diff --git a/src/MNH/ini_segn.f90 b/src/MNH/ini_segn.f90
index 590efa55c1c37baaab8c9a2ccf4e5eef8c4b2ad4..fe1fe7a55f86b4a023a8096e9fc7522616d2588b 100644
--- a/src/MNH/ini_segn.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/ini_segn.f90
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-!MNH_LIC Copyright 1994-2021 CNRS, Meteo-France and Universite Paul Sabatier
+!MNH_LIC Copyright 1994-2022 CNRS, Meteo-France and Universite Paul Sabatier
 !MNH_LIC This is part of the Meso-NH software governed by the CeCILL-C licence
 !MNH_LIC version 1. See LICENSE, CeCILL-C_V1-en.txt and CeCILL-C_V1-fr.txt
 !MNH_LIC for details. version 1.
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ CALL READ_EXSEG_n(KMI,TZFILE_DES,YCONF,GFLAT,GUSERV,GUSERC,                 &
                 GLNOX_EXPLICIT,                                             &
                 GCONDSAMP,GBLOWSNOW, IRIMX,IRIMY,ISV, &
                 YTURB,YTOM,GRMC01,YRAD,YDCONV,YSCONV,YCLOUD,YELEC,YEQNSYS,  &
-                PTSTEP_ALL,CSTORAGE_TYPE,CINIFILEPGD_n                      )
+                PTSTEP_ALL,CINIFILEPGD_n                                    )
 !
 if ( cprogram == 'MESONH' .and. kmi == 1 ) then !Do this only once
   call Fieldlist_nmodel_resize(NMODEL)
diff --git a/src/MNH/read_exsegn.f90 b/src/MNH/read_exsegn.f90
index 9db15fc163ad08c775913431fff5c97226d3839e..4d52929004a0bf4506d4a90b8ca46a503e7a5f59 100644
--- a/src/MNH/read_exsegn.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/read_exsegn.f90
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ INTERFACE
                    OCONDSAMP,OBLOWSNOW,                                            &
                    KRIMX,KRIMY, KSV_USER,                                          &
                    HTURB,HTOM,ORMC01,HRAD,HDCONV,HSCONV,HCLOUD,HELEC,              &
-                   HEQNSYS,PTSTEP_ALL,HSTORAGE_TYPE,HINIFILEPGD                    )
+                   HEQNSYS,PTSTEP_ALL,HINIFILEPGD                                  )
 !
 USE MODD_IO,   ONLY: TFILEDATA
 !
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ CHARACTER (LEN=4),  INTENT(IN) :: HCLOUD ! Kind of microphysical scheme
 CHARACTER (LEN=4),  INTENT(IN) :: HELEC  ! Kind of electrical scheme
 CHARACTER (LEN=*),  INTENT(IN) :: HEQNSYS! type of equations' system
 REAL,DIMENSION(:),  INTENT(INOUT):: PTSTEP_ALL ! Time STEP of ALL models
-CHARACTER (LEN=*),  INTENT(IN) :: HSTORAGE_TYPE ! type of initial file
 CHARACTER (LEN=*),  INTENT(IN) :: HINIFILEPGD ! name of PGD file
 !
 END SUBROUTINE READ_EXSEG_n
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ END MODULE MODI_READ_EXSEG_n
                    OCONDSAMP, OBLOWSNOW,                                           &
                    KRIMX,KRIMY, KSV_USER,                                          &
                    HTURB,HTOM,ORMC01,HRAD,HDCONV,HSCONV,HCLOUD,HELEC,              &
-                   HEQNSYS,PTSTEP_ALL,HSTORAGE_TYPE,HINIFILEPGD                    )
+                   HEQNSYS,PTSTEP_ALL,HINIFILEPGD                                  )
 !     #########################################################################
 !
 !!****  *READ_EXSEG_n * - routine to read  the descriptor file EXSEG
@@ -302,7 +301,8 @@ END MODULE MODI_READ_EXSEG_n
 !  P. Wautelet 09/03/2021: move some chemistry initializations to ini_nsv
 !  P. Wautelet 10/03/2021: move scalar variable name initializations to ini_nsv
 !  R. Honnert  23/04/2021: add ADAP mixing length and delete HRIO and BOUT from CMF_UPDRAFT
-!  S. Riette   11/05/2021  HighLow cloud
+!  S. Riette   11/05/2021: HighLow cloud
+!  P. Wautelet 24/06/2022: remove check on CSTORAGE_TYPE for restart of ForeFire variables
 !------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 !
 !*       0.    DECLARATIONS
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ USE MODD_CH_AEROSOL
 USE MODD_CH_M9_n, ONLY : NEQ
 USE MODD_CONDSAMP
 USE MODD_CONF
-USE MODD_CONF_n,  ONLY: CSTORAGE_TYPE
 USE MODD_CONFZ
 ! USE MODD_DRAG_n
 USE MODD_DUST
@@ -453,7 +452,6 @@ CHARACTER (LEN=4),  INTENT(IN) :: HCLOUD ! Kind of microphysical scheme
 CHARACTER (LEN=4),  INTENT(IN) :: HELEC  ! Kind of electrical scheme
 CHARACTER (LEN=*),  INTENT(IN) :: HEQNSYS! type of equations' system
 REAL,DIMENSION(:),  INTENT(INOUT):: PTSTEP_ALL ! Time STEP of ALL models
-CHARACTER (LEN=*),  INTENT(IN) :: HSTORAGE_TYPE ! type of initial file
 CHARACTER (LEN=*),  INTENT(IN) :: HINIFILEPGD ! name of PGD file
 !
 !*       0.2   declarations of local variables
@@ -1745,7 +1743,6 @@ END IF
 IF (CCLOUD == 'LIMA') THEN
   IF (HCLOUD == 'LIMA') THEN
     CGETSVT(NSV_LIMA_BEG:NSV_LIMA_END)='READ'
-!!JPP    IF(HSTORAGE_TYPE=='TT') CGETSVT(NSV_LIMA_BEG:NSV_LIMA_END)='INIT'
   ELSE
     WRITE(UNIT=ILUOUT,FMT=9001) KMI
     WRITE(UNIT=ILUOUT,FMT='("THERE IS NO SCALAR VARIABLES FOR LIMA &
@@ -2032,9 +2029,6 @@ END IF
 IF (LFOREFIRE) THEN
   IF (OFOREFIRE) THEN
     CGETSVT(NSV_FFBEG:NSV_FFEND)='READ'
-    IF(HSTORAGE_TYPE=='TT') THEN
-      CGETSVT(NSV_FFBEG:NSV_FFEND)='INIT'
-    END IF
   ELSE
     WRITE(UNIT=ILUOUT,FMT=9001) KMI
     WRITE(UNIT=ILUOUT,FMT='("THERE IS NO FOREFIRE SCALAR VARIABLES IN INITIAL FMFILE",/,&