Provincial officials say residents defying evacuation orders in B.C.'s Shuswap region are undermining the "unified" fight against the wildfires and compromising first responders' safety – as tensions in the region remain high.
In hurricanes we tell people in mandatory evacuation zones & stay to write their Social Security number on their arm in permanent marker so that they can be ID’d later. After a certain point rescue crews will be unable to reach you because it’s too dangerous.
That wouldn’t work as well here, but they’re putting other people at risk by acting like spoiled children. I don’t know if they can arrest them or what for hampering firefighter efforts, but at some point they have to stop.
In hurricanes we tell people in mandatory evacuation zones & stay to write their Social Security number on their arm in permanent marker so that they can be ID’d later. After a certain point rescue crews will be unable to reach you because it’s too dangerous.
That wouldn’t work as well here, but they’re putting other people at risk by acting like spoiled children. I don’t know if they can arrest them or what for hampering firefighter efforts, but at some point they have to stop.