Evacuating a First Nation Due to Wildfire Smoke: The Case of Dene Tha’ First Nation
Abstract Almost every year, First Nations are evacuated in Canada because of wildfire proximity and smoke. Dynamics of wildfires, and remote locations, unique sociocultural characteristics, and limited emergency management resources present challenges for evacuation organizers and residents. This st...
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crspringernat:10.1007/s13753-020-00281-y 2023-05-15T16:15:46+02:00 Evacuating a First Nation Due to Wildfire Smoke: The Case of Dene Tha’ First Nation Mottershead, Kyla D. McGee, Tara K. Christianson, Amy 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13753-020-00281-y https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13753-020-00281-y.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-020-00281-y/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY International Journal of Disaster Risk Science volume 11, issue 3, page 274-286 ISSN 2095-0055 2192-6395 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Safety Research Geography, Planning and Development Global and Planetary Change journal-article 2020 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-020-00281-y 2022-01-04T16:39:43Z Abstract Almost every year, First Nations are evacuated in Canada because of wildfire proximity and smoke. Dynamics of wildfires, and remote locations, unique sociocultural characteristics, and limited emergency management resources present challenges for evacuation organizers and residents. This study explores how Dene Tha’ First Nation evacuated their Taché community in July 2012 due to wildfire smoke and how the evacuation process affected evacuees. Interviews were completed with 31 evacuation organizers and residents to examine the factors that helped and hindered the evacuation process. Lack of information about the nearby wildfire, smoke, and evacuation of the nearby small community of Zama City, combined with a generic evacuation plan, delayed and posed challenges during the evacuation of this Dene Tha’ community. Strong leadership and its role in community organizing, keeping families together, providing the social support they needed, and using familiar host communities, demonstrated and contributed to the community’s resilience during the evacuation. Measures to improve evacuations and emergency management in the community and other First Nations in Canada are identified and discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Springer Nature (via Crossref) Canada International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 11 3 274 286 |
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Abstract Almost every year, First Nations are evacuated in Canada because of wildfire proximity and smoke. Dynamics of wildfires, and remote locations, unique sociocultural characteristics, and limited emergency management resources present challenges for evacuation organizers and residents. This study explores how Dene Tha’ First Nation evacuated their Taché community in July 2012 due to wildfire smoke and how the evacuation process affected evacuees. Interviews were completed with 31 evacuation organizers and residents to examine the factors that helped and hindered the evacuation process. Lack of information about the nearby wildfire, smoke, and evacuation of the nearby small community of Zama City, combined with a generic evacuation plan, delayed and posed challenges during the evacuation of this Dene Tha’ community. Strong leadership and its role in community organizing, keeping families together, providing the social support they needed, and using familiar host communities, demonstrated and contributed to the community’s resilience during the evacuation. Measures to improve evacuations and emergency management in the community and other First Nations in Canada are identified and discussed. |
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Evacuating a First Nation Due to Wildfire Smoke: The Case of Dene Tha’ First Nation |
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Evacuating a First Nation Due to Wildfire Smoke: The Case of Dene Tha’ First Nation |
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