Yn amlwg, mae’n well o lawer atal tanau o’r fath yn hytrach na gorfod eu diffodd. Rydym wedi canolbwyntio ar atal tanau ers cyfnod y Pasg 2015, pan welwyd bron 1,500 o danau glaswellt mewn mis. Bu’r Gwasanaeth Tân yn cydweithio’n ddyfal â’r heddlu, awdurdodau lleol, ysgolion, ffermwyr ac eraill i annog pobl i beidio â chynnau tanau, a datblygu dulliau eraill o leihau risgiau megis gwella trefniadau rheoli tir. Yn ddiamau, mae’r dull gweithredu hwn wedi gweithio. Roedd nifer y tanau glaswellt bron wedi ei haneru ym mlwyddyn gyntaf y rhaglen hon – ac, er gwaethaf yr achosion diweddar, mae’n bosibl o hyd y bydd nifer y tanau a gofnodir eleni yn is nag erioed o’r blaen.
It is clearly far better to prevent such fires than to fight them. That has been our focus since Easter 2015, when we saw almost 1,500 grass fires in a month. The Fire Service has worked intensively with the police, local authorities, schools, farmers and others to divert and deter people from fire-setting, and to develop other ways of reducing risk such as better land management. That has unquestionably worked. The number of grass fires fell by almost half in the first year of this programme – and, despite recent outbreaks, this year could well still see the lowest number of grass fires on record.