Emergency evaluations…

[sumdumguy]

if you drive around in the hood of Regina, drugees huddled behind garbage bins and in school grounds, parks, everywhere shooting up. The emergency wards of Regina hospitals filled with the results and then there’s the ones beat to a pulp, get patched up and back the next weekend.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

if you drive around in the hood of Regina, drugees huddled behind garbage bins and in school grounds, parks, everywhere shooting up. The emergency wards of Regina hospitals filled with the results and then there’s the ones beat to a pulp, get patched up and back the next weekend.

And all of those people are tying up emergency rooms and hospital beds and ambulances. Meanwhile, we shut down the entire economy to keep from overwhelming the medical system for a cold. And now we won't allow people to save their own property in case they become a victims and need the medical system or emergency services to help them.

[jazz]

Shes Fort Mac all over again. Govt caught flat footed, authority's have no communication, RCMP belligerent and blocking all local help. Feds a lost cause. Contractors with a bunch of equipment evacuated out of the areas and blocked.

Locals saying they could have snuffed it out in half a day.

Town halls; https://twitter.com/ploughing12

[Taiga]

[fjlip]

Sounds like a shit show.

[WiltonRanch]

Sounds like a clown show in Grande Prairie. Guys got turned away sending cats in to make firebreaks to save properties. Properties burned because of it. Chuck you should go up there and see the situation. You have no goddamn idea what you are talking about. My uncle has equipment at Rainbow making firebreaks and on standby.

[furrowtickler]

Yup, seen several times last week , on video to boot .
They shot at a band member
But ohhhhhhhhh , let’s not put blame on how most of these fires got going , can’t do that
Should be 5 year prison sentence minimum
Plus pay damages
Local Arsonists, end of story for most of these fires .
I wonder why the media says zip about this …. Hmmmm

[TSIPP]

Not prison, just a deep dark hole.

[jazz]

Sounds like the fire response from our elected officials is just let er burn.

Much the same attitude towards this country in general. Incompetence at all levels.

[chuckChuck]

According to the news many property owners seem to be working on protecting their property and fighting fires.

In other cases the authorities have evacuated communities and properties. Probably because the assessed risks are too high.

Who on this site thinks they have more training and experience assessing, coordinating, and fighting fires than the fire crews and authorities from the Counties and the Province?

Would you allow property owners and community residents to stay, when your training and experience says that they would be at serious risk? Your job and their lives depends on you making the best decision possible at the time in a volatile situation.

You have the overview and information from the air and central coordination. The property owner is likely exhausted from work, likely isn't sleeping well and is very scared. Would you let property owners make that life and death decision on when to evacuate?

Your number one job is to protect people. How many of you would allow residents to potentially become victims trying to save their home and property in an unpredictable and dangerous fire?

[jazz]

There’s chuck right on cue with govt knows best.

Sure let’s send the guy with 100 dozers home. Trust the experts.

I have never seen the local RM put out a fire without a ton of farmers helping out. And no they don’t wait for directions from inept govt officials and RCMP.

[Blaithin]

According to the news many property owners seem to be working on protecting their property and fighting fires.

In other cases the authorities have evacuated communities and properties. Probably because the assessed risks are too high.

Who on this site thinks they have more training and experience assessing, coordinating, and fighting fires than the fire crews and authorities from the Counties and the Province?

Would you allow property owners and community residents to stay, when your training and experience says that they would be at serious risk? Your job and their lives depends on you making the best decision possible at the time in a volatile situation.

You have the overview and information from the air and central coordination. The property owner is likely exhausted from work, likely isn't sleeping well and is very scared. Would you let property owners make that life and death decision on when to evacuate?

Your number one job is to protect people. How many of you would allow residents to potentially become victims trying to save their home and property in an unpredictable and dangerous fire?

Adults are capable of making their own decisions. Not like you can say them staying in their homes is putting everyone else at risk like the house of cards built around a certain germ.

Consider it like a DNR. The property owners inform emergency services they are staying to fight, they don’t want to be rescued and therefore use up and put emergency services at risk, just leave them be.

Everyone has their own priorities. Some people are ok with leaving their livestock behind, others will stay and try and keep as many alive as possible and protect their homes. It’s not for you or the government to tell someone their priorities are wrong.

The #1 responders out here for grassfires are farmers. Farmers are generally closest to the scene, they have the equipment available to assist, they are typically fairly prepared. Are you saying they should stop responding and sit and wait because someone more knowledgeable will eventually show up?

Volunteer stations have been run ragged last week with grass fires. I’m sure they were quite thankful that many times the fires were under control or almost out by the time they arrived on scene. It saves having to call 3 stations from different towns to one location and allows them to cover 3 fires instead of 1.