about the scale of the wildfires in the country".
他补充道：“下一个季节我们可能还得再来一次……如果我们不……时刻保持警惕，这是个相当可怕的前景。”他询问了灭火飞机的可用性，指出“政府已将对空中资产的需求提到了相当高的位置”，将其视为“我们缺乏”的一个领域。
He added: "We might go again next season... it's quite a terrifying prospect if we're not... on the ball." He asked about availability of firefighting aircraft, noting that "the need for aerial assets has been hoisted quite high up in government" as an area "we're lacking".
王子曾于2010年至2013年在安格尔西岛的瓦利皇家空军基地，服役三年驾驶“海王”直升机执行搜索救援任务，并获得机长资格。
The prince served a three-year tour flying Sea King helicopters with the Search and Rescue team at RAF Valley on Anglesey between 2010 and 2013, qualifying as a captain.
他回忆起在福克兰群岛驾驶运水车“扑灭靶场火灾……一旦‘海王’退役，我们就不再拥有那些资产了”。
He recalled flying water bowsers in the Falklands "putting out range fires... and once the Sea King went, we don't have the assets any more".
“我认为这现在已成为许多人关注的焦点，我们如何重建那种能力。”谈话转向了在难以忍受的高温下工作的消防员可用的装备、主动的土地管理实践，以及社交媒体公司能否做更多工作以阻止人们纵火。
"I think it's front and centre of many people's minds now, how do we recreate that." Conversation turned to the kit available to fire crews working in unbearable heat, proactive land management practices and whether social media firms could do more to discourage people from setting fires.
最近，英国政府宣布，皇家空军的“支奴干”直升机和A400M运输机未来将配备灭火设备。
Recently, the UK government announced that the RAF's Chinook helicopters and A400M aircraft would be equipped to fight fires in future.
威尔士政府单独召开的野火峰会也促成了改善备战准备的行动承诺。
A separate Welsh government wildfire summit also led to promises of action to improve preparedness.
威廉王子说：“感觉这是我们作为一个国家，或者作为一个世界，今后每个夏天都将不得不共存的事情。”
"It feels like this is something we're going to have to live with as a country or as a world now every summer," Prince William said.
“可以说，我们从这个季节学到了很多……接下来会采取很多措施，特别是在野火峰会之后，”南威尔士消防救援局副局长亚当·奥本肖说。
"It's fair to say that we've learnt a lot from this season... and there's lots that we'll be putting into place, particularly following the wildfire summits," said Adam Openshaw, deputy chief fire officer for SWFRS.
他形容特雷赫伯特民众的反应是“社区团结起来支持野火应对工作的最佳例证”。
He described the response of people in Treherbert as "the best demonstration of the community coming together to support the wildfire response".
他说，这在消防员在“极具挑战性的环境”中“不懈努力”工作时提供了很大帮助。
He said it really helped as fire crews worked "tirelessly" in "challenging circumstances".
爱德华兹解释说，从失火当晚周六晚上到接下来的周四，志愿者让社区中心全天候开放24小时，“提供我们力所能及的任何服务”。
Edwards explained that volunteers kept the community centre open 24 hours a day from the Saturday evening of the fire until the following Thursday "to provide whatever service we could".
由于这场大火前所未有，中心成了灭火行动的指挥枢纽、休息整顿场所，也是想要表达支持的人们聚集的焦点。
Due to the unprecedented nature of the fire, the centre became a control hub for the firefighting operation, a place to rest and regroup and a focal point for people wanting to show their support.
商家捐赠食物——“40个披萨在头20分钟内就送到了”——还有冰淇淋车定期造访。
Businesses donated food - "40 pizzas arrived within the first 20 minutes" - and there were regular visits from an ice cream van.
威廉王子询问未来是否应更多地使用志愿者，得到的答复是，社区的努力与军方支持齐心协力，使消防部门能专注于控制事态。
Prince William asked whether volunteers should be used more in future and was told the community's efforts, hand in hand with military support, enabled the fire service to focus on bringing the incident under control.
爱德华兹说：“从一件非常可怕的事情中，山谷展现了山谷最擅长的做法——我们团结起来，有所作为。”她警告说，南威尔士山谷的社区已经在经历气候变化的影响。“我们经历过洪水、火灾……煤渣堆也在移动。
"From something really quite horrific, the valleys did what the valleys do very, very well - we pulled together to make a difference," Edwards said. Communities in the south Wales valleys were already experiencing the effects of climate change, she warned. "We've had floods, fires... we've got [coal] tips that move as well.
“我想传达的信息是……作为一个社区，我们有动力去探讨如何解决这个问题？
"I think the message I was keen to get across is... we are motivated as a community to ask how do we solve this?
“我们如何作为社区和志愿部门共同努力，支持消防部门等机构？”
"How can we work together as a community and voluntary sector to support agencies [like the fire service]?"