To our fellow British Columbians selfadvocatenet.com is aware of wild fires in province of BC.
This is to help those in them areas that are affected are those are people with a disability.
The aim of this is to try to help with linking up places to look for emergency supplies and alerts.
Sole purpose is help info gathering . Intention of helping our fellow self advocates in them places in BC.
Selfadvocatenet.com is place to find info regarding the fires in B.C. With links we gather.
First part this is BC govt announced state of emergency in BC. Go to this link click here
Province to match Red Cross donations to help people affected by wildfires click here
Second make a Emergency kit if in case have to evacuate area. click here for help with an emergency kit so ready.
Also govt of canada got information on emergency situations click here
3rd is areas currently affected the BC wildfires go to their website info click here
also BC Wildfire Service Homepage click here
4th Heed prohibitions: check for bans and restrictions before striking the match.
5th Healthlinks has also a lot info on what affects wild fires can do to your health click here
Last but not lease is important to preventing wild fires click here
further to is uploaded documents for those with disabilities that just want direct copy of idem on preparedness
these on site that have these document keep in mind help so able get copy for purpose helping you survive in emergency
here some that documents might need to download the adobe reader to get these click here
Download this help/ok sign (PDF) and display the appropriate side outward in your window during a disaster.
Preparedness for People with a Disability preparedbc_emergency_preparedness_for_people_w_disability_2018(1)
PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS TIPS FOR PEOPLE WITH COMMUNICATION & SPEECH RELATED DISABILITIES
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FireSmart Your Property bcws_homeowner_firesmart_manual
If you see smoke, flames or an open fire violation, call 1 800 663-5555 or *5555 immediately.
Stay tune I will have more info here as we go along. Please come back check for updates as come in here.
