Every year, officials always seems shocked people don’t follow evacuation orders. But every year, all across 🇨🇦, many people don’t evacuate from fire- especially farmers, ranchers, or Indigenous peoples. We need to start addressing it, instead of pretending it doesn’t happen. 1/x

https://twitter.com/cbckelowna/status/1423729783897313292

There are lots of really important reasons people stay behind - livestock, uninsured home, expertise in fire, lack of trust in wildfire agency, lack of info, etc etc. BUT that choice doesn’t mean first responders should be put at increased risk 2/x

Are you an individual who self-identifies as Indigenous and has worked in firefighting and/or fire operations for at least one fire season in Canada? Then, this online survey is just for you! Survey link - questionnaire.simplesurvey.com/f/s.aspx?s=63e…

The First Nations Wildfire Evacuation partnership is very excited to release this summary infographic of our research results from a 6 year research project with over 200 participants! #Wildfire #Canada #Evacuation #nativetwitter 8. Provide culturally appropriate support and services - Indigenous peoples require different types of support and services during evacuations due to cultural differences.