BC Today: The latest on B.C. wildfires | Aug 21

Aug 26, 2023

BC Today: The latest on B.C. wildfires | Aug 21

Officials correct wildfire misinformation; your evacuation experiences. BC Today is where British Columbians connect on issues facing their lives and their community with host Dan Burritt.

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235.801 -> [ ♪♪♪ ]

237.603 -> >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON

239.138 -> THIS EXTENDED VERSION OF C.

240.005 -> TODAY.

240.372 -> TAKING YOU LIVE TO AN UPDATE ON

242.208 -> BCS WILDFIRES FROM DAVID EBY AND

244.31 -> OTHER EMERGENCY OFFICIALS.

245.311 -> JOINED BY STAFF FROM THE BC

246.879 -> WILDFIRE SERVICE, ARE MANAGEMENT

248.948 -> FOREST MINISTERS AS WELL AS

250.048 -> OTHER -- OTHERS AND THEN OUR

253.82 -> WEATHER SPECIALIST WILL BE HERE

254.954 -> TO UPDATE YOU ON THE FORECAST.

257.256 -> WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, HOW

260.293 -> ARE YOU COPING AMID THESE

261.46 -> WILDFIRES.

261.861 -> WHAT INFORMATION IS MOST

262.829 -> IMPORTANT TO YOU RIGHT NOW.

263.963 -> WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOU FROM

266.365 -> ON THE PHONE AND E-MAIL.

267.767 -> I'M DAN IN FOR MICHELLE ELIOT.

269.202 -> WELCOME TO BC TODAY ON AIR UNTIL

272.338 -> 3:00 PM TODAY.

277.41 -> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR

279.212 -> JOINING US.

280.613 -> WAITING FOR PREMIER DAVID EBY

282.181 -> AND WILDFIRE OFFICIALS TO UPDATE

284.317 -> US ON THE SITUATION.

285.218 -> THIS MORNING FIREFIGHTER

286.052 -> OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED 50

288.187 -> STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED

289.288 -> OR DAMAGED IN WEST KELOWNA BY

292.158 -> THE MCDOUGALL CREEK WILDFIRE BUT

293.926 -> THE FIRE CHIEF THERE SAYS

295.261 -> CONDITIONS HAVE QUIETED IN THE

296.629 -> LAST 24 HOURS AND NO NEW

298.197 -> STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN LOST

299.499 -> HOWEVER THERE IS FEAR THAT THERE

301.1 -> COULD BE MORE DAMAGE AS THEY

302.902 -> HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET INTO

304.837 -> ALL THE AREAS TO SURVEY WHAT HAS

306.672 -> BEEN LOST.

307.072 -> SMOKE IS BLANKETING MUCH OF OUR

308.708 -> PROVINCE AND PERHAPS IT IS WHERE

312.578 -> YOU ARE PROMPTING AIR-QUALITY

313.646 -> ADVISORIES AND ALL SORTS OF

314.78 -> WARNINGS.

315.18 -> WE ARE WAITING FOR THE UPDATE

316.916 -> FROM THE PROVINCE TO BEGIN ON

318.484 -> THE BC WIDE WILDFIRES SITUATION

321.854 -> FOR THE PREMIERE AS WELL AS THE

323.456 -> SERVICE.

323.89 -> WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE

325.691 -> AND A REMINDER THAT WE ARE HERE

329.228 -> LIVE ACROSS OUR PROVINCE AT CBC

331.33 -> RADIO ONE AND THE VANCOUVER --

333.833 -> VANCOUVER YOUTUBE PA UNTIL

335.034 -> 3:00 PM TODAY TAKING CALLS AND

336.235 -> E-MAILS.

336.602 -> WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

338.871 -> WHAT ARE YOU EXPENSING RIGHT

340.072 -> NOW?

340.405 -> HAVE YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR HOME?

342.842 -> ARE YOU TAKING IN PEOPLE?

344.877 -> HAVE YOUR VACATION PLANS

345.745 -> CHANGED?

346.112 -> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO COPE RIGHT

347.847 -> NOW?

348.214 -> WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

349.849 -> GIVE US A CALL, 1-800-825-5950,

351.217 -> 604-669-3733, POUND 690 ON YOUR

358.157 -> CELL PHONE.

358.59 -> YOU CAN E-MAIL BC TODAY AT

359.792 -> CBC.CA.

361.093 -> WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT

364.997 -> UPDATE TO BEGIN AND WE WILL

366.532 -> BRING IT TO YOU NOW.

367.633 -> IT LOOKS AS IF THE PREMIER IS AT

369.702 -> THE PODIUM.

370.135 -> WE WILL GET THAT UPDATE FOR YOU

372.171 -> IN JUST A MOMENT ONCE HE BEGAN

373.839 -> SPEAKING.

374.24 -> LET'S GIVE IT A TRY NOW.

387.152 -> >> [ Inaudible ]

392.758 -> >> FIRST ASSESSMENT IN FROM WEST

394.627 -> KELOWNA, THAT 50 STRUCTURES ARE

396.262 -> CONFIRMED DESTROYED BY FIRE IN

397.597 -> THAT AREA.

400.032 -> THIS IS THE FIRST FORMAL

401.2 -> ASSESSMENT.

401.601 -> IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT

403.102 -> MOST IF NOT ALL OF THESE

404.637 -> STRUCTURES ARE HOMES WHICH MEANS

406.606 -> THAT THESE HOME -- HOMES ARE

408.207 -> GONE, FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST

409.341 -> EVERYTHING.

412.745 -> ALSO, PROBABLY, NEWS THAT WILL

417.783 -> GET WORSE AS ASSESSMENTS

418.918 -> CONTINUE.

419.285 -> THIS IS OUR FIRST ASSESSMENT OF

420.886 -> WEST KELOWNA THAT HAD LOST HOMES

423.99 -> AND MORE ASSESSMENTS WILL COME

425.458 -> IN AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE

427.159 -> PROVIDED AS IT BECOMES

428.094 -> AVAILABLE.

428.828 -> THE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

430.83 -> IS NOW WORKING IN THE KELOWNA

432.265 -> AREA PROVIDING THOSE ASSESSMENTS

435.768 -> TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO GET THAT

437.303 -> INFORMATION AND THOSE ANSWERS.

438.504 -> PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE NEWS AND

440.806 -> IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO

443.676 -> MOVE PEOPLE HOME WHEN THEY CAN

445.277 -> AND WHEN IT'S SAFE.

446.312 -> TOMORROW, I WILL BE TRAVELLING

451.217 -> WITH MINISTERS TO FIRE AFFECTED

453.452 -> AREAS.

453.785 -> OUR GOAL IS TO REASSURE PEOPLE

455.421 -> THAT WE WILL BE THERE WHEN THE

457.657 -> CRISIS PASSES TO HELP THEM

458.791 -> REBUILD IT ALSO TO GET

461.594 -> INFORMATION FROM THE FRONT LINE

462.895 -> ABOUT WHAT COMMUNITIES NEED TO

465.398 -> MAKE SURE THE GOVERNMENT IS AS

467.133 -> RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE.

467.8 -> WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL

468.834 -> GOVERNMENT AS WELL ON SUPPORTING

470.236 -> PEOPLE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS

472.705 -> HORRIFIC DISASTER THAT YOU ARE

474.673 -> FACING.

477.443 -> FOR BRITISH COLUMBIAN'S WE NEED

478.744 -> EVERYONE TO DO THEIR PART RIGHT

480.145 -> NOW.

486.886 -> LISTEN TO AND RESPECT THE TRAVEL

488.988 -> ORDER.

489.321 -> IT'S CRITICAL WE KEEP THE ROADS

490.756 -> CLEAR, HOTELS AVAILABLE FOR

491.656 -> PEOPLE AND BE CAUTIOUS OUT

493.892 -> THERE.

496.128 -> THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION

497.329 -> STILL.

499.632 -> PLEASE UNDERSTAND IT'S A

501.267 -> STRESSFUL SITUATION FOR PEOPLE

502.635 -> IN THESE AREAS.

503.269 -> THE LAST THING THEY NEED IS

504.804 -> DISASTER TOURISTS COMING AND

506.939 -> INTERFERING WITH RESCUE EFFORTS.

509.508 -> WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT

511.811 -> PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES NEED

515.481 -> COMPASSION AND CONCERN OF ALL

516.816 -> BRITISH COLUMBIAN'S AND THAT IS

518.15 -> WHAT WE ARE SEEING CERTAINLY.

519.251 -> UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE GETTING

522.621 -> REPORTS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE

524.423 -> TAMPERING WITH FIREFIGHTER

525.19 -> EQUIPMENT.

525.591 -> MOVING IT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS

527.226 -> WHERE THEY THINK IT MIGHT BE

528.761 -> MORE NEEDED.

529.161 -> AND WE WILL PUT THE BEST

532.832 -> POSSIBLE UNDERSTANDING ON THIS

536.035 -> THAT PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE

537.135 -> HELPING.

537.469 -> THEY ARE NOT.

539.638 -> YOU ARE NOT HELPING IF YOU ARE

541.941 -> MOVING EQUIPMENT.

542.608 -> FIREFIGHTERS ARE EXPERTS, THE

543.709 -> EQUIPMENT IS PUT THERE FOR A

545.678 -> REASON AND WHEN IT'S NOT THERE

547.213 -> WHERE THEY GO TO GET IT THAT IS

549.348 -> A BIG PROBLEM.

549.949 -> PLEASE DO NOT TAMPER WITH YOUR

551.283 -> FREIGHTER EQUIPMENT.

555.721 -> ISOLATED REPORTS OF MISCHIEF IN

557.022 -> SOME AREAS INCLUDING THEFT AND

559.625 -> SO THERE WILL BE INCREASED

562.094 -> ENFORCEMENT BY THE RCMP WHERE WE

563.395 -> HAVE SEEN THOSE REPORTS.

565.364 -> ENCLOSING I WANT TO SAY WE ARE

569.869 -> GRATEFUL FOR THE HOPE THAT HAS

572.037 -> BEEN PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY

573.205 -> MEMBERS BY FRONTLINE

574.006 -> FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE PUTTING

575.074 -> THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO

576.642 -> SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

577.309 -> IT IS HARD EARNED AND LOCAL

581.28 -> GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND FIRST

582.348 -> NATIONS, LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERS

583.415 -> ON THE FRONT LINE SUPPORTING

584.717 -> RIGHT NOW GETTING INFORMATION

588.053 -> OUT, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE DOING

589.622 -> THAT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WORK

591.323 -> ACROSS THE PROVINCE RIGHT NOW.

593.325 -> ALSO AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF

594.627 -> HOPE COMING FROM BRITISH

595.561 -> COLUMBIAN'S HELPING EACH OTHER,

596.395 -> DONATING BLANKETS, PET FOOD,

600.132 -> THOSE IN EMERGENCY SHELTERS IN

605.971 -> EVACUATION SITES.

606.471 -> LOOKING AFTER PETS AND

607.606 -> LIVESTOCK, IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE

609.308 -> BRITISH COLUMBIAN'S COMING

610.109 -> TOGETHER LIKE THAT.

610.743 -> THE FIREFIGHTERS IN SCOTT'S

614.713 -> CREEK LOST THEIR FIRE HALL BUT

616.448 -> ARE STILL FIGHTING FIRES.

617.349 -> A SHARED FIGHT OUT THERE.

620.019 -> WE WILL GET THROUGH IT TOGETHER

621.787 -> AND I'M GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE WHO

623.322 -> HAS HELPED AND IS HELPING TO

625.624 -> RESPOND IN EVERY WAY THAT THEY

627.192 -> CAN.

627.492 -> WITH THAT I WILL TURN THINGS

629.695 -> OVER TO MINISTER LAW FOR THE

631.063 -> UPDATE.

638.536 -> >> THANK YOU PREMIER.

639.204 -> I AM HONOURED TO BE SPEAKING TO

641.74 -> ALL OF YOU TODAY FROM THE

643.342 -> TERRITORIES OF THE MUSQUEAM

644.109 -> PEOPLE.

644.944 -> FIRST AND FOREMOST I WANT TO

650.182 -> EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES

651.25 -> TO EVERYONE IMPACTED BY THE

654.353 -> WELFARE SITUATION.

656.622 -> THOSE WHO HAVE LEARNED THEY HAVE

658.624 -> LOST THEIR HOMES AND BELONGINGS

660.192 -> IN THE WAKE OF THE DEVASTATING

662.194 -> FIRES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED

663.262 -> OVER THE PAST WEEK AND THOSE WHO

664.83 -> ARE STILL WAITING.

668.667 -> THE PAIN, THE SORROW, THE

669.969 -> UNCERTAINTY THAT YOU MUST BE

671.002 -> FEELING IS IMMEASURABLE AND I

673.105 -> WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE

674.907 -> WITH YOU DURING THIS INCREDIBLY

676.041 -> DIFFICULT TIME.

678.878 -> I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE

680.746 -> HEROIC EFFORTS OF THE BC

682.047 -> WILDFIRE SERVICE, LOCAL

682.714 -> DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTERS AND

689.054 -> VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE

690.089 -> WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER THE LAST

691.29 -> 72 HOURS AND ALL SEASON TO

694.56 -> PROTECT PEOPLE AND KEEP

695.628 -> COMMUNITY SAFE.

696.528 -> SOME OF THESE BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS

698.931 -> HAD TO WITNESS THEIR OWN HOMES

700.566 -> SUCCUMB TO FLAMES.

703.235 -> WHILE THEY TURNED THEIR

704.536 -> ATTENTION TO PROTECTING THE

705.804 -> HOMES OF THEIR NEIGHBOURS AND

707.139 -> FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

710.409 -> TO GO THROUGH THAT EMOTIONAL

712.411 -> TOIL WHILE SELFISHLY PROTECTING

713.479 -> THE HOMES OF THEIR NEIGHBOURS

714.613 -> SPEAKS TO THE CHARACTER OF OUR

718.284 -> FIREFIGHTING COMMUNITY.

718.918 -> THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN

721.387 -> DEMONSTRATING THE MEANING OF

722.488 -> COURAGE IN THE FACE OF THE WORST

725.891 -> FILED -- WILDFIRE SEASON IN

727.226 -> BRITISH COLUMBIAN HISTORY.

728.894 -> I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR

730.863 -> RCMP OFFICERS, EMERGENCY

731.664 -> MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, EMERGENCY

735.401 -> SUPPORT SERVICES AND PERSONNEL,

736.568 -> HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS FOR

737.469 -> WORKING THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND

738.504 -> TO PROTECT PEOPLE.

742.574 -> AMIDST THE CHALLENGES WE ARE

744.343 -> FACING THE SPIRIT OF THE

745.644 -> COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT BC HAS BEEN

746.779 -> SHINING, A SHINING BEACON OF

751.05 -> HOPE.

751.583 -> THE STORIES OF GENEROSITY,

753.218 -> COMPASSION PROVIDED TO SUPPORT

754.253 -> PEOPLE AND FAMILIES HAS BEEN

755.354 -> INSPIRING.

756.989 -> PEOPLE HAVE OPENED THEIR HEARTS

758.324 -> AND HOMES TO THEIR NEIGHBOURS,

760.592 -> BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS HAVE

762.094 -> BEEN BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO

764.263 -> SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES.

765.13 -> I KNOW MANY OF THE ACCOMMODATION

767.299 -> PROVIDERS, RESTAURANTS AND OTHER

769.001 -> BUSINESSES HAVE EXTENDED THERE

770.069 -> HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS

771.337 -> OF THE PEOPLE.

772.972 -> PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE

774.974 -> COMING TOGETHER TO CARE, PROTECT

777.409 -> AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

778.243 -> THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT AND IS

781.213 -> EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.

782.081 -> THANK YOU.

784.016 -> AS OF THIS MORNING THERE ARE

786.118 -> MORE THAN 27,000 PEOPLE UNDER

787.419 -> EVACUATION ORDER AND MORE THAN

791.857 -> 35,000 ON EVACUATION ALERT.

792.725 -> THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE SCALE OF THE

794.059 -> CHALLENGE THAT OUR EMERGENCY

796.862 -> MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND FIRST

798.23 -> RESPONDERS ARE FACING.

798.93 -> THEY'RE COORDINATED EFFORTS HAVE

801.3 -> BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF

802.468 -> REMARKABLE.

803.469 -> THE WILDFIRE SITUATION CONTINUES

804.67 -> TO BE EXTREMELY SERIOUS

805.738 -> IMPACTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

806.838 -> PEOPLE.

808.173 -> I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE IN THE

810.409 -> KELOWNA AREA HAVE HAD TO WAIT AT

813.445 -> THE EMERGENCY RECEPTION CENTRE

815.614 -> DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.

816.648 -> EVACUEES WAITING FOR SERVICES

817.716 -> HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT AS LOCAL

820.986 -> AUTHORITIES WORK THROUGH THIS

822.554 -> MONUMENTAL EFFORT.

823.088 -> WE HAVE BEEN TAKING ACTION ALONG

824.99 -> WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO

826.291 -> RUNS THE CENTRE TO GET SUPPORT

827.86 -> TO PEOPLE FASTER.

829.061 -> THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY SUPPORT

830.596 -> VOLUNTEERS ON THE GROUND IN

832.664 -> KELOWNA HAS BEEN DOUBLED SINCE

833.798 -> FRIDAY.

834.132 -> THERE ARE NOW MORE LOCAL

836.135 -> VOLUNTEERS WORKING AS QUICKLY AS

837.235 -> POSSIBLE THROUGH APPLICATIONS

840.139 -> AND TO HELP SPEED UP THIS

842.441 -> PROCESS AND ENSURE EVERYONE HAS

843.809 -> A PLACE TO STAY.

844.71 -> WE ARE ALSO STARTING TO...

848.047 -> WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO SEND

850.349 -> EVACUEES FROM THE CUTE TO THEIR

851.917 -> ACCOMMODATIONS IMMEDIATELY.

854.286 -> SOME PEOPLE STARTED GETTING

855.354 -> PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS

856.422 -> YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH THESE

859.525 -> DIRECT ACCOMMODATION PLACEMENTS

860.659 -> AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY EXPECTS

862.528 -> THAT PROCESS TO BE COMPLETE

864.596 -> TODAY.

865.03 -> EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES,

866.098 -> VOLUNTEERS WILL THEN FOLLOW UP

868.267 -> OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS TO

869.635 -> FORMALIZE THE PROCESS.

871.77 -> SEVERAL COMMUNITIES HAVE ALSO

873.906 -> STEPPED UP TO PROVIDE VIRTUAL

875.207 -> SUPPORT IN ORDER TO REGISTER

876.474 -> PEOPLE AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO

879.445 -> THEM.

880.446 -> ONE POSSIBLE I'M ASKING EVERYONE

881.747 -> IN THE INTERIOR AS WELL AS THE

883.114 -> SOUTHEAST AND ACROSS BRITISH

888.253 -> COLUMBIA TO PLEASE PREREGISTER

889.321 -> WITH EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES

890.256 -> ONLINE.

894.66 -> I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE FOR THEIR

897.129 -> PATIENTS DURING THIS DIFFICULT

898.063 -> TIME.

898.363 -> EVERYONE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.

901.066 -> WE HOPE THAT THE DARKEST DAYS

902.601 -> ARE BEHIND US.

905.003 -> THAT THE SITUATION IS STILL

906.738 -> EVOLVING AND THE DANGERS WE FACE

908.44 -> ARE EXTREME BY TAKING STEPS TO

912.678 -> PREPARE BY FOLLOWING EVACUATION

913.745 -> ORDERS YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING

915.047 -> YOU CAN TO PROTECT YOUR

916.214 -> COMMUNITY.

916.581 -> CONTINUE TO BE PREPARED HAVE AN

918.517 -> EMERGENCY PLAN AND A GRAB AND GO

920.652 -> OKAY READY FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY

922.821 -> AND PETS.

923.288 -> YOUR FIRST NATION OR LOCAL

925.591 -> AUTHORITY WILL PROVIDE

926.425 -> INFORMATION ON AND EVACUATION,

928.961 -> WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS EMERGENCY

930.295 -> SUPPORT SERVICES.

932.598 -> I KNOW THAT THIS IS SAID EVERY

934.399 -> TIME WE ARE APPEAR BUT IT BEARS

936.869 -> REPEATING BECAUSE I CANNOT

937.903 -> STRESS IT ENOUGH.

938.871 -> IF YOU ARE UNDER AN EVACUATION

940.339 -> ORDER, YOU MUST LEAVE

944.643 -> IMMEDIATELY.

945.076 -> THIS IS NOT A SUGGESTION.

946.645 -> IT IS THE LAW.

948.013 -> YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU ARE

949.815 -> HELPING YOURSELF OR YOUR

951.416 -> NEIGHBOURS BY STAYING BEHIND OR

952.751 -> SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE

953.819 -> STAYING BEHIND WITH FOOD OR

955.554 -> SUPPLY RUNS BUT YOU ARE NOT.

956.955 -> YOU ARE MAKING A HIGHLY

961.326 -> DANGEROUS SITUATION EVEN MORE

962.427 -> DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

963.662 -> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO

965.03 -> HAS BEEN HEATING THE EVACUATION

967.566 -> ORDERS AND LEAVING IN A SAFE AND

970.936 -> ORDERLY MANNER BUT FOR THOSE WHO

972.504 -> ARE NOT, HEED THIS CALL.

973.538 -> LEAVE, DO NOT STAY BEHIND.

980.612 -> ON FRIDAY WE DECLARED A

983.215 -> PROVINCIAL STATE OF EMERGENCY

984.516 -> GIVEN THE FACT CHANGING

985.784 -> CIRCUMSTANCES WE ARE IN.

987.085 -> THE DECLARATION GIVES THE

988.453 -> PROVINCE EXTRAORDINARY POWERS TO

989.821 -> KEEP PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES AND

991.657 -> FIRST RESPONDERS SAFE.

992.858 -> AND ON SATURDAY WE ISSUED AN

995.394 -> ORDER TO RESTRICT TRAVELS TO A

997.296 -> NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES IN THE

999.631 -> OKANAGAN FOR THE PURPOSES OF

1001.166 -> STAYING AT SHORT-TERM

1002.201 -> ACCOMMODATION.

1003.202 -> WE NEED HOTELS AND MOTEL ROOMS

1004.903 -> AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE AND

1006.205 -> FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN FORCED

1007.506 -> TO EVACUATE AND FOR OUR

1009.341 -> FRONTLINE RESPONDERS AS WELL.

1010.809 -> THE AFFECTED AREAS OF THIS ORDER

1013.245 -> INCLUDE KELOWNA, WEST KELOWNA,

1016.048 -> KAMLOOPS, OLIVER, OSOYOOS,

1017.983 -> PENTICTON AND VERNON.

1019.151 -> SO LET ME BE CLEAR.

1021.22 -> TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION IN THE

1022.588 -> AREAS I HAVE LISTED IS NO LONGER

1024.957 -> AVAILABLE FOR NONESSENTIAL

1025.723 -> VISITS.

1026.057 -> THANK YOU AGAIN TO PEOPLE FOR

1031.563 -> HEATING ARE CALLS TO STAY AWAY

1033.632 -> FROM FIRE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES

1034.599 -> ENTIRELY.

1034.966 -> YOUR COMPASSION AND QUICK ACTION

1036.134 -> HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

1037.569 -> WE CONTINUE TO ASK EVERYONE NOT

1041.24 -> TO TRAVEL TO THE OKANAGAN OR THE

1044.276 -> SHUSWAP FOR TOURISM OR OTHER

1045.611 -> NONESSENTIAL PURPOSES.

1047.346 -> PARTS OF THE FRASER CANON ARE

1048.88 -> ALSO STRUGGLING.

1049.38 -> WITH THAT BEING SAID CONDITIONS

1051.316 -> HAVE IMPROVED IN THE

1052.75 -> SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF BRITISH

1057.356 -> COLUMBIA AND I KNOW THAT

1058.657 -> COMMUNITIES THERE ARE LOOKING

1059.691 -> FOR WORK -- WELCOME TOURISTS.

1063.362 -> WE ARE NO LONGER ASKING PEOPLE

1065.13 -> TO STAY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST IN

1067.799 -> ITS ENTIRETY BUT THERE IS STILL

1070.202 -> A NEED TO RECREATE RESPONSIBLY.

1071.336 -> STUDY THE WILDFIRE MAPS, CHECK

1074.406 -> DRIVE BC BEFORE YOU GO,

1076.374 -> UNDERSTAND THAT THE RISK OF NEW

1078.277 -> WILDFIRES AND CHANGING

1079.077 -> CONDITIONS STILL EXISTS AND PAY

1081.013 -> ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF THE

1082.781 -> LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT YOU ARE

1083.882 -> VISITING.

1086.385 -> WE ALL NEED TO GIVE BC WILDFIRE

1089.087 -> SERVICE PERSONNEL AND EMERGENCY

1090.255 -> RESPONDERS THE SPACE THAT THEY

1091.556 -> NEED TO KEEP US SAFE.

1092.658 -> BEFORE I TURN IT OVER I WOULD

1096.495 -> LIKE TO THINK THE FEDERAL

1098.463 -> GOVERNMENT FOR APPROVING OUR

1099.531 -> REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO

1100.332 -> PROVIDE ASSETS AND OTHER FEDERAL

1102.234 -> RESOURCES TO ASSIST EVACUATION'S

1105.437 -> AND OTHER LOGISTICAL ITEMS.

1119.284 -> THE HEAVY URBAN SEARCH AND

1120.585 -> RESCUE TASK FORCE IS IN THE

1122.22 -> OKANAGAN AND SHUSWAP ASSISTING

1125.991 -> THE REGIONAL DISTRICT WITH

1127.059 -> DAMAGE ASSESSMENT.

1128.794 -> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE

1130.662 -> NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR

1131.596 -> PROACTIVELY OPENING A LODGING

1132.498 -> CENTRE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR

1136.868 -> MEMBERS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

1138.003 -> ACROSS THE PROVINCE AS NEEDED.

1140.005 -> THE LEVEL OF COORDINATION AND

1141.34 -> COOPERATION WE ARE EXPERIENCING

1142.674 -> AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IS

1145.711 -> UNPRECEDENTED AND I KNOW THAT

1148.547 -> LOTS HAVE BEEN ASKING HOW THEY

1150.082 -> CAN HELP.

1150.782 -> THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT HAS

1155.787 -> BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING

1161.093 -> AND INSPIRING.

1161.593 -> THE CANADIAN RED CROSS AND

1162.794 -> UNITED WAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA

1165.731 -> AMONG SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT

1166.798 -> HAVE JOINED THIS EFFORT.

1169.868 -> ADDITIONALLY THE SPCA PROVIDING

1170.936 -> EMERGENCY BOARDING FOR PETS AND

1173.739 -> HAS PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES

1175.04 -> AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN NEED.

1176.808 -> I WILL GIVE YOU A LIST OF OTHER

1179.511 -> REGISTERED CHARITIES HELPING TO

1180.579 -> COLLECT DONATIONS, AT CANADA

1184.716 -> HELPS.ORG.

1185.149 -> THANK YOU I WILL NOW TURN IT

1186.517 -> OVER.

1190.922 -> >> YOU WERE LISTENING TO AND

1192.591 -> WATCHING ON OUR YOUTUBE LIVE

1194.226 -> STREAM THE UPDATE FROM THE

1195.861 -> PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AROUND THE

1197.462 -> LATEST ON THE WILDFIRES AS WE

1199.03 -> HEARD FROM THE PREMIERS, 50

1200.632 -> STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED

1202.234 -> PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY IN WEST

1203.368 -> KELOWNA.

1203.735 -> TRAVELLING TO THE AFFECTED AREAS

1204.97 -> THEY ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO

1206.772 -> ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO GO BACK TO

1208.573 -> THEIR HOME SOON.

1212.544 -> THE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM

1213.879 -> ADVISING PEOPLE TO NOT GO IF YOU

1215.647 -> DON'T HAVE TO TO THESE AFFECTED

1217.115 -> AREAS.

1217.449 -> BACK TO THE NEWS CONFERENCE

1218.65 -> RIGHT NOW.

1221.652 -> >> I AM HONOURED TO BE HERE ON

1223.388 -> THE TERRITORY OF THE MUSQUEAM

1226.625 -> PEOPLES.

1227.192 -> LET ME ECHO THE WORDS OF THE

1229.294 -> PREMIER AND MINISTER MA.

1230.462 -> MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH EVERY

1232.397 -> PERSON AND FAMILY IMPACTED BY

1233.698 -> THE WILDFIRE SITUATION.

1235.267 -> OUR PRIORITY IS KEEPING PEOPLE

1236.435 -> SAFE AND RESPONDING TO THE

1239.203 -> EMERGENCY.

1241.44 -> I TOO WISH TO THANK ALL THOSE

1243.241 -> FIGHTING THE FIRES AND RECOGNIZE

1245.277 -> THE TREMENDOUS WORK.

1249.08 -> THESE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN

1250.715 -> THE MOST DIFFICULT DAYS FIGHTING

1252.651 -> WILDFIRES IN BC'S HISTORY.

1256.621 -> WHILE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED GREAT

1258.023 -> LOSS TO HOMES AND COMMUNITIES,

1264.796 -> MANY HAVE BEEN SAVED AND IT'S A

1266.898 -> TESTAMENT TO ALL THOSE WORKING

1268.233 -> TO FIGHT FIRES.

1271.503 -> TO HAVE YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR

1273.638 -> HOME UNDER THREAT OF FIRE IS

1275.207 -> EXTREMELY STRESSFUL AND

1275.907 -> CHALLENGING.

1279.01 -> THAT SAID WE HAVE HAD REPORTS

1280.545 -> AND THE PREMIER MENTION THIS

1281.746 -> THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

1286.218 -> ARE TAKING OR MOVING FIRE

1287.452 -> EQUIPMENT.

1287.852 -> THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE UNDER ANY

1289.421 -> CIRCUMSTANCES.

1292.057 -> WHEN SOMEONE TAKES OR MOVES FIRE

1293.425 -> EQUIPMENT IT PUTS THEIR

1295.961 -> COMMUNITY AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS

1296.995 -> AT RISK.

1299.397 -> FIRST RESPONDERS ARE LITERALLY

1300.765 -> PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE

1302.334 -> TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S HOMES AND

1303.434 -> LIVELIHOODS.

1305.17 -> THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE

1306.805 -> CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THEIR

1307.873 -> EQUIPMENT WILL BE THERE WHEN

1308.907 -> THEY NEED IT.

1311.376 -> I KNOW THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY

1312.677 -> OF PEOPLE ARE DOING THERE VERY

1314.045 -> BEST TO SUPPORT FIRE CREWS.

1316.448 -> I IMPLORE THE OTHERS TO STOP,

1320.619 -> CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF THE

1322.153 -> FAMILIES, BUSINESSES AND

1322.954 -> COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ENDANGER

1324.89 -> BY INTERFERING WITH THE

1325.924 -> FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS.

1328.527 -> AGAIN I KNOW THAT ALMOST

1330.729 -> EVERYONE IS TAKING ACTIONS

1331.763 -> NEEDED TO KEEP OUR FIREFIGHTERS

1333.064 -> SAFE.

1333.364 -> AND I KNOW MANY THOUSANDS OF

1336.268 -> PEOPLE ARE MAKING DEEP

1337.168 -> SACRIFICES.

1340.071 -> IF YOU WERE IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED

1341.373 -> BY AN ORDER OR ANXIOUSLY

1342.674 -> CHECKING ON LOVED ONES IN

1344.976 -> IMPACTED AREAS.

1346.745 -> IT HAS BEEN A LONG, STRESSFUL

1351.116 -> WILDFIRES SEASON FOR TOO MANY

1352.417 -> AND OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE

1354.052 -> PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES AND FIRST

1355.12 -> NATIONS IMPACTED.

1356.621 -> WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN

1360.358 -> AND USING EVERY RESOURCE

1362.494 -> AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE IN

1364.029 -> BRITISH COLUMBIA ARE KEPT SAFE

1368.833 -> IN SHUSWAP, CENTRAL AND SOUTH

1370.268 -> OKANAGAN, THE FRASER CANYON, THE

1372.938 -> NORTH, SOUTHEAST AND MORE.

1376.975 -> I KNOW CLIFF AND THE BC WILDFIRE

1378.877 -> SERVICE CAN SPEAK TO HER

1379.977 -> RESOURCES ARE DEPLOYING TO

1382.914 -> TACTICALLY TAKE ON THE

1383.782 -> SITUATION.

1387.419 -> THERE ARE CURRENTLY 386

1390.622 -> WILDFIRES BURNING ACROSS BC, 14

1391.923 -> ARE FIRES OF NOTE.

1394.359 -> WE CONTINUED TO HAVE

1395.86 -> APPROXIMATELY 3500 PERSONNEL

1396.695 -> DIRECTLY ENGAGED IN WILDFIRE

1399.164 -> RESPONSE EFFORTS ACROSS THE

1400.031 -> PROVINCE.

1402.534 -> JOINED BY HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF

1404.069 -> MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS

1405.27 -> ASSISTING WITH STRUCTURAL

1406.004 -> PROTECTION AND DEFENCE.

1409.24 -> NOW MORE THAN 652 STRUCTURAL

1410.842 -> FIREFIGHTERS DEPLOYED IN

1415.48 -> COORDINATION WITH THE BC

1416.615 -> WILDFIRE SERVICE RIGHT NOW.

1417.482 -> THIS IS A RECORD NUMBER FOR

1421.453 -> STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING RESPONSE

1422.354 -> IN THIS PROVINCE.

1424.255 -> I'M PLEASED TO UPDATE THE

1425.256 -> WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK 100

1429.861 -> ADDITIONAL MEXICAN FIREFIGHTERS

1430.695 -> WILL ARRIVE AND IN THE DAYS

1435.333 -> FOLLOWING 200 SOUTH AFRICAN

1436.368 -> PERSONNEL WILL ARRIVE TO ASSIST

1437.469 -> IN FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS.

1440.639 -> AUSTRALIA IS ONCE AGAIN STEPPING

1441.94 -> UP TO SUPPORT WITH 18

1446.645 -> SPECIALIZED SINGLE RESOURCES

1448.413 -> SUCH AS DIVISION SUPERVISORS,

1450.248 -> EQUIPMENT BRANCH DIRECTORS AND

1451.282 -> HELICOPTER COORDINATORS.

1453.051 -> WE ARE IMMENSELY GRATEFUL TO ALL

1454.619 -> OUR PARTNERS AND CONTINUE TO

1457.756 -> SHOW UP WHEN WE NEED THEM MOST.

1459.491 -> WE KNOW THE WORKLOAD IS

1460.558 -> CHALLENGING BUT I AM CONFIDENT

1463.228 -> WE HAVE EXACTLY THE RIGHT PEOPLE

1464.763 -> IN PLACE TO MANAGE THIS

1465.63 -> RESPONSE.

1468.867 -> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE

1470.635 -> FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR MAKING

1472.27 -> THE MILITARY CAMP IN VERNON

1473.437 -> AVAILABLE FOR EVACUEES AND A

1478.977 -> STRATEGIC FACILITY FOR

1479.811 -> FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS.

1483.748 -> ALTHOUGH THE ROAD AHEAD IS STILL

1485.316 -> IMMENSELY CHALLENGING WE ARE

1488.319 -> FORTUNATE THE WEATHER FORECAST

1489.621 -> IS MORE POSITIVE FOR MOST AREAS.

1492.424 -> ALSO SOME RAIN POSSIBLE FOR

1493.758 -> SOUTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA IN THE

1495.126 -> COMING DAYS.

1495.66 -> ALTHOUGH IT WON'T BE THE DAYS OF

1497.629 -> SOLID RAIN THAT WE REALLY NEED,

1499.23 -> YOU MAY BE ENOUGH TO ALLOW FIRE

1500.899 -> CREWS TO MAKE MORE HEADWAY ON

1502.434 -> THE FIRES.

1503.301 -> COOLER TEMPERATURES, SOME RAIN,

1504.201 -> LESS WIND IN THE FORECAST, WE

1508.807 -> REMAIN HOPEFUL WHILE WE CONTINUE

1510.108 -> TO PREPARE FOR DIFFICULT

1511.375 -> CONDITIONS.

1514.412 -> I'D LIKE TO FINISH WITH A BRIEF

1516.214 -> MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON THE FIRE

1517.749 -> LINE AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN

1519.918 -> THIS EFFORT FROM OUR WILDFIRE

1521.352 -> CREWS TO THE CONTRACTORS AND

1522.654 -> MUNICIPAL FIREFIGHTERS FROM

1524.389 -> AROUND BC.

1524.789 -> I KNOW YOU ARE TIRED.

1526.091 -> THE DAYS HAVE BEEN LONG, THE

1529.394 -> WORK IS EXHAUSTING AND DEMANDING

1530.462 -> AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING

1538.87 -> OVER YET.

1539.237 -> ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF

1540.772 -> BRITISH COLUMBIA LET ME SAY WE

1542.34 -> SUPPORT YOU, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR

1544.042 -> THE HEROIC WORK YOU ARE DOING

1546.211 -> AND WE CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL

1548.012 -> FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT

1549.481 -> TO KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE.

1552.45 -> THANK YOU.

1552.85 -> I WILL TURN IT OVER NOW.

1558.923 -> >> MY NAME IS CLIFF CHAPMAN

1563.194 -> DIRECTOR OF PROVINCIAL

1564.562 -> OPERATIONS FOR THE BC WILDFIRE

1565.763 -> SERVICE.

1566.13 -> I'M HONOURED TO JOIN YOU TODAY.

1577.375 -> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND MY

1579.911 -> EMPATHY AND THE ORGANIZATIONS

1581.312 -> EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE

1582.647 -> ANXIETY AND STRESS THAT IS

1584.549 -> INHERENT WITH FIRES IMPACTING

1585.483 -> COMMUNITIES.

1586.718 -> WE KNOW THAT IT IS STRESSFUL.

1588.653 -> WE KNOW YOU NEED INFORMATION.

1589.787 -> WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN

1591.923 -> TO GET YOU BACK INTO YOUR HOME

1594.125 -> AS WELL AS PROVIDE INFORMATION

1595.293 -> ABOUT WHAT THE FIRE -- WHAT OUR

1598.53 -> PLAN IS TO ATTACK THE FIRE AND

1600.431 -> WHAT IS HAPPENING.

1601.065 -> TODAY I WILL GO THROUGH A

1603.134 -> RUN-THROUGH LIKE I HAVE ON THE

1604.702 -> LAST COUPLE OF AVAILABILITIES

1606.137 -> WHERE I WILL WALK US THROUGH

1608.339 -> WITH VISUAL AIDS, MAPS TO SHOW

1610.141 -> YOU WHAT HAS BEEN TRANSPIRING ON

1611.709 -> THE FIRES BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I

1614.179 -> WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE

1619.818 -> PUBLIC, THE COMMUNITIES

1621.085 -> IMPACTED, THE COMMUNITIES

1621.886 -> SUPPORTING THOSE THAT ARE

1622.754 -> IMPACTED HERE AT BC WILDFIRE

1626.024 -> SERVICE WE ARE RECEIVING

1627.091 -> LETTERS, E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS OF

1627.958 -> APPRECIATION AND I KNOW THAT IS

1633.031 -> HAPPENING LOCALLY WITHIN OUR

1634.299 -> FIRE CAMP AS WELL AND EVEN AT

1636.1 -> GAS STATIONS WHEN OUR CREWS ARE

1637.869 -> FILLING UP THEIR TRUCKS.

1639.671 -> YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THIS

1641.472 -> MEANS TO HER ORGANIZATION AND

1642.774 -> THOSE WORKING IN IT.

1644.175 -> IT IS THAT CUT -- TYPE OF

1645.977 -> RECOGNITION THAT KEEPS THEM

1646.911 -> GOING, ON THEIR FIFTH, SIXTH AND

1650.915 -> SEVENTH DEPLOYMENT OF THE YEAR

1653.585 -> AS OUR FIRE SEASON STARTED SO

1656.087 -> EARLY AND HAS NOW CONTINUED

1657.388 -> UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.

1659.424 -> I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE

1660.725 -> CONTINUE TO DO THAT, CONTINUE TO

1663.428 -> THANK THOSE THAT YOU SEE THAT

1664.963 -> ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN RESPONSE

1666.064 -> , ACTIVELY ENGAGED, IT

1669.2 -> MEANS THE WORLD.

1670.435 -> I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS 2 PIECES

1672.237 -> THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE LAST

1674.038 -> COUPLE OF DAYS AROUND SOME

1676.441 -> CHALLENGES AND SOME QUESTIONS

1677.542 -> THAT ARE OUT THERE WITHIN THE

1678.877 -> MEDIA BUT ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY

1681.446 -> WITHIN THE PUBLIC.

1685.95 -> RECOGNIZING THAT FIRE IS

1687.352 -> EXTREMELY STRESSFUL AND WHEN WE

1688.753 -> SEE IMPACTS LIKE WE ARE SEEING

1690.321 -> IN WEST KELOWNA, THE SHUSWAP, IN

1692.991 -> THE FRASER CANYON THERE IS LOTS

1694.859 -> OF STRESS AND ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT

1696.427 -> HAPPENED AND WHAT ARE WE DOING

1697.795 -> NOW.

1698.997 -> I APPRECIATE THESE QUESTIONS AND

1700.832 -> REST ASSURED WE ARE DOING

1702.967 -> EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROVIDE BC

1704.569 -> WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE

1705.637 -> HAVE ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT

1710.074 -> WE ARE DOING NOW.

1711.008 -> I WANT TO ADDRESS THE FIRST

1712.276 -> QUESTION HERE WHICH IS AROUND

1715.713 -> PRIORITIZING RESOURCES FOR THE

1719.384 -> MCDOUGALL FIRE AND ONLY THE

1720.685 -> MCDOUGALL FIRE.

1721.185 -> LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, WE ARE NOT

1725.256 -> ONLY PRIORITIZING THE MCDOUGALL

1726.324 -> FIRE IN WEST KELOWNA AND KELOWNA

1728.159 -> WE HAVE MULTIPLE PRIORITY FIRES

1729.494 -> ACROSS THE PROVINCE PARTICULARLY

1732.163 -> CENTRED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION

1733.798 -> OF THE PROVINCE INCLUDING BUT

1735.099 -> NOT LIMITED TO THE ATOMS LIKE

1736.234 -> COMPLEX, THE VENDOR COMPLEX IN

1744.976 -> AND AROUND LILLOOET AND LYTTON

1746.311 -> AND THE FIRES THAT ARE IN THE

1749.514 -> SOUTHEAST.

1750.381 -> FOR CLARITY WE HAVE 154 PEOPLE

1754.252 -> ASSIGNED TO THE MCDOUGALL CREEK

1755.787 -> WILDFIRE IN KELOWNA AND WEST

1756.921 -> KELOWNA.

1757.288 -> THERE ARE 385 PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO

1758.99 -> THE ATOMS LIKE COMPLEX, OVER 130

1764.562 -> TO THE CREEK AND OVER 180

1765.863 -> RESOURCES TO THE FRASER CANYON.

1771.769 -> WE EVALUATE DAILY GROUND

1773.338 -> OPERATIONS AND MAKE DECISIONS ON

1774.739 -> MOVING RESOURCES BASED ON WHERE

1776.24 -> THE MOST POTENTIAL AND

1777.375 -> SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE FIRES

1778.81 -> WILL BE TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

1780.611 -> THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST

1782.18 -> OF THE FIRE SEASON AND WE WILL

1783.982 -> SEE NUMBERS GO UP AND DOWN BASED

1785.55 -> ON WHAT THOSE POTENTIAL IMPACTS

1786.851 -> COULD BE.

1787.352 -> THE RESOURCES THAT WERE

1791.222 -> REFERENCED COMING INTO BC WILL

1793.191 -> BE ASSIGNED LARGELY TO THE FIRES

1794.959 -> WITHIN THE KAMLOOPS FIRE CENTRE

1796.294 -> AND THE FRASER CANYON AND WE

1797.829 -> WILL SEE THOSE NUMBERS OF

1798.93 -> RESOURCES TO COME UP FROM WHERE

1801.332 -> THEY ARE TODAY.

1802.967 -> THE SECOND PIECE I WANT TO

1804.535 -> DISCUSS IS AROUND AN OPERATIONAL

1805.803 -> TACTIC THAT WE REFERRED TO AS

1807.138 -> PLANT IGNITIONS.

1808.639 -> PLANT IGNITIONS FOR CLARITY AND

1811.175 -> IN FAIRLY SIMPLE TERMS IS WHERE

1815.646 -> WE WILL BUILD AND/OR UTILIZE THE

1817.181 -> EXISTING CONTROL LINE, SOMETHING

1819.684 -> THAT IS ON FLAMMABLE, A POWER

1821.252 -> LINE WHERE WE MAY USE HEAVY

1822.62 -> EQUIPMENT TO GET DOWN TO MINERAL

1825.023 -> SOIL, A LAKE, HIGHWAY OR ANY

1826.657 -> VARIATION OF THAT.

1828.326 -> THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A

1830.128 -> CONTROL LINE.

1830.595 -> WE WOULD BUILD IT IN FRONT OF

1832.897 -> THE HEAD OF THE FIRE, THE MAIN

1834.732 -> BODY OF THE FIRE AND WE CONDUCT

1837.568 -> A PLANNED IGNITION UTILIZING

1839.437 -> WEATHER EXPERTS, FIRE EXPERTS

1840.705 -> AND OPERATIONAL EXPERTS BASED ON

1842.006 -> WHAT WHETHER IS CURRENTLY ON

1844.075 -> SITE AND WHAT WEATHER IS COMING.

1846.044 -> THE GOAL OF A PLANNED IGNITION

1848.046 -> IS TO WORK FROM THE CONTROL LINE

1849.847 -> TO THE MAIN BODY OF THE FIRE AND

1851.682 -> REMOVE ALL FUEL BY BURNING IT.

1854.318 -> THE MAIN BODY OF THE FIRE

1855.853 -> GENERALLY HAS WIND'S THAT DRAW

1858.89 -> INTO IT SO WHEN YOU OFF OF THE

1861.159 -> CONTROL LINE IT PULLS THE FIRE

1862.493 -> BACK INTO ITSELF THUS

1864.729 -> ELIMINATING FUEL BETWEEN THE

1865.797 -> MAIN BODY OF THE FIRE AND

1867.965 -> ANYTHING PAST THAT CONTROL LINE.

1869.7 -> I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY TALK

1870.835 -> ABOUT ADAMS LAKE FIRE.

1876.074 -> WE PLANNED A IGNITION FOR THAT

1881.345 -> FIRE, WE DID IT CAUTIOUSLY AND

1883.181 -> KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A COLD

1884.749 -> FRONT COMING AND BC IS AWARE, WE

1888.152 -> DISCUSS -- DISCUSSED THE COLD

1890.021 -> FRONT COMING ON WEDNESDAY AND

1891.121 -> THURSDAY.

1891.488 -> WE KNEW THAT THE UNCLES WERE

1893.558 -> COMING.

1893.925 -> AS THEY WERE APPROACHING GOING

1895.226 -> THROUGH THE CARIBOU FIRE THERE

1896.894 -> WAS A CONTINUOUS LINE OF FUEL

1901.466 -> BETWEEN THE MAIN BODY AND ALL

1903.267 -> THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE NORTH

1904.602 -> SHUSWAP.

1905.236 -> WE DID OUR PLANNED IGNITION

1906.604 -> UNDER THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH WE

1908.172 -> PLAN FOR AND IT WAS LARGELY

1909.34 -> SUCCESSFUL.

1911.943 -> I WANT TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR,

1914.145 -> THAT PLANNED IGNITION SAVED

1915.213 -> HUNDREDS OF HOMES AND PROPERTIES

1916.48 -> ALONG THE NORTH SHUSWAP.

1919.15 -> UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE WIND WE

1920.451 -> KNEW WAS FORECAST AND WAS COMING

1921.886 -> THAT FIRE WENT ABOVE THE CONTROL

1926.09 -> LINE THAT WE BURNED OFF FROM AND

1928.126 -> SWEPT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES

1929.861 -> IN THE NORTH SHUSWAP.

1931.195 -> WE WERE STILL SUCCESSFUL IN

1932.53 -> PROTECTING SOME OF THOSE

1933.397 -> PROPERTIES ALONG THE NORTH

1936.1 -> SHUSWAP IN THE HUNDREDS BUT

1938.402 -> UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE ALSO NOW

1939.403 -> SEEN THE DEVASTATION, THE MAIN

1940.705 -> BODY OF THE FIRE HAD IN AREAS

1942.94 -> LIKE A SCOTS CREEK AND OTHERS

1944.542 -> AND OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THOSE

1946.344 -> INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SEEN THE

1948.379 -> DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF THAT FIRE

1949.714 -> MAKING ITS PUSH.

1951.149 -> ARE PLANNED IGNITION IS USED

1956.02 -> QUITE FREQUENTLY IN BC AND ALSO

1958.656 -> ACROSS THE GLOBE.

1959.29 -> WHEN CONDITIONS ARE AS DRY AS

1960.858 -> THEY ARE IN A YEAR LIKE THIS IN

1962.693 -> BC TRADITIONAL FIREFIGHTING

1965.897 -> TACTICS LIKE WATER BOMBERS AND

1967.532 -> GROUND OPERATIONS WILL NOT BE

1968.633 -> SUCCESSFUL.

1969.3 -> ELIMINATING THE FUEL IS IN A LOT

1973.371 -> OF CASES THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT

1977.208 -> ANY INFRASTRUCTURE AND VALUES

1978.309 -> AHEAD OF THE FRONT OF THE FIRE

1980.444 -> AND WHEN WE KNOW THERE ARE 40 TO

1982.98 -> 50 KILOMETRES SUSTAIN WIND'S

1984.615 -> COMING, WE KNEW WE HAD TO

1986.15 -> ELIMINATE THAT FUEL AND AGAIN I

1987.718 -> WOULD LIKE TO STRESS IT WAS

1990.021 -> LARGELY SUCCESSFUL AND IT

1991.956 -> PROTECTED HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES

1993.024 -> IN THE SHUSWAP AREA.

1994.592 -> I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MAKE ONE

1996.327 -> POINT OF CLARITY THAT IT WAS NOT

1999.63 -> OUR PLANNED IGNITION THAT

2000.698 -> ALLOWED THE 2 FIRES IN THE ADAMS

2003 -> LAKE AREA TO MERGE BUT ACTUALLY

2004.569 -> THE COLD FRONT WIND THAT PUSHED

2008.673 -> THE FIRES TOGETHER AND MERGE

2009.974 -> THEM TOWARDS HIGHWAY ONE WHICH

2012.71 -> ULTIMATELY LED TO THE CLOSURE OF

2014.278 -> HIGHWAY ONE.

2015.88 -> SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR

2019.75 -> HEARING ME OUT ON THOSE

2021.919 -> 2 PIECES.

2022.286 -> NOW INTO A MORE THOROUGH

2023.554 -> OPERATIONAL UPDATE.

2034.198 -> AS WE SIT TODAY, WE DO STILL SEE

2036.033 -> SOME EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOUR

2038.569 -> THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE.

2040.104 -> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NOT SEEN

2042.84 -> EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOUR OBSERVED

2043.874 -> WITHIN THE MCDOUGALL COMPLEX AND

2045.743 -> WE HAVE SEEN A DROP IN FIRE

2048.746 -> BEHAVIOUR ON THE ADAMS LAKE

2050.047 -> COMPLEX AS WELL WHERE WE

2051.349 -> CONTINUE TO SEE AGGRESSIVE FIRE

2052.483 -> BEHAVIOUR IS IN THE FRASER

2054.452 -> CANYON DUE TO THE SUSTAINED

2055.686 -> WIND'S OF THE VALLEY ORIENTATION

2057.755 -> NORTH AT THE SOUTH IN THAT

2060.358 -> VALLEY AND CONTINUE TO SEE A

2061.926 -> LARGE RESPONSE PRESENCE BUT WITH

2063.961 -> IT WE ARE STILL SEEING SOME

2065.696 -> AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOUR.

2067.965 -> STARTING IN THE ATOMS LIKE

2069.3 -> COMPLEX, FOR CLARITY THE GROWTH

2074.672 -> OVER THE LAST 72 HOURS, ANYTHING

2076.907 -> THAT IS MORE COLOURED IN RED WAS

2080.177 -> THE PERIMETER OF THE FIRE, YOU

2084.782 -> CAN SEE HOW MUCH THIS FIRE HAS

2086.384 -> MOVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE

2088.953 -> LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, MOSTLY ON

2090.488 -> THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LAST WEEK.

2093.758 -> YOU CAN SEE IT ACROSS HIGHWAY

2095.293 -> ONE AND IN BETWEEN CHASE AND

2099.03 -> SORRENTO ON THAT SIDE AS WELL AS

2102.533 -> WHERE SOME OF THE FIRE HAS BEEN

2104.335 -> TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST.

2108.205 -> WE ARE FORTUNATE AND I'M HAPPY

2109.707 -> TO REPORT THAT WITH THE CHANGE

2111.308 -> IN WEATHER CONDITIONS WE ARE

2113.277 -> ABLE TO GET HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON

2114.845 -> THE GROUND, WE HAVE THE ABILITY

2116.947 -> TO GET OUR GROUND RESOURCES BACK

2119.05 -> ON THE GROUND.

2120.151 -> CHALLENGING FOR US ON THIS TODAY

2122.353 -> AND LIKELY TOMORROW WILL BE

2123.888 -> SMOKED IMPACT.

2124.388 -> ANYONE WHO LIVES IN THE INTERIOR

2126.29 -> IN KAMLOOPS KNOWS THAT WE HAVE A

2128.526 -> HEAVY BLANKET OF SMOKE RIGHT NOW

2131.529 -> AND VISIBILITY AND TRANSPORT

2132.897 -> CANADA REGULATIONS SAY IT WILL

2134.198 -> BE TOUCH AND GO ON HOW MUCH WE

2136.267 -> CAN FLY IN THE NEXT 12 HOURS

2138.069 -> HOPING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF

2140.338 -> PRECIPITATION POTENTIALLY COMING

2142.239 -> THAT WE MAY SEE THAT SMOKE CLEAR

2144.074 -> AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO GET OUR

2146.11 -> AVIATION CREW BACK IN THE AIR.

2147.778 -> MOVING DOWN TO WHAT WE ARE NOW

2149.38 -> CALLING THE WEST KELOWNA,

2151.348 -> KELOWNA COMPLEX.

2156.087 -> A VERY SUCCESSFUL DAY YESTERDAY

2158.122 -> AS YOU HAVE LIKELY SEEN.

2159.89 -> WE RECOMMENDED MAKING SOME

2161.492 -> ORDERS BACK INTO ALERT, WE'VE

2163.427 -> ALSO HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH

2165.329 -> OUR GROUND OPERATIONS PUSHING

2166.831 -> HEAVY EQUIPMENT AROUND THESE

2167.898 -> FIRES AND TRYING TO ENSURE WE

2169.467 -> CAN CONTAIN THEM SO THAT NO

2172.069 -> MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER BRINGS

2173.337 -> IN THE COMING DAYS THAT WE HAVE

2175.172 -> THE ABILITY TO OPERATE OFF OUR

2178.042 -> CONTAINMENT MINDS AND KEEP THESE

2179.577 -> FIRES IN THEIR BOX AND NOT SEE

2181.479 -> ANY MORE IMPACTS TO COMMUNITIES

2182.78 -> OR INFRASTRUCTURE.

2184.749 -> ON THIS FIRE IN PARTICULAR AS

2186.617 -> WELL AS IN THE ATOMS COMPLEX IT

2188.452 -> WOULD BE A MISS IF I DID NOT

2190.521 -> THANK THE MUNICIPAL FIRE

2191.555 -> DEPARTMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,

2192.389 -> FIRST NATIONS GOVERNMENTS FOR

2193.424 -> STEPPING UP AND PARTNERING WITH

2195.025 -> BC WILDFIRE SERVICE, WE CANNOT

2197.995 -> DO THIS ALONE.

2198.629 -> WE NEED THAT PARTNERSHIP, WE ALL

2201.065 -> HAVE TO SHOW UP TO TRY TO GET

2203.1 -> PEOPLE HOME AND TO DO IT IN A

2205.136 -> SAFE WAY.

2207.271 -> THE COMPLEX I SPOKE ABOUT IN THE

2209.707 -> FRASER CANYON WHERE WE ARE STILL

2211.608 -> SEEING QUITE SIGNIFICANT FIRE

2212.51 -> BEHAVIOUR ON THE LEFT IS THE

2215.379 -> DOWTIN FIRE, THAT HAS SEEN A BIT

2217.181 -> MORE GROWTH AND SOME CHALLENGING

2224.588 -> AREAS IN GOLD BRIDGE, GUN LAKE

2226.157 -> AS WELL AS STARTING TO SEE THE

2229.66 -> ADDITIONAL RESOURCE STRUCTURE

2230.461 -> PROTECTION FOR THE COMMUNITIES

2232.496 -> IN THE FRASER CANYON.

2233.363 -> JUST TO BE SAFE WITH FIRES TO

2234.932 -> THE NORTH.

2241.672 -> QUICKLY TO TOUCH ON THIS FIRE,

2246.544 -> THE INDIAN BAND, SOME GOOD NEWS

2251.382 -> ON THIS AS WELL.

2252.249 -> WHILE THE FIRE DID PUSH INTO THE

2254.518 -> UNITED STATES WE HAVE A STRONG

2256.053 -> PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED

2256.988 -> STATES WORKING ON THAT END OF

2259.457 -> THE FIRE AS WELL AS WHERE THE

2261.258 -> FIRE IS SITUATED CURRENTLY, WE

2263.126 -> HAVE A FIRE THERE I BELIEVE

2268.532 -> THREE YEARS AGO, A SUBSTANTIAL

2269.767 -> FIRE AND THE MAIN BODY OF THE

2274.205 -> FIRE IS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO

2275.772 -> BURN TOWARDS HIGHWAY THREE SO

2279.31 -> SUCCESSFUL TACTICS GOING ON AND

2283.214 -> CONTINUING TO SEE SOME GROWTH

2284.515 -> BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT.

2291.121 -> UPPER PARK CREEK FIRE, THIS IS

2298.229 -> ROUGHLY 1100 HECTARES, WE SAW

2299.63 -> GROWTH IN THE LAST 48 HOURS.

2301.332 -> NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL AND WE ARE

2302.566 -> HAVING GOOD SUCCESS ON THE

2305.97 -> GROUND WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND

2309.139 -> WE WERE ABLE TO FLY AVIATION

2310.741 -> ASSETS ON IT SO ROUGHLY

2311.842 -> 1100 HECTARES FEELING FAIRLY

2314.011 -> CONFIDENT WITH OUR OPERATION ON

2317.181 -> THIS FIRE AND AGAIN THANKS TO

2320.784 -> THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT WE

2322.152 -> HAVE IN THE AREA.

2327.591 -> IN THE FRASER CANYON THIS FIRE

2329.226 -> WAS LAST FRIDAY IT MADE IT

2331.996 -> SIGNIFICANT PUSH ACROSS THE

2333.063 -> RIVER AND HIGHWAY ONE.

2334.698 -> WE ARE STILL SEEING THE

2336 -> CHALLENGES OF THE VALLEY

2337.568 -> ORIENTATION COMING OUT.

2341.939 -> RUNNING EAST TO TELL WEST INTO

2343.507 -> THE FRASER CANYON SO YOU CAN SEE

2346.41 -> THIS FIRE HAS MADE SOME PUSH TO

2348.212 -> THE NORTH TOWARDS HERE.

2349.847 -> WE HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH

2351.748 -> TO THE SOUTH BUT OVER TO THE

2356.453 -> EAST.

2356.82 -> SOME GROUND THAT IS STEEP BUT

2360.758 -> SOME OPERABLE GROUND TO THE

2362.059 -> NORTH AND SOUTH.

2362.66 -> A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING AS

2365.095 -> IT GETS INTO THE STEEP CANYONS

2366.63 -> OVER HIGHWAY ONE BUT WE ARE

2368.599 -> MAKING A PLAN AND WORKING WITH

2370.167 -> THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ENSURE

2371.435 -> THAT PLAN WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

2376.073 -> TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON RESOURCING

2377.975 -> AS DISCUSSED WE HAVE ROUGHLY

2380.578 -> 3500 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FIRE

2381.879 -> RESPONSE ACROSS THE PROVINCE

2382.846 -> TODAY.

2383.314 -> ONE HUNDRED MEXICAN FIREFIGHTERS

2384.347 -> ARRIVING ON TUESDAY, 200 SOUTH

2387.918 -> AFRICAN BY THE END OF THE WEEK

2389.787 -> AND ADDITIONAL SINGLE RESOURCES.

2392.59 -> CONTINUING TO SEE A LARGE ROTARY

2394.358 -> FLEET WITH 128 HELICOPTERS, 35

2398.295 -> AIR TANKERS AND WE ARE STARTING

2399.93 -> TO SEE RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS

2401.832 -> IN TERMS OF BC WILDFIRE SERVICE

2404.034 -> AND STRUCTURE PROTECTION

2406.136 -> RESOURCES, 288 OUT IN THE FIELD.

2408.205 -> AGAIN THANKING MUNICIPAL FIRE

2409.373 -> DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF

2410.674 -> THIS EFFORT IN A VERY

2413.31 -> CHALLENGING FIRE SEASON.

2414.244 -> AND WE HAVE FLOWN JUST ABOUT 800

2417.214 -> AIR TANKER MISSIONS IN 2023.

2420.684 -> IN 2021 WHICH WAS ALSO A VERY

2422.453 -> CHALLENGING FIRE YEAR FOR THE

2424.221 -> ENTIRE SEASON WE FLEW 800 SO

2426.423 -> LIKELY TO BREAK THAT RECORD HERE

2427.791 -> TODAY AS LONG AS THE SMOKE LIFTS

2429.793 -> AND WE ARE ABLE TO FLY.

2432.863 -> SO THAT IS THE BRIEFING FOR

2434.231 -> TODAY.

2435.799 -> I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH

2438.035 -> AND PREMIER EBY, I WILL ALLOW

2440.404 -> YOU TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

2445.942 -> >> THANK YOU.

2451.748 -> >> WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS ON THE

2454.551 -> PHONE.

2463.626 -> >> THANK YOU.

2464.561 -> MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE

2466.397 -> TRAVEL BAN.

2470.3 -> THERE IS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT

2471.702 -> SHORT-TERM RENTALS SUCH AS

2473.17 -> AIRBNB, TO THEY FALL UNDER THIS

2474.738 -> TRAVEL BAN AS WELL?

2476.206 -> AND THEN ALSO BIGGER PICTURE,

2481.979 -> TOURISM OPERATORS TELL US THEY

2483.514 -> ARE DOING THEIR PART, THAT THEY

2485.049 -> ARE ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD AND

2486.483 -> WONDERING IF THERE WILL BE

2487.785 -> FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR THE

2489.253 -> LOSSES THAT THEY MAY INCUR

2491.055 -> WHETHER THAT BE HOTELS OR TOUR

2492.389 -> OPERATORS.

2493.79 -> >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

2496.694 -> FOR AIRBNB AND PEOPLE WHO HOST,

2501.832 -> WE ARE ASKING THEM TO HAVE

2510.074 -> UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE FACT

2512.71 -> THAT WE ARE ASKING THEM NOT TO

2514.845 -> TRAVEL TO THE AREA, TO BE

2516.18 -> TOURISTS IN DISASTER AREAS AND

2520.417 -> TO BE FLEXIBLE AROUND REFUNDS,

2523.253 -> TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND

2524.822 -> CERTAINLY THOSE WHO ARE HOSTING,

2528.158 -> BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

2529.059 -> THAT'S OUR EXPECTATION.

2532.129 -> TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION DOES NOT

2533.163 -> INCLUDE AIRBNB'S BUT I THINK IT

2535.632 -> WOULD BE A BIT OF A STRETCH TO

2537.701 -> THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE

2538.568 -> TRAVELLING IF YOU HAVE AN AIRBNB

2541.772 -> BOOK, DO NOT TRAVEL OR GO TO

2543.574 -> THOSE AREAS AND FOR THOSE

2545.642 -> COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS

2546.376 -> INVOLVED FLEXIBLE AND

2550.347 -> UNDERSTANDING.

2551.582 -> IN TERMS OF SUPPORT FOR THE

2553.35 -> TOURISM SECTOR ABSOLUTELY WE

2554.418 -> WILL BE SUPPORTING THE TOURISM

2555.652 -> SECTOR.

2556.587 -> ONE OF THE IMMEDIATE REALITIES

2559.523 -> IS HOTEL ROOMS COMING AVAILABLE,

2562.326 -> WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE THEY

2563.66 -> ARE BEING SNAPPED UP BY THE

2564.994 -> PROVINCE.

2569.7 -> FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN

2571.001 -> EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES THE

2572.136 -> BUSINESS IS SHIFTING FROM

2576.306 -> TOURISTS TO A COMMON ENDING

2577.708 -> FRONT-LINE RESPONDERS AND

2578.575 -> INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN EMERGENCY

2579.943 -> RESPONSE CENTRES RIGHT NOW SO WE

2583.781 -> ARE GRATEFUL TO THE HOTEL

2585.082 -> ASSOCIATION FOR WORKING WITH US

2586.05 -> AND MAKING SURE THERE IS A TIGHT

2589.82 -> LINK BETWEEN THOSE COMING

2590.754 -> AVAILABLE AND GETTING THEM OUT

2594.892 -> OF A GYMNASIUM OR COMMUNITY

2596.226 -> CENTRE AND INTO A HOTEL ROOM.

2597.661 -> THANK YOU.

2603.6 -> >> MANY HAVE RELIED ON SOCIAL

2607.938 -> MEDIA NETWORKS TO GET NEWS

2610.107 -> ARTICLES TO SHARE NEWS ARTICLES

2612.309 -> OBVIOUSLY FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM

2613.777 -> ARE NO LONGER ALLOWING CANADIAN

2615.078 -> NEWS CONTENT TO BE SHARED ON

2616.613 -> THEIR PLATFORMS.

2617.915 -> IS THE BC GOVERNMENT FINDING IT

2619.716 -> DIFFICULT TO GET ITS MESSAGE OUT

2621.251 -> TO PEOPLE?

2622.82 -> DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE

2624.488 -> THEN ON CANADIAN NEWS CONTENT ON

2626.256 -> THESE PLATFORMS DURING THIS TIME

2627.591 -> OF IMMENSE DISASTER?

2631.527 -> >> THIS IS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE

2632.896 -> ARE PULLING TOGETHER WHETHER

2636.533 -> THEY ARE OPENING THEIR HOME TO

2638.402 -> FRIENDS, RELATIVES OR SOMETIMES

2639.469 -> EVEN STRANGERS.

2641.038 -> TO SUPPORT NEIGHBOURS WITH

2641.972 -> LIVESTOCK, TO SUPPORT PAETZ AND

2647.211 -> EVERYONE PULLING TOGETHER.

2647.978 -> I HEARD A STORY THIS MORNING

2650.914 -> ABOUT A GUY WHO OWNS A FUEL

2652.582 -> COMPANY AND HE DID NOT HAVE THE

2655.219 -> AUTHORIZATION YET TO KEEP THE

2658.388 -> PUMP GOING TO COVER THE COST HE

2660.39 -> WENT AHEAD AND FUELLED IT UP SO

2661.992 -> THAT WE COULD WORK IT OUT LATER.

2664.728 -> THAT IS THE APPROACH WE ARE

2667.397 -> SEEING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

2668.465 -> I FIND IT ASTONISHING THAT WE

2670 -> ARE AT THIS STAGE OF THE CRISIS

2671.634 -> AND THE OWNERS OF FACEBOOK AND

2674.738 -> INSTAGRAM HAVE NOT COME FORWARD

2676.039 -> AND SAID WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A

2678.108 -> POINT WITH THE FEDERAL

2679.176 -> GOVERNMENT BUT IT'S MORE

2680.21 -> IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE.

2681.311 -> IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT THEY

2682.646 -> HAVE ACCESS TO BASIC INFORMATION

2683.746 -> THROUGH OUR NETWORKS AND WE CAN

2686.85 -> DEAL WITH OUR CONCERNS WITH THE

2688.418 -> FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEIR NEW

2689.686 -> LAWS LATER.

2690.119 -> I CALL ON FACEBOOK AGAIN.

2694.024 -> MR ZUCKERBERG, OPEN UP ACCESS TO

2697.127 -> CANADIAN MEDIA SO THAT BRITISH

2698.729 -> COLUMBIAN'S CAN SHARE CRITICAL,

2700.13 -> LOCAL INFORMATION SO THEY CAN BE

2701.464 -> SAFE.

2702.266 -> IT'S INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING TO

2703.132 -> ME THAT WE HAVE TO BE MAKING

2707.137 -> THIS CALL AT THIS STAGE IN THE

2709.172 -> CRISIS BUT I HOPE THAT COMMON

2710.507 -> SENSE PREVAILS BUT CURRENTLY IT

2714.211 -> SEEMS TO BE IN SHORT SUPPLY.

2720.583 -> >> Reporter: I'M NOT SURE WHO

2726.79 -> THIS IS FOR BUT RESIDENCE ARE

2728.792 -> TRYING TO GET IN COMMUNITIES

2729.892 -> THAT ARE TRAPPED, THEY ARE

2734.164 -> APPARENTLY BLOCKED FROM DOING

2735.198 -> SO.

2735.732 -> WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO PEOPLE TO

2738.035 -> REASSURE THEM THAT SUPPLIES ARE

2739.369 -> GETTING TO COMMUNITIES AND TO

2741.538 -> THE ISSUE YOU WERE SPEAKING TO

2743.573 -> EARLIER ABOUT THAT CONTROLLED

2744.574 -> BURN, HOW CONFLICT ARE YOU THAT

2749.279 -> NO ADDITIONAL HOMES WERE LOST

2751.682 -> DUE TO THE DECISION MADE AROUND

2753.283 -> THAT BURNED?

2755.218 -> >> I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO

2756.92 -> CLIFF TO TAKE THE SECOND

2758.188 -> QUESTION.

2762.425 -> >> THANK YOU.

2763.427 -> IT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AND

2765.262 -> I GUESS I WOULD SAY I AM VERY

2766.996 -> CONFIDENT THAT THAT PLANNED

2770.133 -> IGNITION WENT AHEAD UNDER THE

2771.401 -> RIGHT PLANNING CONTEXT TO REMOVE

2774.304 -> FUEL BETWEEN THE MAIN BODY AND

2776.206 -> THE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTH

2778.108 -> SHUSWAP.

2778.575 -> I AM CONFIDENT IT WAS NOT OUR

2780.677 -> PLANNED IGNITION THAT MADE THAT

2782.512 -> FIRE MOVE INTO THE NORTH

2784.614 -> SHUSWAP.

2784.947 -> THE WINDS WERE 40 KILOMETRES PER

2786.95 -> HOUR SUSTAINED, WE SAW THAT FIRE

2788.285 -> AGAIN 22 KILOMETRE RUN AROUND

2793.757 -> OUR IGNITION.

2794.524 -> I AM CONFIDENT THAT REMOVE FUEL

2796.059 -> AND SAVED HOMES.

2810.373 -> >> THANK YOU.

2810.841 -> I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR

2816.146 -> OPERATIONS FOR EMERGENCY

2816.98 -> MANAGEMENT READINESS.

2818.682 -> IN TERMS OF RESUPPLY, OUT OF

2825.589 -> KAMLOOPS, WORKING CLOSELY WITH

2830.861 -> THEM AND IF THERE WAS A NEED FOR

2832.729 -> ASSISTANCE, WE WOULD THEN

2836.6 -> PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT SO WE WOULD

2838.868 -> ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO GET IN

2842.706 -> TOUCH WITH THEIR LOCAL

2843.74 -> GOVERNMENT FOR THAT SUPPORT.

2844.641 -> THANK YOU.

2847.277 -> U THANK YOU.

2855.985 -> >> I KNOW WE ARE IN THE VERY

2858.388 -> EARLY STAGES HERE OF WHAT COMES

2860.157 -> NEXT FOR THOSE IN KELOWNA AND

2861.725 -> WEST KELOWNA AND THE ENTIRE

2863.026 -> REGION BUT IS THERE A GUARANTEE

2864.594 -> THAT THIS WILL NOT TAKE THE SAME

2866.396 -> AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE PEOPLE

2868.131 -> IN LYTTON HAD EXPERIENCED AS

2869.566 -> THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO GET

2871.768 -> BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.

2872.636 -> WHAT SORT OF COMMITMENT WILL

2873.904 -> THERE BE TO REBUILD HERE IN

2875.005 -> THIS?

2879.175 -> >> WE WILL BE WORKING INCREDIBLY

2880.41 -> CLOSELY WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES,

2882.245 -> ALREADY WITH THE FEDERAL

2883.513 -> GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE

2884.681 -> FAMILIES STARTING WITH THE NEWS

2886.683 -> WE GOT TODAY OF THE 50

2888.951 -> STRUCTURES WE LOST IN WEST

2892.522 -> KELOWNA, MOST LIKELY HOMES,

2894.558 -> MAKING SURE THEY ARE SUPPORTED

2897.894 -> BUT THE BAD NEWS WILL CONTINUE

2899.463 -> TO COME IN.

2900.063 -> FAMILY HOMES DESTROYED DUE TO

2901.998 -> FIRE, AS YOU'VE HEARD THIS IS

2909.539 -> STILL A VERY SERIOUS AND

2910.841 -> VOLATILE SITUATION.

2911.941 -> WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET

2913.743 -> AND GOVERNMENTS AT ALL LEVELS

2918.348 -> WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO

2919.683 -> ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKED

2920.817 -> AFTER.

2931.695 -> [ Inaudible ]

2939.202 -> >> Reporter: HOW DO WE KNOW

2941.638 -> THAT?

2949.178 -> >> THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY

2950.18 -> DANGEROUS SITUATION.

2951.915 -> LIKE WHAT MINISTER MA SAYS, YOU

2954.251 -> HAVE IN ORDER TO EVACUATE SO

2956.419 -> PLEASE EVACUATED.

2956.953 -> CERTAINLY DO NOT GO INTO AN AREA

2958.955 -> THAT IS UNDER AN EVACUATION

2960.189 -> ORDER, THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL

2962.592 -> OF RISK FOR YOUR OWN LIFE, FOR

2965.262 -> THE LIVES OF FIRST RESPONDERS

2966.563 -> THAT ARE GOING TO TRY TO FIGHT

2968.365 -> THAT FIRE BECAUSE ALL OF A

2969.699 -> SUDDEN THEY WILL GO IN TO GET

2971.501 -> SOMEBODY OUT, THAT SHOULD NOT BE

2973.57 -> IN THE AREA AND THE FIRST PLACE

2975.906 -> AND THAT IS WHERE THE DANGER IS

2977.707 -> THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST.

2978.374 -> THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO

2979.743 -> CLIFF TO PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION

2983.246 -> THEY CAN FROM THE FRONT LINES

2985.982 -> ABOUT ANY REPORTS OF MISSING

2987.417 -> PEOPLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

2988.584 -> >> THANK YOU.

2989.352 -> YOU ARE RIGHT IT IS A VERY SCARY

2995.625 -> SITUATION THAT OCCURRED LAST

2996.726 -> THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

2997.894 -> WITH THAT TYPE OF WIND SUSTAINED

2999.262 -> THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THE

3000.797 -> DARKNESS, EVACUATION ORDERS

3004.234 -> GOING AND OBVIOUSLY AT THIS

3006.803 -> POINT IN TIME WE HAVE NOT BEEN

3008.605 -> MADE AWARE OF ANY IMPACTS TO

3009.806 -> HUMANS BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN

3013.343 -> THAT WE MAY NOT IN THE COMING

3015.378 -> DAYS OBVIOUSLY WE CONTINUE TO

3018.081 -> FOCUS ON THE STRUCTURES,

3021.117 -> FOCUSING ON THE RESPONSE AND EN

3025.355 -> I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS

3026.89 -> ANYTHING TO ADD BUT THERE IS

3030.16 -> NOTHING THAT HAS COME ACROSS BC

3032.028 -> WILDFIRES SERVICES IN TERMS OF

3033.33 -> YOUR QUESTION.

3040.269 -> >> WE HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.

3043.707 -> NO REPORTS OF MISSING PERSONS.

3046.276 -> THANK YOU.

3059.588 -> >> YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT

3064.494 -> THANKING THE COMMUNITIES,

3065.862 -> MUNICIPAL FIRE CREWS AND I'M

3067.163 -> WONDERING IF YOU COULD EXPAND A

3069.566 -> BIT ON STRUCTURAL PROTECTION,

3071.167 -> WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THESE CREWS

3072.969 -> THAT YOU COULDN'T DO WITHOUT

3075.739 -> THEM IN TERMS OF FIREFIGHTING,

3077.04 -> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE THEM

3078.908 -> THERE AND HOW USEFUL IS IT IN

3080.477 -> TERMS OF ACTUALLY PROTECTING

3081.444 -> HOMES?

3085.348 -> >> CLIFF, I THINK THIS IS ONE

3086.816 -> FOR USE.

3089.151 -> >> THERE IS A DISTINCT

3091.154 -> DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MUNICIPAL

3092.188 -> FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT FIRE

3094.124 -> SERVICES IN BOTH TRAINING,

3096.159 -> EXPERIENCE AND MANDATES ARE TO

3097.661 -> ACCOMPLISH WITHIN BC AND THAT IS

3099.229 -> WHY IT IS SO IMPERATIVE FOR US

3101.031 -> TO WORK IN TRUE PARTNERSHIP AND

3103.366 -> UNIFIED COMMAND AS WE ARE ON THE

3105.468 -> MCDOUGALL FIRE AND WORKING AS

3106.736 -> CLOSELY AS WE ARE IN THE ADAMS

3108.838 -> FIRE AND ACROSS THE PROVINCE.

3112.776 -> MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

3113.576 -> SUPPORT IS WHICH IS THE

3114.911 -> DEPLOYMENT OF SPRINKLERS, PUMPS,

3118.948 -> DELIVERY SYSTEMS, QUITE A

3120.717 -> COMPLEX SYSTEM TO TRY TO REDUCE

3122.519 -> THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN AND

3123.82 -> AROUND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS

3126.756 -> DIRECTLY SPRAY WATER INTO THE

3128.091 -> FUEL SO THE FIRE HAS LESS FUEL

3129.693 -> TO BURN IN AN IDEAL SITUATION.

3134.13 -> THE MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT

3135.198 -> CAN ALSO FIGHT THIS GROUP -- THE

3138.101 -> STRUCTURE FIRE SO WHEN WE SEE

3139.636 -> THE IMPACT LIKE WE DID IN WEST

3141.237 -> KELOWNA OR IN THE SHUSWAP,

3144.374 -> MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS ARE

3145.642 -> TRAINED IN STRUCTURE DEFENCE AND

3147.31 -> THEY ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY

3148.611 -> SUPPRESS THE HOMES THAT MIGHT BE

3150.38 -> ON FIRE.

3150.78 -> I THINK THIS IS ONE IMPORTANT

3152.282 -> PIECE BECAUSE WILDFIRE, THE BC

3156.286 -> WILDFIRES SERVICE FIREFIGHTERS,

3157.12 -> WHILE THEY CAN SUPPORT

3159.689 -> SPRINKLERS THEY ARE GENERALLY

3160.757 -> FOCUSED ON STEERING THE FIRE

3162.058 -> AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY AND

3164.327 -> USING OUR SUPPRESSION TACTICS TO

3166.262 -> KEEP THE FIRE OUT OF COMMUNITIES

3167.831 -> AND THAT'S WHY SOMETIMES WHEN

3168.932 -> YOU SEE WITHIN WEST KELOWNA OR

3172.102 -> PERHAPS AROUND THE SHUSWAP YOU

3176.506 -> MAY NOT SEE THE FIRE SERVICE BUT

3179.008 -> MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE

3179.809 -> THAT IS THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE.

3181.578 -> OUR STAFF ARE IN THE FOREST

3183.747 -> TRYING TO STEER THAT FIRE, BUT

3185.315 -> IN CONTAINMENT LINES, SO IT

3187.817 -> REALLY DOES HAVE TO BE A

3189.352 -> PARTNERSHIP AND THERE IS A

3190.653 -> DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE TWO

3192.155 -> TYPES CAN DO AND MOST EFFECTIVE

3193.923 -> WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S

3195.458 -> WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW.

3205.401 -> >> Reporter: WITH THESE

3211.241 -> WILDFIRE SEASONS GETTING WORSE

3212.308 -> HERE AND EVERYWHERE ARE THERE

3215.145 -> FIRE PREVENTION STRATEGIES

3219.082 -> AND/OR TECHNOLOGIES BEING USED

3221.885 -> ELSEWHERE IN PLACES LIKE

3223.353 -> AUSTRALIA THAT BC IS STUDYING

3224.654 -> AND CONSIDERING ADOPTING HERE?

3227.99 -> >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

3235.465 -> IN TERMS OF FIRE PREVENTION

3236.666 -> STRATEGIES THE INTERFACE AREAS

3240.537 -> BETWEEN FOREST, AND HOMES, WE

3253.95 -> HAVE PUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

3255.018 -> INTO EXPANDING THE AREAS WHERE

3257.187 -> TREES ARE REMOVED.

3260.49 -> ALSO THE ADDED BENEFIT OF

3261.624 -> PROVIDING WOOD TO MILLS GIVEN

3267.697 -> THE IMPACT.

3270.567 -> IT'S ONE OF THE INITIATIVES WE

3272.135 -> PUT IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE

3273.97 -> FOREST INDUSTRY BUT ALSO TO

3274.938 -> PREVENT FOREST FIRES FROM

3278.975 -> SPREADING INTO URBAN AREAS AND

3281.578 -> THERE ARE ALSO BUILDING CODES

3284.514 -> THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO REDUCE THE

3286.115 -> RISK OF WILDFIRES SPREADING

3290.954 -> INCLUDING SPRINKLERS AND

3291.988 -> MATERIALS USED IN THE

3293.022 -> CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, LOTS

3294.09 -> OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND

3296.025 -> DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE

3297.327 -> ALLOWED AND NOT IN LYTTON, FOR

3298.761 -> EXAMPLE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE

3302.699 -> THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

3304 -> BUILDING CODE AND THE NATIONAL

3305.301 -> BUILDING CODE.

3307.437 -> I'M SURE WE'LL BE TAKING NOTE OF

3309.239 -> THESE IMPACTS AS THEY DID

3310.573 -> FOLLOWING THE FIRE IN LYTTON TO

3312.041 -> DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT

3313.343 -> NEEDS TO BE AMENDED.

3319.615 -> >> Reporter: IS THERE STILL A

3324.253 -> CONCERN THAT THE REMNANTS OF

3327.69 -> HURRICANE HILLARY COULD CREATE

3331.628 -> STRONG WINDS AND EXACERBATE SOME

3332.929 -> OF THESE FIRES?

3336.365 -> >> I WOULD SAY THE REMNANTS OF

3337.901 -> THAT HURRICANE IS A BIT OF A

3339.702 -> DOUBLE EDGE SWORD SO ON ONE HAND

3341.204 -> THERE IS A CHANCE THAT

3342.505 -> PRECIPITATION COMING IN TO THE

3343.372 -> PROVINCE STARTING LATE THIS

3346.242 -> AFTERNOON AND AN EVEN BETTER

3349.245 -> CHANCE TOMORROW IS THAT THE

3350.346 -> REMNANTS OF THAT IS IT FINISHES

3354.617 -> OFF ITS RUN INTO BC SO THAT IS

3356.753 -> POSITIVE NEWS AND WE ARE TALKING

3358.221 -> ABOUT NOT ENOUGH TO END THE

3359.656 -> SEASON UNFORTUNATELY BUT FIVE TO

3362.258 -> TEN MILLIMETRES OF RAIN WITHIN

3364.961 -> THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE

3367.03 -> PROVINCE AND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN

3368.097 -> ONE AND FIVE ACROSS THE FIRE

3370.166 -> CENTRE WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY WHERE

3371.434 -> WE HAVE OUR COMPLEX AND THE

3374.904 -> MCDOUGALL CREEK FIRE SO THERE IS

3376.439 -> GOOD NEWS IN TERMS OF

3377.539 -> PRECIPITATION.

3379.108 -> THE OTHER EDGE OF THAT SWORD IS

3380.877 -> EXACTLY WHAT YOU REFERENCED

3382.512 -> WHICH IS THE WINDS WHICH MAY BE

3384.28 -> ASSOCIATED SO WE ARE

3385.148 -> ANTICIPATING SOME OF WIND'S TO

3386.215 -> COME WITH THIS AIR MASS COMING

3390.42 -> THROUGH BUT IT WILL NOT BE THE

3392.221 -> SAME AS WHAT WE EXPERIENCED ON

3393.756 -> THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

3394.39 -> A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES

3396.559 -> TO THAT.

3397.293 -> WE ARE NOT AT THE END OF THE

3399.329 -> HEAT WAVE WHICH IS A POSITIVE

3402.532 -> THING IN THE WINDS ARE NOT

3404.1 -> FORECASTED TO BE SUSTAINED FOR

3405.401 -> AS LONG AS THEY WERE LAST WEEK

3407.37 -> SO WE MAY SEEK GUS UP TO 30

3410.473 -> KILOMETRES PER HOUR BUT THEY ARE

3412.375 -> FORECAST TO BE GENERALLY MUCH

3413.676 -> MORE MILD THAN WHAT WE SAW LAST

3415.478 -> WEEK.

3416.045 -> TEN TO 20 KILOMETRES PER HOUR

3417.58 -> WHICH FOR AUGUST FIREFIGHTING

3419.148 -> CONDITIONS THAT'S RELATIVELY

3419.949 -> TYPICAL SO THE GOOD NEWS ON THE

3424.253 -> RAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO

3425.555 -> MONITOR THE WIND AS THE REMNANTS

3427.657 -> OF THAT HURRICANE START TO PUSH

3429.025 -> IN.

3429.359 -> THANK YOU.

3434.329 -> >> YOU ARE LISTENING TO AND

3435.598 -> WATCHING THE LATEST FIRE UPDATE

3439.168 -> AND FROM BC WILDFIRE OFFICIALS.

3440.303 -> TO RECAP, 386 WILDFIRES ARE

3444.507 -> BRINGING ACROSS OUR PROVINCE,

3447.343 -> 25,000 PEOPLE IN EVACUATION

3448.945 -> ORDER, BELIEVED AT LEAST 50

3450.246 -> STRUCTURES IN AND AROUND WEST

3451.581 -> KELOWNA HAVE BEEN LOST.

3452.482 -> THAT MAYBE THE NUMBER EXPECTING

3457.854 -> TO GROW AS MORE INSPECTIONS ARE

3459.856 -> DONE OF AREAS AND WITH HURRICANE

3461.758 -> HILLARY HEADING THROUGH

3462.425 -> CALIFORNIA, SOME RAIN IS

3720.249 -> THE COLLEGE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO

3721.017 -> PAY $10,360 BACK TO SHARMA.

3721.684 -> BASED ON CBC'S PREVIOUS REPORTS

3722.851 -> AND OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE

3724.253 -> REGULATORY BODY HAS ALSO

3725.821 -> LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO

3726.789 -> THE COLLEGE.

3727.824 -> KIERAN SINGH, CBC NEWS,

3728.557 -> VANCOUVER.

3730.058 -> >> U.K. READ THE DETAILED STORY

3732.061 -> ON CBC.CA/BC.

3735.23 -> THE MOST PROLIFIC CHILD KILLER

3737.166 -> IN MODERN BRITISH HISTORY WILL

3738.534 -> SPEND THE REST OF HER LIFE IN

3740.335 -> PRISON.

3741.97 -> >> THE ORDER OF THE COURT,

3744.073 -> THEREFORE, IS A WHOLE LIFE ORDER

3746.842 -> ON EACH AND EVERY OFFENCE AND

3748.144 -> YOU WILL SPEND THE REST OF YOUR

3749.445 -> LIFE IN PRISON.

3754.483 -> >> IMPOSING A LIFE SENTENCE ON

3757.553 -> LUCY LETBY FOR MURDERING SEVEN

3759.288 -> BABIES AND ATTEMPTING TO KILL

3761.624 -> SIX OTHERS.

3763.025 -> THE 33-YEAR-OLD LETBY CARRIED

3764.193 -> OUT HER CRIMES WHILE WORKING AS

3765.728 -> A NEONATAL NURSE AT HOSPITAL IN

3767.663 -> NORTHERN ENGLAND.

3770.266 -> JUSTICE GOSS CALLED HER CRIMES A

3771.067 -> CRUEL CAMPAIGN OF MURDER.

3773.368 -> >>> AND THAT'S THE CBC NEWS FROM

3775.137 -> VANCOUVER.

3775.537 -> FOR NEWS ANY TIME, GO TO

3778.441 -> CBC.CA/BC OR USE THE CBC NEWS

3780.509 -> APP.

3780.776 -> NOW TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR LOCAL

3782.611 -> WEATHER FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA.

3783.946 -> A SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT

3785.915 -> REMAINS IN PLACE, SUNNY TODAY

3787.416 -> WITH LOCAL SMOKE, HIGHS OF 20°,

3790.519 -> EXCEPT 24 INLAND AND A FEW

3791.721 -> CLOUDS FOR THIS EVENING, COOLING

3792.688 -> DOWN TO 13.

3794.023 -> TOMORROW, SUNSHINE WITH HIGHS OF

3795.023 -> 20 AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS

3796.359 -> TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A LOW OF 14.

3799.261 -> ON WEDNESDAY, SUN AND CLOUDS

3800.329 -> WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, HIGHS

3801.664 -> OF 21, AND CLEAR IN THE EVENING

3802.698 -> WITH A LOW OF 13.

3804.567 -> ON THURSDAY, SUNNY SKIES WITH

3806.068 -> HIGHS OF 23, EXCEPT 27° INLAND.

3810.006 -> NOW BACK TO "BC TODAY."

3813.708 -> >> MICHELLE MORTON, THANK YOU

3814.643 -> VERY MUCH.

3815.945 -> I'M DAN BURRRITT FILLING IN FOR

3823.819 -> MICHEL E ALL THIS WEEK.

3824.587 -> AND WE WILL BE WITH YOU

3825.821 -> PROVINCE-WIDE UNTIL 3 P.M. TODAY

3827.356 -> TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, WHAT

3828.991 -> YOU'RE GOING THROUGH AS PEOPLE

3830.993 -> DEAL WITH THESE BC WILDFIRES.

3831.927 -> WE'LL BE HEARING FROM SEVERAL

3834.03 -> EXPERTS, ONE OF THEM JOINING US

3835.097 -> RIGHT NOW.

3835.764 -> YOU KNOW WHO HE IS, OUR CLIMATE

3838.3 -> AND WEATHER SPECIALIST.

3841.003 -> DARIUS, THANKS FOR JOINING US

3841.704 -> TODAY.

3842.071 -> >> OF COURSE, ANY TIME.

3842.772 -> >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LATEST

3843.506 -> IN THE WEATHER.

3843.973 -> WE HEARD A FEW UPDATES FROM

3845.608 -> CLIFF CHAPMAN.

3846.776 -> WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE RADAR

3848.21 -> RIGHT NOW?

3849.244 -> >> WELL, THINGS HAVE DEFINITELY

3850.913 -> IMPROVED FROM FRIDAY,

3851.714 -> ABSOLUTELY.

3852.782 -> FRIDAY, THAT COLD, DRY FRONT

3854.416 -> THAT MOVED THROUGH, THAT'S

3856.084 -> PRETTY MUCH AS BAD AS IT GETS IN

3857.52 -> TERMS OF FIRE WEATHER, SO WE'RE

3859.155 -> VERY HAPPY THAT THAT IS OVER

3861.791 -> NOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT

3862.558 -> FOLLOWED A HEATWAVE.

3864.526 -> THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WINDS CAME

3865.828 -> WAY DOWN.

3866.695 -> WE STILL HAD VERY LOW HUMIDITY

3868.064 -> SO THE AIR WAS VERY DRY SO NOT

3869.665 -> GOOD THERE BUT WE DO HAVE SOME

3871.434 -> MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH THE

3872.301 -> PROVINCE NOW BRINGING HUMIDITY

3873.102 -> UP IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN

3874.804 -> INTERIOR, WINDS SHOULD STAY

3876.005 -> RELATIVELY LOW.

3877.306 -> WE HEARD AT THE END OF LAST HOUR

3879.441 -> IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT AS

3881.31 -> SOME WINDS MOVE THROUGH, WE WILL

3883.712 -> GET SOME SUSTAINED WINDS BUT

3886.982 -> REALLY MUCH LOWER THAN WE SAW

3888.317 -> LAST WEEK.

3890.419 -> NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE 40, 50

3893.155 -> KILOMETRES SUSTAINED.

3893.856 -> THE HIGHEST GUSTS WE'LL PROBABLY

3895.424 -> SEE IS 30 KILOMETRES PER HOUR.

3896.758 -> WE DON'T WANT TO PASS THE 30

3898.394 -> KILOMETRE PER HOUR MARK BUT

3899.728 -> HAVING GUSTS THAT HIGH IS NOT

3902.231 -> NEARLY AS BAD AS SUSTAINED WINDS

3903.165 -> AT THAT SPEED SO DEFINITELY

3904.299 -> LOOKING UP.

3904.866 -> >> AND WE HAVE TO ASSUME, AND I

3906.835 -> THINK CLIFF CHAPMAN, THE HEAD OF

3910.405 -> BC WILDFIRE SERVICE OR FOR

3911.64 -> OPERATIONS HAD MENTIONED,

3912.641 -> THEY'RE USED TO WORKING IN THE

3914.176 -> WIND SO THEY HAVE TO FACTOR THAT

3915.811 -> IN, DON'T THEY?

3917.412 -> >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

3919.348 -> WE KNOW THAT HURRICANE HILARY

3921.083 -> WHICH HIT THE COAST OF THE U.S.

3922.418 -> AND MEXICO EARLIER JUST THIS

3924.787 -> WEEKEND IS MOVING UP TOWARDS THE

3927.223 -> COUNTRY, TOWARDS CANADA, SORRY,

3928.523 -> AND AS IT MOVES UP, IT'S NO

3930.493 -> LONGER GOING TO BE A NAMED STORM

3932.027 -> BY THE TIME IT REACHES CANADA

3933.262 -> BUT WE'RE SEEING THIS BIG STREAM

3934.463 -> OF MOISTURE THAT'S GOING TO MOVE

3935.965 -> THROUGH THE PROVINCE, BRING LOTS

3938.167 -> OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE

3939.401 -> SOUTHEAST AND HOPEFULLY SOME TO

3942.404 -> THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR AS WELL.

3943.306 -> AS WE HEARD, WE'RE EXPECTING

3944.606 -> SOME IN THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR.

3945.741 -> THERE'S STILL SOME HOPE THAT THE

3947.176 -> MODELS MIGHT SHIFT A BIT.

3948.444 -> WE'LL SEE THAT BAND OF

3950.112 -> CONSISTENT RAIN MOVE A BIT

3951.413 -> FURTHER WEST AND HIT THE

3952.715 -> SOUTHERN INTERIOR REALLY HEAD-ON

3954.65 -> WHICH WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

3955.817 -> BUT EVEN IF IT'S JUST HITTING

3958.454 -> THE KOOTENAYS AND THE COLUMN

3959.622 -> BASS, THAT'S GOOD NEWS IN TERMS

3960.856 -> OF GETTING SOME OF THE FIRE

3963.159 -> RESOURCES -- COLUMBIAS -- FREED

3964.994 -> UP AND FIGHTING SOME OTHER

3967.096 -> FIRES.

3967.529 -> >> CLIFF CHAPMAN MENTIONED

3968.998 -> BETWEEN 10 TO 20 I BELIEVE

3971.834 -> MILLIMETRES FOR THE SOUTHEAST, A

3973.035 -> BIT LESS FOR THE KAMLOOPS AREA.

3974.87 -> I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT EVERY

3976.172 -> LITTLE BIT HELPS.

3977.039 -> ARE THOSE NUMBERS WHAT YOU'RE

3978.173 -> SEEING?

3979.775 -> >> YEAH, VERY SIMILAR.

3981.01 -> ON MONEY, TONIGHT, INTO LATE

3983.012 -> AFTERNOON TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING

3983.979 -> TO SEE THE FIRST BUILT OF BIT ON

3987.683 -> COME THROUGH.

3988.25 -> MAYBE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS

3989.684 -> THROUGH THE OKANAGAN, THROUGH

3990.652 -> THE THOMPSON, BUT TOMORROW WE

3992.521 -> SEE ANOTHER BAND MOVE THROUGH

3993.622 -> THAT'S A BIT MORE WESTWARD AND

3995.224 -> THAT'S WHERE WE COULD REALLY SEE

3996.659 -> THE RAIN COME FOR THOSE OTHER

3998.627 -> REGIONS WHERE WE'RE SEEING

3999.795 -> REALLY MASSIVE FIRES, IN THE

4001.63 -> KAMLOOPS FIRE CENTRE AND SO ON

4003.799 -> WEDNESDAY, ANOTHER CHANCE OF

4004.633 -> ANOTHER BAND OF PRECIPITATION

4005.935 -> COMING THROUGH, BUT LESS SO.

4008.037 -> TUESDAY WILL REALLY BE THE BIG

4009.571 -> ONE IN TERMS OF HOW FAR WEST

4011.974 -> THAT BAND OF PRECIPITATION

4013.308 -> MOVES.

4013.608 -> I THINK HE SAID THAT FOR THE

4015.311 -> KAMLOOPS FIRE CENTRE, THEY'RE

4016.512 -> EXPECTING BETWEEN 1 AND 5

4018.047 -> MILLIMETRES.

4018.447 -> IF WE SEE THAT BAND MOVE FURTHER

4020.249 -> WEST WHICH IS STILL POSSIBLE, WE

4021.317 -> COULD SEE EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

4022.717 -> >> BEFORE WE GET TO PRESCRIBED

4024.386 -> BURNS, I'M WONDERING IF ANY OF

4025.821 -> THE MODELLING YOU'RE SEEING,

4027.456 -> WHAT IMPACT THAT MAY HAVE ON THE

4029.458 -> AIR QUALITY ADVISORIES, THE

4030.659 -> SMOKE THAT HAS MOVED IN ACROSS

4036.332 -> MUCH OF OUR PROVINCE.

4038 -> OBVIOUSLY IT'S MUCH WORSE WHERE

4039.101 -> THE FIRES ARE AND WHERE PEOPLE

4041.036 -> HAVE HAD TO BE, FORCED FROM

4042.404 -> THEIR HOMES.

4052.547 -> >> WE'RE HAVING AN UPPER LOW

4053.916 -> SYSTEM MOVE THROUGH THE

4054.717 -> PROVINCE.

4055.084 -> SOON IT WILL BE PASSING OVER THE

4056.452 -> SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND THAT'S

4057.453 -> GOING TO BE SUCKING IN THAT

4060.089 -> MOISTURE FROM HILARY.

4061.39 -> SO THAT IS A GOOD SIGN.

4062.925 -> THE THING IS, AS THAT UPPER LOW

4064.793 -> MOVES THROUGH, IT'S GOING TO

4065.861 -> SHIFT THE WAY THE WINDS ARE

4067.196 -> BLOWING.

4067.563 -> RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE WINDS THAT

4068.497 -> ARE BLOWING FROM EAST TO WEST

4070.265 -> WHICH IS NOT VERY USUAL.

4073.235 -> USUALLY THEY BLOW FROM WEST TO

4074.603 -> EAST, THAT'S PUSHING A LOT OF

4075.67 -> SMOKE OVER THE SOUTH COAST.

4076.805 -> AS THAT UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH,

4078.574 -> THE WINDS BLOW FROM THE SOUTH

4081.477 -> SNEAD MEANING WE'RE GOING TO

4082.178 -> HAVE SMOKIER SKIES IN THE

4083.178 -> CENTRAL INTERIOR BUT A LOT OF

4084.213 -> THE SMOKE WILL CLEAR OUT ON THE

4085.881 -> COAST.

4086.248 -> >> OKAY.

4088.917 -> THAT'S VERY GOOD TO KNOW,

4090.586 -> DARIUS.

4091.32 -> A LITTLE BIT OF A BRAIN MOMENT

4092.788 -> THERE.

4094.723 -> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

4096.925 -> I KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN WE

4099.361 -> HEAR ABOUT THE CHALLENGES PEOPLE

4100.229 -> ARE HAVING, NOT ONLY THOSE VERY

4105.267 -> CLOSE TO THE FIRES, OBVIOUSLY

4106.202 -> WITH CHOKING SMOKE, AND WE'VE

4108.17 -> HEARD CONCERNS AROUND WHAT IS

4109.171 -> ACTUALLY IN THAT SMOKE, HOMES

4111.573 -> AND STRUCTURES BURNING AND WHAT

4113.609 -> THAT'S DOING TO THOSE CLOSE BY,

4116.445 -> BUT FOR ANYBODY WHO WAS THINKING

4117.746 -> OF GOING OUT TO EXERCISE OR

4121.684 -> PERHAPS THOSE WHO ALREADY ARE

4123.652 -> LIVING WITH RESPIRATORY

4125.287 -> PROBLEMS, CAN BE EXTREMELY

4126.488 -> CHALLENGING AND WE KNOW THAT THE

4128.123 -> REGULAR ADVICE IS TO MAKE SURE

4129.892 -> THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR ACTIVITIES

4131.994 -> AND TRY AND, IF YOU HAVE TO,

4133.262 -> STAY INDOORS.

4134.496 -> SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE

4136.432 -> TO HEED THAT WARNING.

4137.766 -> AND YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING.

4139.868 -> >> IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET

4140.669 -> OUTSIDE BUT YOU ARE WORRIED

4141.536 -> ABOUT THE SMOKE, THERE'S A GREAT

4144.173 -> WEBSITE, THERE'S A GREAT MODEL

4145.708 -> OF SMOKE FORECASTS.

4147.342 -> IF YOU GO TO firesmoke.ca IT'S

4152.381 -> RUN IN TANDEM BETWEEN BC AND

4154.383 -> ALBERTA, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE

4155.316 -> MOTOR VEHICLE IS

4157.353 -> SMOKE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE, YOU

4158.887 -> CAN FIND WHEN IN THE DAY IT WILL

4161.09 -> BE BEST TO GO OUTSIDE.

4162.09 -> >> AND ONE MORE TIME THAT

4163.625 -> WEBSITE?

4167.129 -> firesmoke.ca.

4167.629 -> >> DARIUS, WE APPRECIATE YOUR

4168.397 -> TIME AND YOUR EXPERTISE.

4169.865 -> WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY BUSY

4171.132 -> OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

4172.568 -> THANKS VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US

4173.769 -> ON "BC TODAY."

4174.569 -> >> OF COURSE, THANK YOU.

4176.471 -> >> EARLIER THIS MORNING, THE

4177.706 -> REGIONAL DISTRICT OF CENTRAL

4179.808 -> OKANAGAN HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE

4180.876 -> WHERE WEST KELOWNA FIRE CHIEF

4183.112 -> JASON BROLUND SHARED SOME

4186.181 -> INTENSELY-PERSONAL STORIES FROM

4186.948 -> THE FRONT LINES.

4187.449 -> WE WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THAT

4188.249 -> WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.

4190.185 -> >> I SAW THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM

4192.888 -> THE NIGHTSHIFT COMING BACK, AND

4194.656 -> THEY WERE BLACK.

4195.591 -> AND THEY WERE BLACK BECAUSE THEY

4196.458 -> WERE OUT THERE DOING THAT GRIND,

4198.327 -> THAT HARD WORK OF FIRE FIGHTING.

4204.266 -> ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT.

4205.167 -> I HAD ONE THAT GAVE ME

4207.669 -> GOOSEBUMPS, AND I DON'T HAVE ALL

4209.505 -> THE DETAILS.

4210.439 -> I DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE THEM, BUT

4212.407 -> I WILL SHARE WHAT I DO HAVE WITH

4213.708 -> YOU.

4215.344 -> I CAME TO LEARN THIS MORNING

4217.079 -> THAT ONE OF THE STRUCTURAL

4219.381 -> FIREFIGHTERS, TODAY WAS

4220.249 -> SCHEDULED TO BECOME A CANADIAN

4221.783 -> CITIZEN.

4224.52 -> AND OF COURSE HE WASN'T ABLE TO

4225.954 -> ATTEND THE CEREMONY.

4228.69 -> WHAT AN IMPORTANT THING AND WHAT

4229.892 -> A MASSIVE SACRIFICE TO MAKE.

4233.429 -> BUT HE'S GOING TO DO IT AND HE'S

4234.83 -> GOING TO DO IT BY ZOOM FROM

4236.465 -> BEHIND THE FRONT LINES.

4238.133 -> AND PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME WHERE

4240.769 -> HE'S FROM, AND I DON'T KNOW, BUT

4243.872 -> WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT HE'S

4245.441 -> GOING TO BE FROM CANADA AND THAT

4247.008 -> JUST GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS TO TELL

4248.444 -> THAT STORY.

4248.944 -> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE

4250.345 -> FIREFIGHTERS OF WEST KELOWNA

4251.647 -> FIRE RESCUE FOR A MOMENT.

4254.383 -> OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE PULLING

4256.552 -> BACK-TO-BACK SHIFTS.

4257.119 -> I VISITED THE FIRE HALL FOR

4259.955 -> COFFEE BRIEFLY THIS MORNING WITH

4262.057 -> MY CREWS, I SAT AROUND THE TABLE

4263.592 -> AND LOOKED AT THEM.

4264.793 -> THEN I WENT OVER TO THE OTHER

4266.295 -> FIRE HALL FOR THE MORNING FIRE

4268.163 -> TRUCK PARADE AS WE'VE DUBBED IT.

4270.265 -> AND I SAW THE SAME GUYS.

4272.934 -> THEY HAD WORKED THE NIGHTSHIFT

4276.004 -> AT THE FIRE HALL, AND WE HAD

4276.939 -> HALF A DOZEN CALLS LAST NIGHT.

4281.276 -> AND THEN THEY GOT ON THE TRUCK

4282.678 -> AND WENT TO THE FRONT LINES AND

4283.779 -> THEY WERE PROBABLY HOPING THEY

4285.347 -> WOULDN'T BUMP INTO ME BECAUSE

4286.615 -> I'D BE TELLING THEM YOU NEED TO

4288.617 -> GET SOME REST BUT THEY WOULDN'T

4289.918 -> LISTEN TO ME.

4290.686 -> IF THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT, I

4292.187 -> WOULDN'T DO IT EITHER.

4293.088 -> THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE.

4294.656 -> >> WEST KELOWNA FIRE CHIEF JASON

4297.059 -> BROLUND EARLIER TODAY.

4298.06 -> AND TO RECAP SOME OF THE MAJOR

4301.463 -> THINGS THAT HE WAS SAYING, AT

4302.965 -> LEAST 50 STRUCTURES IN AND

4305.033 -> AROUND WEST KELOWNA THEY BELIEVE

4306.568 -> HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, THAT,

4307.836 -> THOUGH, IS EXPECTED TO RISE

4308.971 -> BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE

4310.472 -> TO GET IN TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF

4312.808 -> AREAS.

4313.141 -> AS YOU HEARD HIS PRAISE FOR THE

4314.409 -> CREWS, THOSE WORKING OVERNIGHT

4315.477 -> INTO THE MORNING, SIMPLY NOT

4317.913 -> QUITTING.

4318.28 -> AND WE ALSO HEARD FROM CLIFF

4320.315 -> CHAPMAN AT THE PROVINCIAL UPDATE

4321.483 -> AROUND THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT

4323.118 -> THE CREWS ARE GETTING FROM

4324.82 -> PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THANK YOU,

4325.887 -> WHO ARE GIVING THEM A HAND, WHO

4328.556 -> ARE HAND CLAPPING FOR THEM, BIG

4330.526 -> BOOST FOR THEM.

4331.527 -> NOW, EVACUEES CONTINUE TO WATCH

4333.862 -> AS FIRES ENCROACH ON THEIR

4336.265 -> HOMES.

4336.565 -> CHRIS ERICSSON RECEIVED A VIDEO

4337.366 -> OF HIS HOUSE BURNING DOWN FROM

4339.101 -> FIREFIGHTERS ON THE SCENE.

4341.069 -> HE SAYS DESPITE HOW HARD SEEING

4343.105 -> THAT WAS, HE APPRECIATES

4345.107 -> KNOWING.

4346.14 -> >> THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT

4346.975 -> DON'T KNOW.

4347.709 -> THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT

4348.61 -> DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

4350.712 -> AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE

4352.881 -> FORTUNATE.

4353.281 -> I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST

4355.951 -> PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT WE GOT

4358.387 -> WAS FROM A NEIGHBOUR'S DOORBELL

4363.025 -> CAMERA AND IT'S QUITE THE

4365.294 -> EXPERIENCE, WITNESSING YOUR

4366.094 -> HOUSE ENGULFED IN FLAMES BEFORE

4367.428 -> IT COLLAPSES IN ON ITSELF.

4371.166 -> AND WATCHING THAT IS HARD.

4381.677 -> WHAT I'VE BEEN AWARE OF ALL THIS

4382.911 -> TIME IS A LEVEL OF KINDNESS.

4385.38 -> IT'S A LEVEL OF HUMANITY THAT I

4389.751 -> THINK IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS

4391.053 -> BEEN KIND OF ERODED, AND IT

4393.021 -> SHOWED UP IN A VERY BIG WAY IN

4396.425 -> THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

4402.464 -> AND -- MY APOLOGIES -- BUT IF

4404.399 -> NOTHING ELSE, THAT GIVES ME A

4407.169 -> LOT OF HOPE.

4413.441 -> SO THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY

4415.61 -> HAS BEEN REALLY UNEXPECTED AND

4420.215 -> VERY WELCOME.

4424.72 -> SO, YEAH, FROM HERE, IT'S LIKE

4428.223 -> OKAY, WE'VE GOT TOOLS TO MOVE

4432.06 -> FORWARD.

4432.928 -> WE'RE NOT OUT OF IT YET.

4437.399 -> SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

4441.836 -> >> CHRIS ERICKSON WHO LOST HIS

4444.139 -> HOME, SAYS HE APPRECIATES THAT

4446.741 -> HE NOW KNOWS AND HAS PRAISE FOR

4448.443 -> THE FIRE CREWS DOING ALL THEY

4450.112 -> CAN TO SAVE OTHER HOMES.

4452.08 -> WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU

4453.415 -> NOW BY PHONE, BY EMAIL, GIVE US

4458.453 -> A CALL 1-800-825-5950 1-800-825.

4466.795 -> PLEASE BE PULLED OVER OR

4468.864 -> HANDS-FREE WHEN YOU JOIN US.

4471.933 -> YOU CAN EMAIL ALSO.

4476.971 -> WHETHER YOU ARE HAVING TO HAVE

4477.739 -> LEFT YOUR HOME, IF YOU'RE

4479.474 -> WILLING TO SHARE YOUR STORY,

4480.909 -> WHETHER YOU'D LIKE TO SEND OUT A

4482.811 -> MESSAGE OF ENCOURAGE MANY OR

4484.379 -> HAVE A QUESTION, LET US KNOW.

4486.314 -> WE'LL TRY AND GET IT ANSWERED

4488.917 -> FOR YOU.

4489.584 -> WHETHER YOU HAVE LOVED ONES WHO

4490.351 -> ARE FIGHTING THESE FIRES, WHEN

4492.788 -> YOU HEAR ABOUT HUNDREDS OF CREWS

4494.189 -> FROM AS FAR AWAY AS SOUTH AFRICA

4497.392 -> AND MEXICO AND AUSTRALIA COMING

4500.562 -> TO HELP US, WHAT DO YOU THINK

4501.796 -> ABOUT THE EFFORT BEING MADE

4502.764 -> RIGHT NOW?

4503.231 -> WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

4505.233 -> JOINING US FOR THE REST OF THE

4507.436 -> PROGRAM TODAY IS, FOR OUR

4509.571 -> CO-HOST, IS THE GREAT BELLE

4511.006 -> PURI.

4511.773 -> WE HEARD AN UPDATE FROM THE

4514.576 -> PROVINCE.

4514.943 -> BELLE, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING

4516.478 -> HERE.

4517.279 -> YOU AND I HAVE COVERED SEVERAL

4518.38 -> WILDFIRES IN THE PAST.

4519.681 -> IT DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER,

4521.65 -> PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HEAR FROM

4523.985 -> SOMEBODY LIKE CHRIS WHOSE HOME

4524.853 -> IS GONE.

4525.486 -> >> ABSOLUTELY.

4526.488 -> YOU KNOW, WE DID THIS BACK 20

4529.49 -> YEARS AGO.

4529.991 -> WE DID IT IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW,

4531.893 -> THE SUMMERS THAT WERE NOT AS

4533.628 -> SERIOUS AS THIS ONE.

4534.963 -> AND THE ONE FROM 20 YEARS AGO.

4538.266 -> AND THE PAIN AND SORROW NEVER

4539.901 -> CHANGES.

4540.335 -> TO WATCH THESE PEOPLE, AND WHEN

4542.471 -> THEY'RE HEARING TODAY THAT 50

4544.005 -> STRUCTURES, PROBABLY MOSTLY

4545.874 -> HOMES, HAVE BEEN LOST IN WEST

4547.876 -> KELOWNA, AND WE KNOW THAT'S JUST

4549.444 -> THE BEGINNING.

4550.946 -> THOSE NUMBERS ARE BOUND TO GO

4551.813 -> UP.

4552.814 -> AND THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY

4554.249 -> HAS STRUCK ME IS WHEN WE HEAR

4556.418 -> ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THE

4559.021 -> AND THE ONES WHO ARE FROM THAT

4560.522 -> REGION, SO THEY HAVE HAD TO

4561.49 -> LEAVE THEIR OWN HOMES.

4564.893 -> EVACUATE THEIR NEIGHBOURHOODS

4565.727 -> AND GO TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

4567.429 -> HAVING NO IDEA WHAT MIGHT BE

4568.864 -> WAITING NOR THEM WHEN THEY GO

4569.797 -> BACK.

4572.633 -> >> IT'S RATHER STUNNING AND

4574.202 -> SHOWS US OBVIOUSLY THE POWER OF

4576.938 -> NATURE AND DESTRUCTION FUELED BY

4578.339 -> CLIMATE CHANGE BUT ALSO THE

4580.041 -> RESILIENCY OF PEOPLE AND,

4582.577 -> UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GETTING FAR

4583.678 -> TOO USED TO THIS IN THIS

4585.313 -> PROVINCE, PARTICULARLY FROM 2003

4586.848 -> ALL UP TO NOW AS WE SEE THE

4589.684 -> ACCELERATING IMPACTS OF CLIMATE

4591.252 -> CHANGE.

4591.92 -> A PROVINCE-WIDE STATE OF

4593.455 -> EMERGENCY HAS BEEN IN PLACE

4595.09 -> SINCE FRIDAY.

4595.691 -> THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

4597.626 -> EVACUATED IN BC'S CENTRAL

4599.161 -> INTERIOR.

4599.594 -> NOW, THE LATEST UPDATE WE HAD

4601.797 -> FROM BOWINN MA, THE EMERGENCY

4603.298 -> MANAGEMENT MINISTER, WAS THAT

4605.5 -> 25,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ORDERED

4606.534 -> EVACUATED.

4607.402 -> JOINING US NOW TO TELL US MORE

4608.77 -> AND GIVE US SOME MORE

4610.305 -> PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, ALSO A VERY

4612.507 -> BUSY PERSON, FOREST TOWER FIRE

4615.076 -> INFORMATION OFFICER WITH THE BC

4617.178 -> WILDFIRE SERVICE, FOREST, THANK

4618.579 -> YOU FOR FINDING SOME TIME FOR US

4620.281 -> TODAY.

4623.718 -> GIVE US A SENSE, WHAT'S YOUR

4625.053 -> REACTION OF WHAT YOU JUST HEARD

4626.121 -> AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AND

4628.523 -> SORT OF THE OVERALL PICTURE?

4633.594 -> >> YEAH, IT'S A VERY SERIOUS

4634.83 -> SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT

4636.464 -> NOW, PARTICULARLY IN THE CENTRAL

4639.334 -> INTERIOR, AND YOU KNOW I KNOW

4640.068 -> THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON

4642.27 -> WEST KELOWNA AND WHAT'S

4643.805 -> HAPPENING THERE CURRENTLY.

4646.274 -> THERE'S A LOT OF SERIOUS

4652.047 -> CRITICAL NEEDS ON THE SHUSWAP

4653.948 -> AREA AS WELL.

4654.616 -> AND THERE'S BEEN A DEVASTATING

4655.784 -> FIRE IMPACT IN THAT AREA.

4658.453 -> WE HAVE TWO FIRES MERGE TOGETHER

4659.921 -> A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO SO THE BUSH

4662.49 -> CREEK EAST WILDFIRE AND THE

4663.558 -> LOWER EAST ADAMS LAKE WILDFIRE

4666.461 -> FANNED BY SOME, YOU KNOW, 50 TO

4668.162 -> 70 KILOMETRE AN HOUR WINDS AT

4671.8 -> TIMES, BASED ON THAT COLD FRONT

4673.902 -> MOVING DOWN THAT THE BC WILDFIRE

4675.27 -> SERVICE WAS DISCUSSING IN THE

4677.539 -> LEAD-UP TO THE 18th.

4680.708 -> IT HAS NOW EXPANDED TO, AT THIS

4683.011 -> TIME, THE BUSH CREEK EAST

4684.646 -> WILDFIRE OVERRAN THE LOWER EAST

4686.848 -> ADAMS LAKE FIRE AND IT'S ALL ONE

4688.65 -> FIRE NOW.

4691.052 -> 41,000 HECTARES IN SIZE, BURNING

4692.12 -> SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 1 ALONG THE

4695.891 -> SHUSWAP LAKE ABOVE LITTLE

4697.259 -> SHUSWAP SO THERE'S A LOT OF

4699.694 -> CONCENTRATED EFFORT GOING INTO A

4700.695 -> LOT OF AREAS RIGHT NOW OFF THAT

4704.466 -> PARTICULAR FIRE.

4705 -> THERE'S BEEN SOME DEVASTATING

4706.534 -> IMPACTS TO CMUNITIES THERE

4708.37 -> AND, YOU KNOW, US AT THE BC

4710.338 -> WILDFIRE SERVICE AS WELL AS ALL

4711.773 -> OTHER RESPONSE AGENCIES, THERE'S

4714.876 -> MULTIPLE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SO

4716.411 -> COLUMBIA SHUSWAP REGIONAL

4718.38 -> DISTRICT, A HEAVY PRESENCE THERE

4720.582 -> FROM THEM AS WELL AS THE RCMP,

4723.017 -> YOU KNOW, ALL OTHER NUMEROUS

4724.886 -> PARTNERS, FIRST NATIONS, THEY'RE

4726.32 -> ALL WORKING TOGETHER AT THIS

4728.957 -> POINT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS

4729.758 -> THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO STAY IN

4738.767 -> EVACUATION ORDERS AREAS.

4739.5 -> IT IS A VERY CHALLENGING TIME

4741.036 -> NOW.

4741.469 -> WE'RE JUST THROUGH THE

4743.004 -> POST-WILDFIRE EFFECTS OF THE

4743.972 -> FIRE MOVING THROUGH COMMUNITIES

4745.173 -> AND STILL BURNING ACTIVELY IN

4746.374 -> AND AROUND COMMUNITIES THERE.

4750.545 -> THERE'S ACTIVE FIRE SOUTH OF

4754.849 -> HIGHWAY 1 IN THE LITTLE SHUSWAP

4757.686 -> AREA, IN THE AREA ALONG SHUSWAP

4759.454 -> LAKE SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING

4761.456 -> THERE.

4762.09 -> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER SERIOUS

4764.759 -> INCIDENTS IN THE PROVINCE RIGHT

4767.929 -> NOW, CENTRAL INTERIOR, IN THE

4769.296 -> FRASER VALLEY AREA, PROMPTING

4771.633 -> HIGHWAY CLOSURES THERE.

4773.535 -> SO WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY

4776.438 -> SIGNIFICANT AND INTERFACED FIRES

4777.872 -> SO FIRE THAT IS INTERACTING IN

4779.774 -> THE WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE

4781.376 -> WHERE THERE'S PROPERTIES AND

4784.112 -> STRUCTURES MEETING ADJACENT TO

4785.647 -> TIMBERED AREAS SO WHERE THERE'S

4788.083 -> AREAS A WILD LAND FIRE CAN GET

4789.517 -> INTO A STRUCTURE, AN AREA OF

4792.12 -> DENSE STRUCTURES SO THERE'S A

4793.455 -> LOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

4794.456 -> AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD THAT ON

4795.657 -> A PROVINCIAL MEDIA AVAILABILITY,

4798.326 -> THAT THE PREMIER AND MINISTER MA

4801.696 -> AND CLIFF CHAPMAN DIRECTOR OF

4803.565 -> OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING

4804.332 -> THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION

4805.1 -> WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

4806.067 -> WE'RE ALSO REALLY CHALLENGED IN

4809.337 -> A NUMBER OF AREAS IN OUR AERIAL

4811.473 -> OPERATIONS RIGHT NOW AND I THINK

4812.773 -> THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO

4813.641 -> TALK ABOUT, IS WE AREN'T ABLE TO

4817.178 -> FLY SAFELY AND FOR CANADIAN

4820.682 -> REGULATIONS IF WE DON'T HAVE A

4821.682 -> NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS AND

4823.084 -> PRIMARILY THAT'S VISIBILITY.

4823.985 -> AND SO FOR OUR HELICOPTER

4826.154 -> OPERATIONS TO BE ABLE TO FLY, WE

4827.255 -> NEED A ONE-MILE RANGE OF

4830.125 -> VISIBILITY.

4830.525 -> THAT'S DETERMINED BY PILOTS,

4831.86 -> MOST TIMES THESE ARE PRIVATE

4834.162 -> HELICOPTERS THAT WE CONTRACT

4836.164 -> WITH BC WILDFIRE SERVICE, SO

4837.298 -> THEY HAVE THEIR PILOTS THAT ARE

4839.034 -> USUALLY PRETTY EXPERIENCED IN

4841.336 -> WILD LAND FIRE FIGHTING,

4843.104 -> UTILIZING HELICOPTERS.

4844.606 -> AS WELL AS OUR FIXED-WING

4846.808 -> ARSENAL.

4847.175 -> WE HAVE OUR WATER BOMBERS AND

4848.542 -> SKIMMERS AND AIR TANKERS, THOSE

4850.145 -> NEED A THREE-MILE NAUTICAL

4853.848 -> VISIBILITY, AND UNLESS WE HAVE

4855.25 -> THAT, IT'S VERY UNSAFE, YOU

4856.684 -> KNOW, FOR MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT TO

4858.553 -> BE IN THE AIR, POTENTIALLY WITH

4860.655 -> COLLISIONS.

4861.055 -> AS WELL AS ON THE GROUND, YOU

4862.057 -> KNOW, IF WE'RE FLYING VERY LOW

4864.325 -> TO THE GROUND AND WORKING IN

4866.327 -> CLOSE COORDINATION WITH OUR

4868.329 -> GROUND CREWS THAT ARE WORKING ON

4870.198 -> THE GROUND, IT'S VERY UNSAFE

4872.167 -> WITH SMOKINESS AND SINCE WE

4874.169 -> PARTICULARLY IN THE ADAMS LAKE

4875.437 -> AND SHUSWAP LAKE AREA, SINCE THE

4878.073 -> 18th WHEN WE'VE HAD THAT

4879.374 -> EXPANSIVE FIRE GROWTH, A LOT OF

4880.675 -> THAT SMOKE HAS STAYED IN THE

4881.643 -> AREA AND SO IT'S REALLY

4882.844 -> CHALLENGED OUR AERIAL RESPONSE.

4884.879 -> AND I KNOW THAT'S THE SAME FOR

4886.081 -> OTHER FIRES IN THE CENTRAL

4887.182 -> INTERIOR AS WELL.

4888.716 -> SO IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING

4890.384 -> SITUATION AND A VERY SERIOUS

4891.786 -> SITUATION RIGHT NOW.

4893.121 -> BUT IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK FROM

4895.857 -> THE BC WILDFIRE SERVICE AND FROM

4897.425 -> THE VARIOUS, NUMEROUS DIFFERENT

4899.16 -> LEVELS OF PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE

4901.329 -> THAT ARE SUPPORTING US AND US

4903.465 -> SUPPORTING THEM.

4904.099 -> AND THEN AGAIN, I WILL MENTION

4905.7 -> AGAIN THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF

4907.936 -> COMMUNITY RESPONSE AND WHEN DONE

4909.871 -> SAFELY AND INTO COORDINATED

4912.307 -> EFFORT, THAT IS AN EFFECTIVE

4914.108 -> METHOD.

4914.442 -> WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO

4915.443 -> ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LEAVE IF

4916.945 -> THERE'S AN EVACUATION ORDER.

4918.512 -> WE'LL NEVER ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO

4920.281 -> STAY, BUT THE REALITY IS PEOPLE

4921.716 -> DO, AND EVERY ADULT THAT CAN

4924.552 -> MAKE THAT SOUND DECISION,

4926.988 -> THEY'RE OF SOUND MIND, THEY'RE

4927.989 -> ABLE TO DO THAT.

4928.957 -> AND WE WILL WORK WITH PEOPLE.

4931.759 -> SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES

4932.66 -> WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IS THEFT

4937.065 -> OF PROPERTY IN THE SHUSWAP LAKE

4943.171 -> AREA, AND WE'RE NOT POINTING ANY

4945.373 -> FINGERS THAT THIS IS COMMUNITY

4946.374 -> MEMBERS THAT HAVE STAYED BEHIND.

4948.71 -> IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'RE REALLY

4950.545 -> JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO TRY AND

4951.98 -> WORK WITH US.

4955.884 -> BUT MORE THIS IS A CASE OF

4957.085 -> PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE INVOLVED

4958.286 -> OR PART OF THAT COMMUNITY

4960.355 -> POTENTIALLY ACCESSING AREAS.

4962.123 -> SO WE REALLY HAVE HAD TO WORK

4964.425 -> WITH THE CSRD AND OTHER LOCAL

4966.528 -> GOVERNMENTS TO INCREASE THE

4967.495 -> AMOUNT OF SECURITY THERE FROM

4968.596 -> THE RCMP REALLY JUST TO KEEP AN

4971.366 -> ORDER IN THAT PLACE WHILE WE

4972.901 -> HAVE ACTIVE FIRE FIGHTING

4973.768 -> HAPPENING.

4974.469 -> SO THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING

4975.737 -> PIECES AND A LOT OF CHALLENGES

4977.372 -> THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO

4981.042 -> WILDFIRES.

4981.442 -> ONCE FIRES GET THIS BIG AND KIND

4982.71 -> OF ARE BURNING EVERYWHERE IN THE

4985.013 -> INTERIOR, IT'S REALLY

4986.447 -> CHALLENGING FOR A COORDINATED

4988.082 -> EFFORT, BUT I CAN ONLY SPEAK ON

4989.751 -> BEHALF OF MYSELF AND BC

4991.152 -> WILDFIRE, BUT I KNOW ALL OF OUR

4992.487 -> OTHER PARTNERS ARE DOING

4994.155 -> EVERYTHING THEY CAN, BOTH TO

4995.557 -> MITIGATE FUTURE IMPACTS BUT ALSO

4996.891 -> TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO THEIR

4998.459 -> PROPERTIES, INTO THEIR HOMES IF

4999.627 -> THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, AS SOON AS

5000.828 -> POSSIBLE.

5001.829 -> I KNOW IT'S STRESSFUL.

5003.264 -> I KNOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY

5005.266 -> POTENTIALLY THE WORST TIME IN

5007.902 -> ANYONE'S LIFE AT THE MOMENT, AND

5008.736 -> I WOULD JUST ASK FOR PATIENCE

5010.071 -> AND ASK FOR KINDNESS BOTH FROM

5012.907 -> YOURSELF WITH OTHERS AROUND YOU,

5014.943 -> WITH FIRST RESPONDERS.

5017.312 -> THERE'S MANY THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T

5018.446 -> SLEPT A LOT SINCE AUGUST 18th

5021.182 -> ON THE FIRES THAT I AM ON, AND

5022.517 -> THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY

5023.518 -> CAN TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES.

5029.424 -> SO IT'S A REALLY SERIOUS

5030.858 -> SITUATION BUT AS ALWAYS IN BC,

5032.26 -> WHEN WE DO GET THESE SITUATIONS

5033.594 -> IN THE SUMMER, WE BAND TOGETHER,

5035.029 -> WE WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S THE

5036.264 -> ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET

5037.465 -> THROUGH THE REST OF SUMMER AND

5039 -> IT'S HONESTLY PROBABLY A LONG

5040.568 -> ROAD AHEAD INTO FALL WITH

5042.37 -> DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND HOW

5043.605 -> ACTIVE FIRES ARE BEHAVING RIGHT

5045.273 -> NOW.

5046.006 -> >> AND FORREST, IT'S ALL ABOUT

5049.977 -> OBVIOUSLY GETTING INFORMATION TO

5050.745 -> PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE AS WELL.

5051.445 -> AND THERE ARE A LOT OF BITS OF

5053.314 -> INFORMATION CIRCULATING.

5055.149 -> HOW HAS THE BC WILDFIRE SERVICE

5057.785 -> COMBAT MISINFORMATION?

5059.953 -> >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S HARD.

5062.323 -> IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA WHEN

5064.359 -> THINGS CAN KIND OF CIRCULATE

5066.361 -> VERY FAST, IT'S HARD TO

5068.863 -> NECESSARILY COMBAT THAT

5070.898 -> MISINFORMATION, ONCE IT'S OUT

5071.665 -> THERE AND ONCE IT'S KIND OF

5075.536 -> RUMINATING AROUND ONLINE OR

5077.171 -> PERSON-TO-PERSON.

5077.671 -> I HAVE A FEW SUGGESTIONS.

5078.372 -> NUMBER ONE, JUST GOING TO

5079.44 -> PRIMARY SOURCES OF INFORMATION

5082.577 -> FIRST.

5082.877 -> SO FROM US, THAT'S OUR BC

5085.613 -> WILDFIRE SERVICE WEBSITE.

5086.915 -> ON THERE, MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY

5088.483 -> ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE DASHBOARD

5090.017 -> THAT KIND OF SHOWS A MAP OF ALL

5091.552 -> THE FIRES THAT ARE HAPPENING,

5092.686 -> AND ON EVERY FIRE, THERE'S GOING

5094.121 -> TO BE SOME INFORMATION AND ON

5095.323 -> SOME OF THE MORE SERIOUS FIRES,

5097.191 -> THERE'S MUCH MORE INFORMATION.

5099.26 -> SO GOING THERE FIRST TO KIND OF

5100.695 -> TRY AND GET AN IDEA WHAT'S

5102.03 -> HAPPENING IS A REALLY GOOD FIRST

5103.331 -> STEP.

5104.198 -> ON THOSE PAGES, THERE'S A PHONE

5105.633 -> NUMBER AND AN EMAIL FOR EITHER A

5108.202 -> FIRE CENTRE OR A DEDICATED

5109.804 -> INFORMATION OFFICER LIKE MYSELF

5111.505 -> WHO IS ASSIGNED AND WORKS AT A

5113.708 -> PARTICULAR FIRE OUT OF A FIRE

5114.742 -> CAMP.

5116.044 -> AND THAT'S KIND OF YOUR SOURCE

5117.278 -> FOR US.

5117.812 -> WE ALSO HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AND

5120.248 -> A TWITTER ACCOUNT GOING TO THOSE

5121.549 -> VERIFIED SOURCES.

5122.984 -> FOR EVACUATION ALERTS AND ORDER

5125.386 -> INFORMATION, THE FIRST STEP

5126.154 -> THERE IS TO TALK TO YOUR LOCAL

5127.822 -> AUTHORITY.

5128.589 -> THAT COULD BE A CITY, A VILLAGE,

5131.993 -> A FIRST NATION, A REGIONAL

5132.86 -> DISTRICT, ANY SORT OF ORGANIZED

5135.93 -> GOVERNMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE

5137.398 -> THE ONES WHO ARE HAVING THOSE

5139.133 -> SOURCES OF INFORMATION.

5140.234 -> AND THEN BEYOND THAT, THERE'S

5141.536 -> OTHER PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

5143.037 -> RESOURCES LIKE PREPARE BC,

5153.081 -> firesmartbc.ca, THERE IS

5153.715 -> INFORMATION PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE

5154.582 -> TO EDUCATE THEMSELF ON

5156.117 -> EVACUATION PLANNING, GRABBING GO

5158.519 -> BAGS, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE

5159.52 -> VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND

5161.155 -> MOVING FORWARD THROUGH SUMMER,

5162.59 -> IT'S LIKELY WE'LL SEE EXPANDED

5164.158 -> ORDERS AND ALERTS THROUGHOUT THE

5165.66 -> PROVINCE, NEW FIRES MIGHT START

5168.096 -> SO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO START

5169.23 -> THINKING ABOUT THAT.

5170.398 -> WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN OUR CORE

5172.734 -> FIRE MONTHS IN TERMS OF BEING IN

5174.001 -> AUGUST.

5175.136 -> SO THAT'S MY FIRST

5176.337 -> RECOMMENDATION, IS REALLY GOING

5177.538 -> TO THE SOURCE, AND IF YOU'RE

5179.44 -> HEARING SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE

5180.274 -> NOT SURE IF IT'S TRUE OR MAYBE

5182.276 -> JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO YOU,

5184.379 -> REALLY I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL

5186.18 -> THE FIRE CENTRE, CALL SOMEONE

5187.915 -> LIKE MYSELF.

5188.916 -> WE'RE HERE TO SERVE PEOPLE AND

5191.586 -> TO GIVE INFORMATION.

5192.987 -> I'M VERY CANDID WHEN I TALK TO

5194.522 -> PEOPLE AND ANYTHING I KNOW, I'LL

5195.69 -> SHARE WITH PEOPLE.

5197.492 -> THERE'S NO SECRETS HERE.

5200.161 -> I DON'T GET UPDATED REAL TIME

5203.231 -> INFORMATION HOUR-BY-HOUR OFTEN

5204.431 -> FROM THE FIELD, SO WHATEVER I

5206.734 -> KNOW OF MY LAST UPDATE, I'M MORE

5208.469 -> THAN HAPPY TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE,

5209.737 -> AND I KNOW THAT MY OTHER

5210.805 -> COLLEAGUES, THAT OUR INFORMATION

5212.006 -> OFFICERS DO THE SAME THING.

5213.007 -> I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO

5215.276 -> CHECK WITH SOMEONE, CHECK WITH

5216.677 -> THE STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTER IF

5217.778 -> IT'S A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

5219.747 -> CHECK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,

5221.548 -> CHECK WITH US, AND IF YOU'RE

5225.353 -> HAVING SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT SURE

5226.654 -> ABOUT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO VERIFY

5227.755 -> BEFORE PASSING IT ON TO OTHER

5229.424 -> PEOPLE.

5229.824 -> >> WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT FORREST

5231.091 -> TOWER, THE FIRE INFORMATION

5232.292 -> OFFICER WITH THE BC WILDFIRE

5233.594 -> SERVICE, ONE OF SEVERAL WHO ARE

5234.529 -> VERY BUSY THESE DAYS.

5235.73 -> WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO HIM

5237.365 -> IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.

5238.7 -> WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU

5240.434 -> WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY

5242.336 -> WILDFIRES, KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS,

5243.304 -> IF YOU'RE FIGHTING THEM,

5245.606 -> WHEREVER YOU ARE IN THIS GREAT

5246.574 -> BIG PROVINCE OF OURS, LET US

5248.176 -> KNOW, GIVE US A CALL,

5250.778 -> 1-800-825-5950.

5254.515 -> 604-669-3733.

5254.948 -> YOU CAN EMAIL US

5259.554 -> [email protected] AND GIVE US A

5261.722 -> CALL POUND 69 ON YOUR CELLPHONE.

5264.491 -> WE'RE GOING TO COME RIGHT BACK

5267.194 -> AFTER THE CBC NEWS UPDATE WITH

5268.329 -> MICHELLE MORTON.

5270.531 -> [ ♪♪♪ ]

5271.299 -> >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

5271.866 -> HERE ARE THE HEADLINES FROM THE

5273.301 -> CBC VANCOUVER NEWSROOM.

5274.402 -> IN KELOWNA AND WEST KELOWNA,

5276.203 -> CREWS ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE

5279.974 -> Mc

5281.642 -> McDOUGAL CREEK WILDFIRE THANKS

5282.643 -> TO FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS.

5283.744 -> HOWEVER, THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE

5284.679 -> DONE TO STRUCTURES WON'T BE

5286.18 -> KNOWN UNTIL SMOKE CLEARS.

5287.047 -> THE FIRE IS STILL OUT OF CONTROL

5288.282 -> BUT THE WIND HAS DIED DOWN

5290.952 -> MAKING IT EASIER TO PUT OUT HOT

5292.787 -> SPOTS AND DIG FIRE GUARDS.

5294.088 -> OFFICIALS CONFIRM TODAY THE FIRE

5295.957 -> HAS DESTROYED AT LEAST 50

5297.158 -> STRUCTURES IN WEST KELOWNA.

5299.226 -> >>> THE WILDFIRE SITUATION IN

5300.361 -> THE SHUSWAP REMAINS CRITICAL

5303.297 -> WITH 4,000 PROPERTIES ON

5303.964 -> EVACUATION ORDER.

5305.933 -> TWO MAJOR FIRES COMBINED NEAR

5307.068 -> ADAMS LAKE OVER THE WEEKEND.

5309.103 -> STOLEN GEAR IS COMPLICATING FIRE

5310.638 -> FIGHTING EFFORTS IN THE REGION.

5312.607 -> BC WILDFIRE SAYS HOSES,

5314.208 -> SPRINKLERS, PUMPS AND EVEN AN

5315.61 -> ATV HAVE GONE MISSING FROM

5317.578 -> HIGH-PRIORITY ZONES.

5319.18 -> IT'S BELIEVED LOCALS ARE USING

5320.281 -> THE EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR OWN

5321.348 -> PROPERTIES.

5322.849 -> >>> AND AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY

5325.219 -> FOR METRO VANCOUVER REMAINS IN

5326.22 -> PLACE DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE.

5328.089 -> THE METRO VANCOUVER REGIONAL

5329.657 -> DISTRICT SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD

5331.325 -> POSTPONE OR REDUCE OUTDOOR

5333.127 -> PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY

5334.595 -> IF THEY HAVE UNDERLYING

5335.696 -> CONDITIONS RELATED TO BREATHING.

5337.665 -> THE DISTRICT SAYS SMOKE

5341.402 -> CONCENTRATIONS MAY VARY WIDELY

5342.503 -> ACROSS THE REGION AS WIND,

5343.704 -> TEMPERATURES AND WILDFIRE

5344.505 -> BEHAVIOUR CHANGE.

5345.64 -> NOW A LOOK AT THE LOCAL

5347.441 -> FORECAST.

5347.808 -> A SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT

5349.243 -> REMAINS IN PLACE.

5350.077 -> SUNNY TODAY WITH HIGHS OF 28°,

5352.947 -> EXCEPT 24 INLAND AND A FEW

5354.615 -> CLOUDS FOR THIS EVENING WITH A

5355.917 -> LOW OF 13.

5356.951 -> TOMORROW, SUNNY AND HAZY WITH

5357.885 -> HIGHS OF 20.

5359.587 -> NOW BACK TO "BC TODAY" WITH DAN

5362.39 -> BURRITT AND BELLE PURI.

5363.491 -> >> THANK VERY MUCH, MICHELLE.

5364.692 -> YOU'RE LISTENING TO "BC TODAY,"

5365.959 -> AN EXTENDED VERSION.

5367.095 -> WE WILL BE WITH YOU HERE UNTIL .

5369.697 -> ALL ACROSS THE CBC RADIO NETWORK

5371.566 -> HERE IN BC AND AS WELL AS THOSE

5373.768 -> WATCHING US ON THE CBC VANCOUVER

5375.536 -> YOUTUBE PAGE, THANKS VERY MUCH.

5378.806 -> IN FOR MICHELLE ELIOT THIS WEEK,

5380.541 -> I'M DAN BURRITT JOINED BY BELLE

5383.744 -> PURI INTERVIEWING FORREST TOWER

5384.945 -> WITH THE BC WILDFIRE SERVICE.

5386.713 -> >> FORREST, WE WERE TALKING

5387.782 -> BEFORE THE NEWS BREAK, ABOUT

5390.384 -> EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN, WE'VE

5392.053 -> HEARD, STOLEN, SO I HAVE A FEW

5394.021 -> QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

5395.89 -> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT,

5397.791 -> FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS IT THAT'S

5400.428 -> GOING MISSING?

5402.462 -> >> YEAH, SO I THINK, IMPORTANT

5403.397 -> TO CLARIFY THIS IS SORT OF A

5406.367 -> RECENT OCCURENCE.

5406.867 -> IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN

5408.469 -> EXPERIENCING ON THESE FIRES.

5409.403 -> WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE

5410.605 -> FIRES SINCE EARLY JULY WHEN THEY

5412.573 -> STARTED.

5414.141 -> REALLY WE'RE SEEING KIND OF IN

5416.277 -> THE AFTERMATH OF THE REALLY

5418.245 -> EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF THE BUSH

5419.547 -> CREEK EAST FIRE WHICH HAS NOW

5423.084 -> MERGED WITH THE OTHER FIRE, IT'S

5424.218 -> NOW ONE, A LOT OF CHAOS ENSUING

5426.787 -> AFTER THAT IN TERMS OF WE HAD A

5428.255 -> LOT OF STRUCTURE PROTECTION

5429.79 -> EQUIPMENT SET UP BEFORE THAT, IN

5431.792 -> ADVANCE OF THAT COLD FRONT

5434.295 -> AFFECTING THAT FIRE.

5436.163 -> AND WE ALSO ADDITIONALLY HAVE

5440.267 -> PUT OUT MORE SO IT'S THE

5442.87 -> AUGUST 19th, 20th, YESTERDAY

5444.138 -> WHERE WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS

5447.108 -> PROBLEM, SO IT IS EVERYTHING

5449.21 -> FROM PUMPS TO LENGTHS OF HOSES

5451.312 -> TO SPRINKLERS.

5452.212 -> AS MENTIONED, AN ATV HAS BEEN

5456.784 -> TAKEN AND THE WORD "STOLEN," WE

5459.487 -> DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, AND WE

5462.923 -> CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE ELSE SO

5465.059 -> ASSUMING THAT DOES MEAN THAT

5466.193 -> IT'S STOLEN.

5467.728 -> THERE'S PROBABLY A WIDE SCALE OF

5469.597 -> WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

5472.233 -> OPPORTUNISTS CAN GET INTO THESE

5473.3 -> ORDER AREAS KIND OF BEFORE

5475.603 -> THINGS ARE MORE SECURE AS,

5477.405 -> AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A

5478.806 -> SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS AN

5482.109 -> ACTIVE EXTREMELY-AGGRESSIVE FIRE

5484.078 -> BEHAVIOUR, THINGS WERE

5486.447 -> HAPPENING, ACTIVE FIRE FIGHTING

5488.482 -> BOTH WILD LAND FIRE FIGHTING AND

5490.151 -> STRUCTURAL FIRE FIGHTING.

5491.118 -> CREWS HAVING TO PULL BACK BEFORE

5492.887 -> GOING BACK IN ONCE IT WAS SAFE.

5494.321 -> SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIME HERE

5495.756 -> WHERE THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

5497.057 -> AND YOU KNOW CRITICALLY, IN ONE

5500.294 -> OF THE BRIDGES, THE ONE WAY IN,

5502.095 -> ONE WAY OUT, SINGLE LANE WOODEN

5505.132 -> BRIDGE, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO

5507.334 -> PROTECT.

5507.667 -> IT CUTS OFF ROAD ACCESS, EASY

5510.137 -> ROAD ACCESS IF THAT BRIDGE IS

5512.573 -> COMPROMISED AND WE'VE HAD GEAR

5513.541 -> TAKEN OFF OF THAT THREE TIMES.

5515.175 -> WE'VE HAD TO RESET IT UP

5518.112 -> NUMEROUS TIMES.

5518.679 -> AND EVERY SINGLE TIME THERE'S A

5520.481 -> RISK THAT SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN

5522.049 -> WITH THAT BRIDGE, AS THOSE

5524.185 -> SPRINKLERS ARE NOT ABLE TO

5524.952 -> OPERATE.

5525.319 -> SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, AT THE END,

5528.055 -> IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE

5529.79 -> STOLEN OR MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE,

5530.825 -> THE IMPACT TO US IS MORE THAT WE

5533.661 -> HAVE STRUCTURE PROTECTION PLANS,

5535.096 -> WE RELY ON THE EXPERTISE OF

5537.331 -> STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTERS THAT

5538.632 -> WORK WITH US UNDER OUR STRUCTURE

5541.135 -> PROTECTION BRANCH THAT ARE

5541.869 -> DECIDING WHERE THAT EQUIPMENT

5542.87 -> GOES.

5543.17 -> AND IF IT'S NOT THERE WHEN WE

5544.638 -> EXPECT IT TO BE OR COME TO TURN

5546.974 -> IT ON, THAT CAN HAVE HUGE

5550.511 -> CONSEQUENCES DOWN THE LINE OF

5551.711 -> HAVING TO GO AND FIND DIFFERENT

5553.514 -> GEAR, SET UP NEW GEAR, TAKING

5556.15 -> FIREFIGHTERS AWAY FROM ACTIVELY

5557.318 -> FIRE FIGHTING TO NOW RESET THAT

5558.819 -> GEAR UP BECAUSE IN SOME PLACES

5560.121 -> IT HAS TO BE SET UP MORE LIKE A

5562.423 -> BRIDGE, FOR EXAMPLE.

5563.09 -> SO IT IS REALLY CRITICALLY

5565.059 -> IMPACTING.

5565.459 -> AND I THINK ALSO IMPORTANT,

5569.263 -> AGAIN, IT'S NOW TO THE POINT

5571.532 -> WHERE IT'S BEYOND JUST STOLEN OR

5575.87 -> MISAPPROPRIATED --

5576.437 -> >> OR BORROWED.

5577.204 -> >> YEAH, BORROWED, WHATEVER WORD

5578.305 -> WE WANT TO USE HERE.

5580.508 -> WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT NOW

5582.143 -> WHERE THE RCMP HAS HAD TO BE

5583.577 -> INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE ACTIVE

5585.446 -> HIGH-SPEED CHASES THROUGH BORDER

5587.948 -> AREAS.

5588.281 -> I'VE SEEN VIDEO, I THINK, THAT'S

5591.285 -> EVEN BEEN SHARED ON BROADCASTS

5594.688 -> ABOUT KIND OF PEOPLE BLOWING

5596.857 -> PAST BARRICADES, AND I VERY MUCH

5599.293 -> UNDERSTAND, OF ALL PEOPLE, I

5600.561 -> MEAN, I GUESS THE NEXT LEVEL IS

5602.128 -> IF I WAS THERE MYSELF, I'M NOT

5604.365 -> THERE.

5604.698 -> I'M REALLY EMPATHETIC TO THE

5606.634 -> SITUATION.

5607.001 -> I'M NOT PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY

5608.202 -> THIS HAPPENING AND SO I'M

5611.872 -> DEFINITELY NOT IN THE SITUATION

5613.073 -> BUT I HAVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE

5614.541 -> DIRECTLY THERE WORKING EVERY

5615.643 -> DAY, IT'S MY JOB.

5616.644 -> MY PHONE NUMBER IS VERY

5618.512 -> AVAILABLE, AND I DO TALK TO

5621.382 -> PEOPLE, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW

5622.583 -> STRESSFUL THIS IS.

5623.117 -> I TALK TO PEOPLE TRYING TO GET

5624.685 -> FUEL IN, TALKING -- THEY WANT TO

5627.755 -> GO AND FIRE FIGHT THEMSELVES SO

5629.39 -> I REALLY, REALLY DO -- I CAN

5633.594 -> APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF PEOPLE

5634.595 -> FROM OUTSIDE THOSE ORDER AREAS.

5636.697 -> AND FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF

5638.599 -> THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE EITHER

5639.867 -> STAYED BEHIND OR ARE TRYING TO

5641.235 -> GET IN, THERE ARE GOOD

5642.436 -> INTENTIONS.

5643.737 -> BUT IT REALLY DOES MAKE A

5647.074 -> SITUATION VERY HARD TO HAVE

5648.509 -> SAFETY FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL AS

5650.044 -> THE REST OF EVERYONE THERE THAT

5651.812 -> IS TRYING TO HAVE A

5653.781 -> COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

5654.482 -> WHEN THE RCMP IS HAVING TO DO

5656.45 -> HIGH-SPEED CHASES THROUGH AN

5657.852 -> EVACUATION ORDER AREA, AND

5658.953 -> AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT

5660.921 -> AN ORDER FROM SOMETHING THAT'S

5663.123 -> DONE.

5663.456 -> THERE ARE STILL ACTIVE FIRES

5664.992 -> BEING FOUGHT IN THIS AREA BOTH

5666.861 -> WILD LAND FIRE AND STRUCTURE

5668.796 -> FIRE.

5669.096 -> IT'S STILL A FULL-ON RESPONSE

5671.532 -> MODE IN THIS AREA, YOU KNOW,

5672.8 -> WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE NORTH

5674.802 -> SHUSWAP AREA BUT WE CAN EXPAND

5676.27 -> THAT TO THE ENTIRE BUSH CREEK

5678.873 -> EAST FIRE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 1,

5680.507 -> IT'S A LARGE AREA THAT IT

5682.309 -> ENCOMPASSES NOW.

5684.044 -> WE'RE HAVING, LIKE I SAID, GEAR

5686.947 -> REMOVED FROM BRIDGES.

5687.714 -> WE'RE HAVING GARBAGE THROWN AT

5689.917 -> FIRETRUCKS AS THEY'RE TRYING TO

5690.885 -> WORK IN THAT AREA.

5693.653 -> >> SERIOUSLY?

5695.088 -> >> YEAH, YEAH.

5696.523 -> IT'S TO THE POINT, YOU KNOW,

5697.625 -> WHERE IT'S REALLY IMPACTING

5699.526 -> OPERATIONS, SOME OF THE STUFF

5700.461 -> THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

5701.228 -> AND I REALLY DO WANT TO STRESS

5704.331 -> THAT I DO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I

5705.299 -> TALK TO PEOPLE.

5706.133 -> IT IS NOT THE VAST MAJORITY OF

5707.868 -> THOSE COMMUNITIES THERE THAT

5708.736 -> HAVE STAYED BEHIND AND ARE

5711.472 -> WORKING.

5711.805 -> I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE THERE,

5713.407 -> AGAIN NOT GOING TO ENCOURAGE IT.

5715.075 -> WE WANT PEOPLE TO LEAVE BUT THE

5716.911 -> REALITY IS THERE ARE PEOPLE

5718.712 -> THERE.

5719.045 -> WE WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY

5721.215 -> WITH PEOPLE, THIS IS NOT AN

5724.218 -> UNCOMMON OCCURENCE, WHERE

5724.885 -> THERE'S STILL PEOPLE IN AN

5725.819 -> EVACUATION ORDER AREA.

5726.72 -> WELCH PEOPLE ONTHERE'S A REALLYE

5734.395 -> FROM THE COMMUNITY WORKING

5736.196 -> REALLY WELL WITH US.

5737.397 -> WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED ON THAT FIRE

5738.866 -> SINCE JULY 25th IN TERMS OF MY

5741.201 -> INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM.

5742.937 -> AND WE SIGN PEOPLE UP FROM THAT

5744.605 -> COMMUNITY.

5744.972 -> THEY'RE WORKING WITH US, THEY'RE

5746.34 -> BEING PAID, THEY'RE EMERGENCY

5749.777 -> FIREFIGHTERS, AND REALLY GREAT

5751.211 -> KUDOS TO THAT COMMUNITY.

5752.346 -> THEY HAVE DONE A LOT IN TERMS OF

5753.781 -> PREPARATION FOR SOMETHING LIKE

5754.548 -> THIS.

5755.749 -> RECOGNIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE

5758.819 -> FACT IS THAT WE'RE AT THIS POINT

5761.288 -> IN WILDFIRES WHERE THERE MIGHT

5762.89 -> NOT BE ENOUGH PROVINCIAL

5764.158 -> RESOURCES TO ACTION EVERY SINGLE

5765.459 -> FIRE AS THEY START IN AN EXTREME

5767.394 -> FIRE LOAD.

5767.928 -> AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

5769.129 -> AND WE WILL UTILIZE LOCAL

5771.432 -> RESOURCES WHENEVER POSSIBLE BUT

5772.299 -> THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT HAS TO

5773.767 -> BE COVERED HERE IS SAFETY.

5775.202 -> THERE IS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT

5778.672 -> FOR SOME BASIC FIRE FIGHTING

5780.874 -> COURSES.

5781.241 -> WE HAVE TO HAVE A BASIC LEVEL OF

5783.11 -> SAFETY.

5783.443 -> BUT IT'S NOT A HIGH BAR HONESTLY

5785.212 -> IN TERMS OF GETTING -- IT'S TWO

5786.814 -> COURSES YOU NEED TO DO AND WE

5788.849 -> CAN EMPLOY YOU AS AN EMERGENCY

5791.485 -> FIREFIGHTER.

5791.985 -> >> I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN,

5794.989 -> FORGIVE ME.

5795.656 -> I'M CONSCIOUS THAT WE HAVE SOME

5796.69 -> PEOPLE ON THE LINE, WE WANT TO

5797.991 -> ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS.

5798.959 -> LET'S GET BACK TO THAT, BECAUSE

5800.794 -> WE'VE HAD THAT SUGGESTION BEFORE

5802.629 -> AROUND EMPLOYING PEOPLE LOCALLY

5803.53 -> AND GETTING THEM TRAINED UP.

5805.299 -> WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN JUST A

5807.835 -> MOMENT.

5808.168 -> DARRYL IS ON THE LINE I BELIEVE

5809.837 -> IN PENTICTON.

5811.038 -> DARRYL, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH

5811.839 -> YOU RIGHT NOW?

5814.274 -> >> SO I'M WITH THE ANIMAL LIFE

5816.176 -> LINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM,

5819.246 -> AND WE ARE EVACUATING, TAKING

5821.749 -> CARE OF HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS.

5824.451 -> >> WHEN YOU SAY "HUNDREDS OF

5826.387 -> ANIMALS," HOW MANY ARE WE

5828.789 -> TALKING?

5829.289 -> >> HUNDREDS.

5829.69 -> WE HAVE OVER 200, 300 ANIMALS AT

5832.292 -> OUR FACILITIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE

5834.094 -> ARE FEEDING AND TAKING CARE OF

5835.629 -> AND WE ARE ALSO GOING OUT TO THE

5838.665 -> EVACUATED AREAS AND FEEDING AND

5841.301 -> WATERING AND TAKING CARE OF

5843.037 -> ANIMALS THAT PEOPLE COULD NOT

5844.238 -> GET OUT WHEN THEY WERE

5845.038 -> EVACUATED.

5846.106 -> >> AND WHAT SORT OF ANIMALS ARE

5848.342 -> THEY, DARRYL?

5849.609 -> >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOGS,

5851.811 -> CATS, HAMSTERS, GOATS, HORSES,

5854.348 -> SHEEP, CHICKENS.

5855.081 -> LAST NIGHT I TRANSPORTED 17

5856.683 -> CHICKENS FROM WEST KELOWNA TO

5859.753 -> OSOYOOS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AT

5861.922 -> MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT.

5862.989 -> >> WE'VE HEARD IT BEFORE AND IT

5864.625 -> NEEDS TO BE EMPHASIZED AGAIN, I

5867.161 -> THINK, WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THE

5868.695 -> DEVASTATING IMPACT OF THESE

5869.663 -> FIRES THAT ARE ON PEOPLE, BUT IT

5871.665 -> CERTAINLY HAS BEEN REMINDED TO

5872.733 -> US IN THE PAST NUMBER OF DAYS,

5874.601 -> IF NOT YEARS, ABOUT THE

5876.47 -> DEVASTATING IMPACT THESE

5878.705 -> WILDFIRES HAVE ON LIVESTOCK,

5881.108 -> ANIMALS, WILD ANIMALS, THE

5882.375 -> ECOLOGY OF IT.

5883.11 -> YOU'RE SEEING IF FIRSTHAND,

5884.678 -> AREN'T YOU?

5885.645 -> >> YES, WE ARE.

5886.914 -> A LOT OF PEOPLE COULDN'T GET IN

5888.749 -> WHEN THEY WERE EVACUATED TO GET

5889.716 -> THEIR ANIMALS OUT AND SO WE'RE

5891.752 -> GOING IN AND GETTING THEM OUT

5894.521 -> FOR THEM OR LEAVING THEM WHERE

5895.923 -> THEY ARE AND FEEDING THEM.

5898.058 -> A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO

5900.494 -> CONTACT US, WERE ABLE TO

5901.662 -> EVACUATE THEIR ANIMALS BUT THE

5903.33 -> DEVASTATION IS PRETTY BIG AND

5904.865 -> PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ANIMALS ARE

5906.467 -> FAMILY.

5906.8 -> WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT.

5908.068 -> PEOPLE'S PETS ARE THEIR FAMILY,

5909.47 -> AND WE HAVE TO TREAT THEM LIKE

5911.838 -> THEY ARE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

5912.572 -> SO WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF

5914.908 -> THAT.

5915.275 -> IF PEOPLE CAN'T EVACUATE THEIR

5916.777 -> ANIMALS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET

5918.178 -> PEOPLE TO EVACUATE.

5920.079 -> >> MANY OF THEM STAY, THEY'LL

5921.748 -> REFUSE TO LEAVE.

5923.75 -> DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO MOVE

5925.886 -> THEM AROUND?

5929.088 -> >> OUR VOLUNTEERS, OUR

5930.157 -> ORGANIZATION IS A HUNDRED

5931.125 -> PERCENT VOLUNTEER AND WE JUST

5933.393 -> HAVE OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE

5934.528 -> GOING BACK AND FORTH INTO ALL OF

5937.397 -> THE AREAS AND MOVING THEM AND

5939.633 -> TRANSPORTING THEM AND DOING WHAT

5940.601 -> WE NEED TO DO, PUTTING THEM AT

5943.971 -> SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, PUTTING

5946.105 -> CATS AND DOGS IN FOSTER CARE AND

5948.542 -> LIKE I SAID, GOING INTO PEOPLE'S

5950.21 -> HOMES.

5950.51 -> I'M ON MY WAY NOW TO FEED SOME

5953.513 -> FISH AND A CHAMELEON.

5955.915 -> >> IT REALLY IS EVERYTHING FROM

5956.883 -> THE INDOOR TO THE OUTDOOR

5958.385 -> ANIMALS.

5960.287 -> DARYL, FOR SOMEBODY WHO MAY WANT

5961.254 -> TO EITHER MAKE A DONATION,

5963.79 -> VOLUNTEER, GET INVOLVED, HELP

5965.425 -> YOU OUT, HOW CAN THEY DO THAT?

5968.428 -> >> THEY CAN GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE

5972.032 -> AT alertCanada.org OR WE HAVE

5975.502 -> A FACEBOOK PAGE ANIMAL LIFE LINE

5977.771 -> EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.

5978.538 -> THEY CAN GO ON THERE AND MAKE A

5981.341 -> DONATION.

5983.177 -> WE ALL TAKE VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE

5984.411 -> OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY NEED,

5986.28 -> BUT IF THEY WANT TO THINK ABOUT

5988.148 -> VOLUNTEERING IN THE FUTURE, WE

5988.982 -> WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRAIN THEM UP

5991.718 -> AND USE THEM NEXT GO AROUND.

5994.087 -> >> DARYL, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE

5995.722 -> REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CALL.

5997.157 -> WHAT IS YOUR MOST URGENT NEED

5998.792 -> RIGHT NOW?

6000.059 -> >> OUR MOST URGENT NEED IS

6002.496 -> ACTUALLY MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE

6003.697 -> PURCHASING A TON OF FOOD.

6005.933 -> IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO FEED

6008.569 -> ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY 2, 300

6010.304 -> ANIMALS WITH HAY AND ALL THE

6011.938 -> FOOD THAT THEY KNEE.

6016.043 -> NEED.

6016.51 -> WE ALSO NEED GAS FOR OUR

6017.844 -> VOLUNTEERS TO GO OUT AND FEED

6018.778 -> THE ANIMALS SO CASH DONATIONS

6020.847 -> ARE BEST.

6021.915 -> BUT WE COULD ALSO USE CRATES.

6023.283 -> WE COULD USE ANIMAL CRATES.

6024.818 -> WE HAVE GIVEN OUT OVER 200

6027.087 -> CRATES TO PEOPLE WHO NEEDED THEM

6029.189 -> DURING THEIR EVACUATION AND SO

6031.825 -> ANY KIND OF ANIMAL CARRIER, DOGS

6033.961 -> AND CAT CARRIERS WOULD BE

6035.195 -> GREATLY APPRECIATED.

6037.196 -> >> DARYL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE

6038.198 -> YOUR TIME AND OBVIOUSLY THERE

6040.199 -> ARE MANY PET PARENTS AND

6043.07 -> LIVESTOCK OWNERS WHO ARE

6043.937 -> COUNTING ON YOU IN A VERY BIG

6046.039 -> WAY.

6046.306 -> WELL DONE.

6047.541 -> THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP.

6050.343 -> >> THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR

6051.345 -> EVERYONE'S WORK.

6052.679 -> IT'S JUST -- IT JUST TAKES

6056.083 -> EVERYONE'S HANDS TO GET THROUGH

6056.984 -> THIS AND I WISH EVERYBODY THE

6058.085 -> BEST.

6058.618 -> >> CHEERS, DARYL.

6059.219 -> THANKS FOR CALLING.

6060.32 -> DARYL FROM ANIMAL LIFE LINE

6062.422 -> RESPONSE.

6062.855 -> >> JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW

6063.724 -> PEOPLE DO HAVE TO COME TOGETHER.

6066.827 -> I KNOW THAT THERE ARE EFFORTS IN

6068.629 -> KELOWNA FOR THE FOOD BANK AND I

6070.897 -> THINK THEY HAVE 800 BOXES THAT

6072.999 -> HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER WHICH

6074.401 -> WILL BE READY FOR DONATION IN

6076.436 -> THE NEXT FEW HOURS OR TOMORROW

6077.971 -> FOR SURE.

6079.039 -> SO CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

6081.308 -> WORRY ABOUT THEIR OWN HOMES AND

6083.31 -> THEIR OWN SITUATION, BUT ALSO

6084.711 -> HAVE TO BE THERE TO BE ABLE TO

6086.146 -> HELP OTHERS AS WELL.

6087.481 -> SO YOU'RE LISTENING TO "BC

6089.516 -> TODAY."

6089.849 -> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WILDFIRE

6091.218 -> SITUATION ACROSS BRITISH

6092.452 -> COLUMBIA.

6092.819 -> AND TALKING TO FORREST TOWER

6095.756 -> WITH THE BC WILDFIRE SERVICE.

6098.458 -> WE'VE BEEN TALKING, FORREST,

6100.694 -> ABOUT HOW PEOPLE GET THROUGH

6102.296 -> THIS, BUT ALSO ABOUT HOW FIRST

6105.032 -> RESPONDERS GET THROUGH THIS.

6106.266 -> WHAT'S THE IMPACT THAT

6110.304 -> FIREFIGHTERS FEEL IN TERMS OF

6113.073 -> BEING OUT THERE AND THE TIME

6114.374 -> THAT THEY'RE SPENDING?

6119.379 -> >> YEAH, I THINK THERE IS A WIDE

6120.28 -> RANGE OF IMPACT.

6122.149 -> I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST,

6125.418 -> BEING THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY

6127.487 -> LONG WILDFIRE SEASON SO FAR.

6129.99 -> WE'VE BEEN GOING SINCE MAY.

6132.259 -> TYPICALLY IN BC, WE'LL HAVE, YOU

6134.461 -> KNOW, JULY AND AUGUST ARE

6136.596 -> USUALLY BUSY.

6138.665 -> WE'LL HAVE LIKE A HEAVY,

6141.201 -> SUSTAINED ACTION FIRES START TO

6142.169 -> BUILD UP IN JULY IN TERMS OF

6144.538 -> LIGHTNING IS OUR MOST -- IN

6147.107 -> JULY, LIGHTNING USUALLY STARTS

6148.141 -> THE MOST AMOUNT OF FIRES AND

6149.376 -> THEN THEY KIND OF BUILD AND

6151.545 -> INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND SIZE

6152.679 -> AND IN AUGUST, WE'LL HAVE A FEW,

6155.982 -> WHAT WE WOULD CALL SUSTAINED

6156.95 -> ACTION FIRES.

6157.517 -> SO FIRES LIKE WE'RE EXPERIENCING

6160.253 -> NOW, WHERE IT TAKES MONTHS,

6162.389 -> MANY, MANY WEEKS TO GET TO IT

6165.125 -> BEING HELD STATUS.

6166.993 -> AND SO WE'RE WELL INTO SEVERAL

6169.83 -> MONTHS OF BACK-TO-BACK

6171.665 -> DEPLOYMENTS FOR OUR WILD LAND

6174.167 -> FIRE FIGHTING CREWS.

6175.502 -> OURSELVES AS INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

6176.67 -> TEAMS, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WE

6178.138 -> WOULD HAVE MAYBE TWO TO THREE

6180.14 -> DEPLOYMENTS, WE WORK ON 14-DAY

6182.809 -> DEPLOYMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE

6183.509 -> DAYS OFF AND WE'LL GO OUT AGAIN.

6185.178 -> THIS IS MY FIFTH DEPLOYMENT.

6188.348 -> LIKELY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT

6189.516 -> LEAST ONE MORE IF NOT TWO AFTER

6190.75 -> THIS.

6191.718 -> LAST YEAR, WE WERE WORKING WELL

6194.621 -> INTO OCTOBER IN THE PEACE AREA

6196.056 -> OF BC WORKING TO EXTINGUISH SOME

6197.591 -> FIRES THERE.

6198.525 -> YOU KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY

6201.395 -> WEREN'T ABLE TO EXTINGUISH

6202.262 -> COMPLETELY BEFORE WINTER, THEY

6203.897 -> BURNED ALL WINTER AND THEY WERE

6205.399 -> STILL BURNING THIS SPRING, BASED

6208.135 -> ON DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND LACK

6209.069 -> OF PRECIPITATION.

6210.804 -> SO WE'RE HIGHLY COGNIZANT OF

6213.773 -> CUMULATIVE FATIGUE AS AN

6214.508 -> ORGANIZATION AND IT'S NOT JUST

6215.942 -> US.

6216.209 -> ANY TIME A WILDFIRE IS THERE,

6218.011 -> YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE AS WILD

6220.547 -> LAND FIREFIGHTERS, BUT THERE IS

6222.215 -> SEARCH AND RESCUE MEMBERS THAT

6223.884 -> ARE INVOLVED IN GIVING ORDERS

6225.085 -> AND ALERT NOTICES OUT.

6228.221 -> THERE'S RCMP AS WELL ACTIVELY

6229.489 -> INVOLVED IN THAT.

6230.557 -> THERE'S ALWAYS A LOCAL

6231.525 -> GOVERNMENT THAT HAS SET UP AN

6233.293 -> EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE SO

6234.594 -> THEIR STAFF ARE WORKING LONG,

6236.263 -> LONG HOURS.

6237.197 -> SO IT'S A BIG COLLECTIVE EFFORT

6238.899 -> THIS SUMMER.

6239.933 -> AND I THINK THAT'S ONE PIECE,

6243.136 -> JUST FATIGUE.

6244.805 -> EVERYONE'S TIRED.

6246.006 -> AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE

6247.707 -> TO BE TIRED WHEN YOU'RE IN THAT

6251.578 -> CRITICAL SITUATION OF SAVING

6253.013 -> PEOPLE'S LIVES, PROPERTY, AND

6254.715 -> THEN WE CAN WORK OUR WAY DOWN

6255.816 -> THE LIST OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE

6258.919 -> GOALS.

6259.252 -> THERE'S THAT PIECE.

6260.186 -> I THINK ONE THING I WOULD LIKE

6262.322 -> TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT IS WE DO GET A

6264.458 -> LOT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK EVERY

6268.862 -> YEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, AND I CAN

6270.297 -> UNDERSTAND THAT.

6271.998 -> IT'S SO, SO STRESSFUL AND

6277.137 -> ANXIETY-INDUCING, BEYOND

6278.738 -> ANXIETY-INDUCING.

6279.238 -> FEAR THAT IS THERE, THE UNKNOWN.

6281.308 -> I CAN APPRECIATE KIND OF WHAT

6283.142 -> YOU ARE RUNNING BEFORE ABOUT

6284.244 -> PEOPLE WANTING TO KNOW THE

6285.512 -> STATUS OF THEIR HOUSE, DO THEY

6287.047 -> HAVE ANYTHING TO GO BACK TO, AND

6288.948 -> THERE IS A VOID OF INFORMATION.

6290.316 -> AND IT'S A VOID OFTEN TIMES TO

6292.385 -> ME, TOO, AND MY TITLE IS

6293.954 -> INFORMATION CENTRE.

6295.322 -> THERE'S A LOT STUFF THAT HAPPENS

6297.024 -> IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF

6300.36 -> FIRE GROWTH WHERE THERE IS TONS

6301.461 -> OF WORK HAPPENING ON THE GROUND

6302.662 -> AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR

6304.164 -> SKILLS AND TRAINING THAT THEY'VE

6305.899 -> DEVELOPED DURING THEIR CAREER TO

6307.1 -> ENSURE THE RIGHT THINGS ARE

6308.201 -> HAPPENING, AND IT JUST MIGHT NOT

6309.903 -> ALWAYS MAKE IT BACK UP UNTIL

6312.405 -> THERE'S TIME AND SPACE FOR

6313.707 -> PEOPLE TO JUST STOP ACTIVELY

6315.108 -> DOING THINGS WITH THEIR HANDS,

6317.944 -> ACTIVELY FIRE FIGHTING IN ORDER

6318.711 -> TO MAKE THE PHONE CALLS, SEND A

6320.914 -> TEXT.

6321.214 -> A LOT OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS IS

6322.549 -> OVER RADIO.

6323.95 -> SO THERE IS GOOD COMMUNICATIONS

6324.951 -> ON THE GROUND AND PEOPLE ARE

6326.686 -> ORGANIZED AND SAFE THERE.

6328.555 -> IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE IT

6329.823 -> DOES TAKE TIME FOR THAT

6331.791 -> INFORMATION FLOW TO COME UP TO

6334.094 -> US AT THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

6335.161 -> TEAM LEVEL SO THAT WE CAN SHARE.

6336.73 -> AND WE SHARE IMMEDIATELY ONCE

6338.532 -> WE'RE GIVEN UPDATES FROM PEOPLE.

6340.534 -> AND SO TO BRING IT BACK TO KIND

6342.702 -> OF IMPACTS, A LOT OF OUR

6345.005 -> ORGANIZATION IS STILL PRIMARILY

6347.541 -> UNIVERSITY-AGED STUDENTS FOR THE

6348.342 -> BULK OF OUR WILD LAND FIRE

6351.177 -> FIGHTING COMPONENT.

6351.711 -> WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO

6354.046 -> HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE BUT

6355.215 -> A LOT OF OUR CREWS, UNIT CREWS,

6359.686 -> THEY ARE IN IT FOR -- A LOT OF

6362.656 -> PEOPLE STAY AROUND, A LOT OF

6363.99 -> PEOPLE PAY FOR UNIVERSITY AND

6365.425 -> IT'S A CAREER JUST LIKE TREE

6366.96 -> PLANTING IN BC, WE HAVE A VERY

6368.995 -> ROBUST HISTORY OF WILD LAND FIRE

6370.23 -> FIGHTING IN BC.

6371.331 -> AND WHEN THEY GO BACK TO THEIR

6373.6 -> TENT, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN

6374.401 -> SLEEPING IN SINCE MAY, AWAY FROM

6377.17 -> FAMILY, AWAY FROM FRIENDS, I

6379.105 -> THINK IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING

6383.877 -> WHEN ALL THEY HEAR IS THAT, YOU

6387.113 -> KNOW, THAT THE MESSAGING IS THEY

6390.85 -> ABANDONED PEOPLE.

6391.417 -> I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE'S PEOPLE

6393.32 -> DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN IN

6395.055 -> AREAS, AGAIN FOCUSING IN THE

6397.791 -> SHUSWAP LAKE AREA, BUT I CAN

6399.859 -> SPEAK TO EVERY FIRE BURNING IN

6401.127 -> BC RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE ARE

6402.562 -> PEOPLE THAT ARE IN REDS AND

6403.763 -> BLUES AND BEYOND OUR

6406.733 -> ORGANIZATION, EVERYONE IS

6407.934 -> WORKING EXCRUCIATINGLY HARD TO

6410.036 -> DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET

6411.905 -> PEOPLE LIKE I SAID BACK INTO

6414.074 -> HOUSES, TO REDUCE IMPACTS, AND

6416.543 -> IT'S STRESSFUL, AND I GET IT.

6420.147 -> >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

6421.948 -> EXACTLY.

6424.484 -> YOU SPEAK OF THE PHYSICAL

6425.719 -> FATIGUE BUT EVERYTHING YOU'RE

6426.953 -> SAYING NOW SPEAKS TO ME ABOUT

6428.288 -> EMOTIONAL FATIGUE.

6430.99 -> >> YES, IT IS.

6432.759 -> AND THEY'RE USED TO IT, WE'RE

6434.527 -> USED TO IT AS AN ORGANIZATION.

6436.029 -> A LOT OF CRITICISM.

6438.331 -> AND I CAN UNDERSTAND, WILDFIRE

6439.866 -> IS A VERY HARD THING TO

6443.97 -> UNDERSTAND, AND I USE THIS

6445.405 -> EXAMPLE OFTEN, BUT IT'S ONE OF

6446.74 -> THOSE FORCES OF NATURE THAT

6450.31 -> HUMANS HAVE DEVELOPED THE TOOLS

6452.846 -> AND SKILLS TO HAVE A PRETTY

6454.748 -> MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON ACTUALLY,

6456.082 -> EVEN WHEN THEY'RE LARGE.

6458.05 -> WE HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHERE THEY

6460.02 -> GO, WE CAN STEER THEM.

6461.488 -> WE HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE OF

6463.923 -> FIRE SCIENCE IN APPLICATION OF

6465.225 -> TOOLS LIKE PLANNED IGNITIONS

6466.526 -> WHERE WE KNOW HOW TO USE ENERGY

6469.462 -> TO DIRECT ENERGY.

6470.23 -> FIRE IS JUST ENERGY THROUGH THE

6472.298 -> CONSUMPTION OF FUEL.

6473.533 -> SO TREES.

6475.602 -> WE DON'T HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY

6477.47 -> WITH TORNADOES OR EARTHQUAKES,

6481.074 -> LANDSLIDES, TSUNAMIS, AND

6482.442 -> THERE'S NO EXPECTATION FOR A

6483.543 -> RESPONSE AGENCY TO STOP THOSE

6486.346 -> BUT THERE IS A VERY HIGH

6488.415 -> EXPECTATION FROM THE PUBLIC FOR

6489.616 -> STOPPING WILDFIRES WHICH AT THE

6490.483 -> END OF THE DAY ARE JUST ANOTHER

6492.118 -> FORCE OF NATURE.

6492.919 -> AND WHEN WE CAN GET TO THEM WHEN

6494.454 -> THEY'RE SMALL, WE'RE REALLY GOOD

6496.356 -> AT PUTTING THEM OUT.

6498.992 -> THE NUMBER WE SEE OUT WILL

6501.428 -> OFTEN, 94, 95% SUCCESS RATE OF

6503.83 -> PUTTING FIRES OUT WHILE THEY'RE

6505.632 -> BELOW A HECTARE.

6506.8 -> MOST DO GET PUT OUT BUT ONCE

6509.202 -> THEY GET BEYOND INITIAL ATTACK

6510.437 -> INTO THAT LARGE SUSTAINED ACTION

6512.238 -> SIZE, IT IS AERS TO OF NATURE.

6513.973 -> IT IS A NATURAL THING THAT

6516.609 -> HAPPENS.

6516.942 -> AND THERE'S REALLY LIMITED

6518.244 -> ABILITY FOR HUMANS TO HAVE A

6520.547 -> MEANINGFUL IMPACT AT SOME POINT

6521.881 -> AND SO WE'VE SEEN THAT IN SOME

6523.683 -> FIRES.

6523.983 -> LIKE IN WEST KELOWNA, IN THE

6525.985 -> SHUSWAP AREA WHEN THE BUSCH

6527.921 -> CREEK EAST WILDFIRE MERGED WITH

6529.656 -> ANOTHER WILDFIRE, IT BURNED 20

6531.524 -> KILOMETRES SOUTH IN UNDER 12

6533.059 -> HOURS, AND I WORKED ON A NUMBER

6535.662 -> OF FIRES IN OUR RECENT BAD

6537.097 -> YEARS, YOU KNOW, SINCE '17.

6539.799 -> THERE ARE VERY LIMITED TIMES

6540.8 -> WHEN A FIRE HAS EXHIBITED THAT

6542.769 -> FIRE GROWTH.

6543.536 -> AND I DO NOT KNOW OF ANOTHER

6544.704 -> TIME WHEN A FIRE HAS MOVED 20

6548.408 -> KILOMETRES WITH SUPPRESSION ON

6549.776 -> IT.

6550.043 -> WHEN THEY'RE TALKING UP NORTH

6551.544 -> WHERE THERE'S VAST AMOUNTS OF

6553.747 -> WILDERNESS, FIRES DO GROW VERY

6554.981 -> LARGE AND VERY FAST, AND ON

6557.584 -> TIMES THERE MIGHT NOT BE THE

6558.785 -> AMOUNT OF SUPPRESSION BECAUSE

6560.12 -> IT'S NOT CRITICALLY THREATENING

6562.922 -> LIFE AND PROPERTY, BUT IN THE

6564.457 -> INTERIOR WHERE THERE IS PEOPLE

6565.691 -> EVERYWHERE AND THERE'S A TON OF

6567.427 -> ACTIVE SUPPRESSION, FOR A

6568.561 -> WILDFIRE TO STILL BE ABLE TO DO

6570.864 -> THAT WITH ACTIVE SUPPRESSION IS

6572.732 -> A FORCE OF NATURE UNLIKE OR AS

6575.869 -> LIKE OTHER THINGS LIKE TORNADOES

6577.17 -> AND EARTHQUAKES.

6579.773 -> SO IT IS REALLY EMOTIONALLY

6581.574 -> TOLLING WHEN THERE'S THIS

6583.309 -> EXPECTATION AND YOU FEEL LIKE A

6584.577 -> FAILURE WHEN BAD THINGS DO

6585.478 -> HAPPEN.

6588.314 -> THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

6590.717 -> DESPITE THE HEROIC EFFORT OF

6592.152 -> PEOPLE TO TRY AND STOP THEM FROM

6593.62 -> HAPPENING AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN,

6594.854 -> IT IS NATURE.

6595.722 -> IT HAS HAPPENED IN BC.

6598.258 -> WE HUMANS HAVE DECIDED TO LIVE

6599.692 -> WHERE WE DO LIVE, AND THERE IS

6602.128 -> INHERENT RISK IN LIVING WHERE

6603.329 -> THERE IS A FIRE-DEPENDENT

6605.532 -> ECOSYSTEM.

6605.932 -> I'LL BRING IT BACK TO FIRE SMART

6608.234 -> PRINCIPLES, TO HAVING SOME

6612.105 -> PREPAREDNESS.

6612.539 -> WE TALK ABOUT SHARED

6613.306 -> RESPONSIBILITY FROM NOT ONLY US

6614.741 -> AS A RESPONSE AGENCY BUT TO HOME

6617.043 -> OWNERS AND TO PROPERTY OWNERS TO

6619.679 -> FIRE SMART THEIR PROPERTIES SO

6620.647 -> THAT WHEN WE DO SEND STRUCTURE

6622.715 -> FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN TO DEFEND

6623.65 -> THOSE PLACES, IT'S, (A), SAFE

6626.519 -> FOR THEM TO WORK IN BUT ALSO

6628.388 -> THAT THEY'LL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.

6630.623 -> THERE'S LOTS PEOPLE CAN DO

6632.659 -> BEFORE AND AFTER WILDFIRES HAVE

6633.626 -> IMPACTED.

6634.494 -> TO HELP US AND TO PREPARE FOR

6636.662 -> FUTURE SITUATIONS.

6637.964 -> BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WILDFIRES

6639.966 -> ARE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY

6641.601 -> AND THEY'RE GETTING TO BE LARGER

6643.069 -> MUCH FASTER AND IT'S REALLY

6645.404 -> CHALLENGING RESPONSE EFFORTS IN

6647.607 -> BC AS WE GO FORWARD AND

6649.275 -> INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND

6651.411 -> WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE DOING

6652.312 -> THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN

6653.68 -> BC BEFORE.

6655.614 -> >> FORREST, WHEN IT COMES TO

6657.183 -> FIRE SMARTING AND SOME

6659.185 -> PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE,

6660.553 -> MICHAEL HAS BEEN PATIENT, AS IS

6662.222 -> JAMES, WE'LL GET TO BOTH CALLS.

6663.823 -> MICHAEL IS CALLING US FROM

6665.158 -> NELSON.

6666.226 -> MICHAEL, WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE?

6669.395 -> >> WELL, I DO HAVE A FIRE SMART

6672.131 -> GROUP HERE SO THAT'S HELPFUL.

6673.633 -> BUT I WANT TO MAKE THE POINT

6678.338 -> THAT AS EVERYONE IS SO ANXIOUS

6681.107 -> ABOUT THINGS AND DO PRACTICAL

6682.575 -> THINGS CAN REALLY EASE THAT

6685.245 -> ANXIETY.

6686.779 -> I'M JUST ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY

6688.347 -> WHO'S NOT INVOLVED IN THE FIRE

6691.217 -> AREAS AND IS LISTENING TO ALL

6692.452 -> THIS TO JUST GO OUT AND DO SOME

6695.655 -> FIRE SMARTING AROUND THEIR

6697.156 -> HOUSE, THREE METRES, TEN METRES,

6700.793 -> 30 METRES.

6703.863 -> I HAVE AN OUT BUILDING THAT'S

6708.968 -> PRETTY -- NOT FIRE SMART, SO I

6711.204 -> JUST CLEANED UP TEN METRES

6714.54 -> AROUND IT AND -- AND I JUST FELT

6720.546 -> SO MUCH BETTER AFTER THAT WAS

6722.214 -> DONE.

6724.183 -> THERE MIGHT BE SOME WAY TO DEAL

6726.152 -> WITH ANY FIRES.

6726.952 -> I ALSO WANTED TO SAY HOW

6729.856 -> IMPRESSED I AM WITH FORREST.

6733.159 -> YOU'RE REALLY DOING AND SHARING

6734.761 -> SOME INFORMATION THAT I HAD NO

6735.795 -> KNOWLEDGE OF.

6741.1 -> IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR

6743.603 -> EVERYBODY IN BC TO HEAR SO THANK

6744.971 -> YOU FOR THAT.

6747.239 -> >> MICHAEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

6748.007 -> FOR YOUR CALL.

6749.709 -> FORREST, IT SEEMS THAT MICHAEL

6750.81 -> IS ON THE BALL WITH SOME OF YOUR

6752.311 -> ADVICE THERE.

6755.081 -> AT LEAST THAT FEELING OF DOING

6756.816 -> SOMETHING.

6763.522 -> >> WE ON GET THE QUESTION DURING

6766.059 -> WILDFIRES, THERE'S AN ACTIVE

6767.06 -> RESPONSE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP

6768.227 -> FROM THE PUBLIC, WE WANT TO

6769.696 -> HELP, WHAT CAN WE DO AND AS THE

6772.065 -> CALLER WAS MENTIONING, THERE'S

6773.299 -> WORK THAT CAN BE DONE IF YOU

6774.467 -> AREN'T IN AN ACTIVE WILDFIRE

6775.969 -> AREA, VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW,

6778.571 -> YOU KNOW, FIRE SMART IS ALWAYS A

6780.239 -> GOOD IDEA, AND IF YOU ARE IN AN

6783.109 -> ORDER AREA, I'M NOT GOING TO

6784.41 -> SUGGEST THAT IT'S A BAD TIME TO

6786.679 -> EVER FIRE SMART BUT THERE MIGHT

6788.114 -> BE SOME MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO

6789.381 -> FOCUS ON.

6790.183 -> SO IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT IN

6792.585 -> THE SPRING AND THE FALL, WE

6794.754 -> ALWAYS MOVE INTO SPRING CLEANING

6796.289 -> OR GETTING READY FOR WINTER

6797.724 -> DEPENDING WHERE YOU LIVE IN BC,

6800.36 -> IF THERE'S SNOW ACCUMULATION OR

6801.961 -> NOT THAT YOU NEED TO DO ANY

6803.296 -> PREPAREDNESS FOR THAT, BUT THOSE

6804.731 -> TIMES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT

6807.767 -> TO PREPARE YOUR PROPERTY AND

6809.402 -> THEY DO MAKE AN ENORMOUS

6811.137 -> DIFFERENCE.

6812.305 -> WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS

6814.841 -> THAT PEOPLE MIGHT THINK ARE

6815.942 -> SILLY OR NOT MEANINGFUL, LIKE WE

6818.111 -> REALLY TALK ABOUT CLEANING YOUR

6819.479 -> GUTTERS OUT, MAKING SURE THERE'S

6821.814 -> NOT DEAD AND DRY DEBRIS IN YOUR

6824.55 -> GUTTERS, HAVING A LAWN THAT IS

6826.486 -> MOWED AND GREEN.

6828.688 -> AGAIN, CHALLENGES THERE THIS

6829.689 -> SUMMER FOR SURE IN THE DROUGHT

6831.357 -> CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE AND

6832.158 -> WATER RESTRICTIONS SO VERY

6834.594 -> COGNIZANT THAT THERE ARE SOME

6835.695 -> BIG CHALLENGES TO SOME OF THESE

6837.163 -> RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

6839.866 -> AND MUCH LARGER DISCUSSIONS OUT

6842.435 -> THERE, BUT THINKING OF FIRE

6843.603 -> SMART AT LEAST, IT DOES MAKE A

6845.204 -> HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN WE SEND OUR

6847.94 -> STRUCTURE PROTECTION FORCES OUT

6848.941 -> THERE AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT

6850.142 -> WE CAN GET IN TERMS OF HELP FROM

6851.577 -> THE PUBLIC IS TO JUST FIRE SMART

6854.514 -> YOUR PROPERTIES AND TAKE ONE

6856.282 -> STEP NEXT ABOVE THAT AND HAVE AN

6858.584 -> EVACUATION PLAN FOR YOURSELF,

6863.156 -> HAVE GRAB N GO BAGS READY, IT

6869.095 -> MAKES ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE IN A

6870.263 -> MOMENT OF CRISIS.

6871.631 -> >> ALL VERY GOOD TIPS.

6872.899 -> JAMES HAS BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY

6874.1 -> ON THE PHONE LINE.

6876.702 -> JAMES IS IN SPENCES BRIDGE.

6880.373 -> GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.

6885.077 -> >> WE'VE LOST JAMES.

6886.746 -> WE APPRECIATE HIM CALLING.

6887.814 -> HE WAS WONDERING ABOUT MANDATING

6890.883 -> AROUND FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIAL

6892.551 -> AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS.

6893.486 -> WE'RE HEADING UP TO THE TOP OF

6894.72 -> OUR NEWS BREAK.

6896.022 -> FORREST, WE REALLY APPRECIATE

6896.922 -> YOUR TIME.

6897.69 -> I HATE TO GO BACK TO THIS

6898.958 -> BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS ONE OF

6900.46 -> THOSE THINGS THAT IS UPSETTING,

6901.994 -> YOU'RE DEALING WITH EMOTIONAL,

6903.296 -> PHYSICAL TOLL, YOU MENTION THAT

6905.864 -> YOU HAD CREWS, SOMEBODY THREW

6907.867 -> GARBAGE AT CREWS, CAN YOU TELL

6908.935 -> US WHERE THAT WAS AND WHY YOU

6910.303 -> THINK THAT HAPPENED?

6912.738 -> >> YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST

6914.707 -> ONE, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY IT'S

6916.275 -> SMALL BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT

6918.444 -> SMALL.

6918.777 -> I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT OF

6923.85 -> UNDERSTANDABLE FRUSTRATION AT

6925.184 -> SOME LEVEL IN TERMS OF A VERY

6929.722 -> TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE

6931.257 -> HAVE LIVED THROUGH SINCE

6934.827 -> AUGUST 18th IN THE SHUSWAP

6935.461 -> AREA.

6937.196 -> AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN NEVER

6938.998 -> DEFEND BEHAVIOUR LIKE THAT.

6940.533 -> I THINK THAT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT

6942.268 -> MAYBE JUST NEED TO TAKE A PAUSE

6944.637 -> AND HONESTLY, JUST SLEEP.

6948.908 -> THERE'S A LOT OF LOGIC THAT GOES

6950.409 -> OUT THE WINDOW WHEN YOU'RE SLEEP

6952.612 -> DEPRIVED AND I KNOW THERE'S

6953.579 -> PEOPLE RUNNING IN FULL RESPONSE

6954.413 -> THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR

6956.849 -> ORGANIZED RESPONSE EFFORTS THAT

6957.85 -> MAY BE MAKING DECISIONS THAT

6960.153 -> THEY MIGHT REGRET ONCE THEY JUST

6962.188 -> HAVE A NAP AND AS SILLY AS THIS

6964.824 -> SOUNDS, WHAT I'M SAYING TO

6965.992 -> PEOPLE IS YOUR COMMUNITY IS

6966.859 -> GOING TO NEED YOU FOR WEEKS AND

6968.528 -> WEEKS AFTER THIS.

6970.263 -> ONCE THE WILDFIRE IS DEALT WITH,

6971.631 -> YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE A

6973.232 -> RESILIENT COMMUNITY TO DEAL WITH

6974.767 -> THE TRAUMATIC BOTH PHYSICAL AND

6976.969 -> MENTAL IMPACTS OF SOMETHING LIKE

6978.404 -> THIS.

6978.704 -> IT'S KNOWN THAT THERE IS A

6980.473 -> LONG-LASTING IMPACT TO

6981.774 -> COMMUNITIES WHEN THERE'S THIS

6982.575 -> MUCH DEVASTATION.

6983.776 -> SO I JUST URGE PEOPLE TO TAKE A

6987.18 -> BREAK, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF

6989.215 -> PROBLEMS WHEN YOU ARE BACK AT

6989.982 -> IT.

6990.616 -> YOU CAN'T SOLVE THEM WITHOUT

6992.218 -> SLEEPING.

6992.852 -> AND TO SPEAK TO THAT, THAT'S ONE

6995.488 -> OF MANY THINGS WE'RE DEALING

6996.856 -> WITH.

6997.156 -> BUT IT REALLY DOES IMPACT OUR

6999.292 -> OPERATIONS WHEN THERE'S AN

7000.826 -> UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT, AND SO MAYBE

7004.764 -> IF WE CAN VENT FRUSTRATION OUT

7006.065 -> ON THE RIGHT THINGS AND ORGANIZE

7007.9 -> AND WORK TOGETHER IN TERMS OF

7009.335 -> RECOVERY AS A COMMUNITY, STILL

7012.605 -> ACTIVE FIRE FIGHTING HAPPENING

7013.639 -> THAT, YOU KNOW, FIND SOMEONE IN

7014.673 -> A UNIFORM TO DIRECT YOUR EFFORTS

7016.609 -> WITH AND NOT AGAINST I GUESS IS

7018.211 -> SORT OF THE FINAL MESSAGE I'LL

7019.812 -> LEAVE YOU WITH THERE.

7023.015 -> >> FORREST TOWER, PROVINCIAL

7024.016 -> FIRE INFORMATION OFFICER WITH

7025.251 -> THE BC WILDFIRE SERVICE, WE

7026.953 -> REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND

7028.588 -> YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

7029.488 -> HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME MORE

7031.757 -> INFORMATION FROM YOU LATER ON

7032.725 -> AROUND SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT

7034.093 -> YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT CAN BE

7035.695 -> OFFERED FOR PEOPLE AS WE TALKED

7037.096 -> ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE AND

7038.331 -> GETTING INVOLVED.

7039.064 -> WE'LL GET TO THAT ANOTHER TIME.

7041.601 -> FORREST, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR

7042.435 -> TIME.

7043.869 -> >> YES, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

7045.57 -> >> GREAT TO HEAR FROM FORREST

7047.406 -> TOWER, APPRECIATE THAT.

7048.274 -> I'M DAN BURRITT ON AN EXTENDED

7050.209 -> VERSION OF "BC TODAY" WITH

7051.944 -> CO-HOST BELLE PURI.

7052.845 -> WE WILL BE BACK IN JUST A FEW

7054.547 -> MOMENTS AFTER THE NEWS BREAK AT

7057.083 -> 2:00.

7057.416 -> WE WANT TO BE HEARING FROM YOU,

7058.384 -> TAKING YOUR CALLS, TAKING YOUR

7060.019 -> EMAILS, LET US KNOW WHAT'S

7061.42 -> HAPPENING IN AND AROUND WHERE

7062.221 -> YOU ARE IF YOU'RE AFFECTED OR IF

7063.889 -> YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S AFFECTED

7066.024 -> BY BC'S WILDFIRES.

7067.093 -> NOW TIME FOR THE CBC NEWS.

7068.828 -> [ Please Stand By ]

7119.044 -> >> THE SHUSWAP REGION TWO FIRES

7121.147 -> THAT HAD MERGED STILL BURN OUT

7122.949 -> OF CONTROL.

7123.582 -> 4,000 PROPERTIES HAVE HAD TO BE

7125.451 -> EVACUATED.

7125.851 -> THERE ARE ALSO ONGOING CONCERNS

7127.219 -> ABOUT AIR QUALITY IN THE AREAS

7129.388 -> AFFECTED BY THE FIRES.

7131.323 -> >> IN YELLOWKNIFE OFFICIALS ARE

7132.358 -> URGING THE REMAINING RESIDENTS

7133.893 -> TO LEAVE AND TELL THOSE WHO LEFT

7135.861 -> IT MAY NOT BE SAFE TO RETURN

7137.596 -> ANYTIME SOON.

7139.799 -> REBECCA ALTI THE MAYOR OF

7141.233 -> YELLOWKNIFE SAYS HER CITY IS

7142.468 -> STILL UNDER A VERY REAL THREAT

7143.869 -> AS THE WILDFIRE BURNS JUST 15

7146.038 -> KILOMETRES AWAY.

7147.305 -> >> YES, WE HAD SOME RAIN AND

7149.008 -> EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS, BUT

7150.242 -> JUST BECAUSE IT RAINED IN

7152.511 -> YELLOWKNIFE DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT

7153.612 -> RAINED ON THE FIRE, AND SO AGAIN

7155.014 -> THE EVACUATION ORDERS IN PLACE,

7158.184 -> ANYBODY WHO IS LEFT WE'RE STILL

7159.618 -> ENCOURAGING TO PLEASE LEAVE.

7161.019 -> >> MORE THAN 19,000 PEOPLE HAVE

7162.021 -> BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES

7164.19 -> DUE TL WILDFIRES IN THE NORTH

7165.391 -> WEST TERRITORIES.

7167.392 -> >> PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU

7168.895 -> IS CHARLOTTETOWN.

7169.695 -> HE'S IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FOR

7170.696 -> THE CABINET RETREAT.

7172.431 -> TODAY THE PRIME MINISTER LASHED

7173.632 -> OUT AT META FOR ITS MOVE TO

7175.434 -> BLACK NEWS ON ITS PLATFORMS.

7177.67 -> EVEN AS CANADIANS FLEE FROM

7178.971 -> WILDFIRES IN B.C. AND THE NORTH

7181.073 -> WEST TERRITORIES.

7182.074 -> TOM PERRY HAS THAT STORY.

7184.476 -> >> I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT

7185.611 -> ON THIS.

7186.512 -> >> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER

7187.813 -> JUSTIN TRUDEAU TEED OFF ON

7189.448 -> FACEBOOK AND ITS PARENT COMPANY,

7191.117 -> META, AS HE PREPARED TO KICK OFF

7192.852 -> A LIBERAL CABINET RETREAT IN

7195.588 -> PEI.

7195.855 -> TRUDEAU ACCUSED THE TECH GIANT

7197.256 -> OF PUTTING PROFIT AHEAD OF

7199.458 -> PEOPLE'S SAFETY, BY CONTINUING

7201.193 -> TO BLOCK NEWS ON ITS WEBSITES,

7203.529 -> EVEN AS CANADIANS FLEEING

7205.731 -> WILDFIRES TRY TO FIND AND SHARE

7207.7 -> UPDATES ON THE CRISIS.

7209.301 -> >> Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau:

7210.002 -> IT'S TIME FOR US TO EXPECT MORE

7212.271 -> FROM CORPORATIONS LIKE FACEBOOK

7213.305 -> THAT ARE MAKING BILLIONS OF

7214.673 -> DOLLARS OFF OF CANADIANS.

7215.974 -> >> Reporter: META PULLED NEWS

7217.143 -> IN RESPONSE TO BILL C-18,

7219.445 -> FEDERAL LEGISLATION AIMED AT

7220.88 -> FORCING TECH FIRMS TO COMPENSATE

7223.082 -> PUBLISHERS WHEN THEIR MATERIAL

7224.717 -> APPEARS ON COMPANY SITES, THE

7226.886 -> COMPANY SAYS USERS CAN STILL

7229.188 -> ACCESS EMERGENCY INFORMATION AND

7230.89 -> OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT UPDATES.

7232.925 -> TOM PERRY, CBC NEWS,

7234.56 -> CHARLOTTETOWN.

7236.294 -> >> HILLARY IS NOW WEAKEN TODAY A

7238.831 -> POST TROPICAL CYCLONE.

7242.534 -> AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD IN

7243.903 -> MEXICO BUT THERE ARE NO DEATHS

7245.104 -> OR REPORTED INJURIES IN SOUTHERN

7246.172 -> CALIFORNIA.

7246.605 -> THE STORM DID CAUSE FLOODING

7247.606 -> THROUGH PARTS OF CALIFORNIA AND

7249.408 -> NEVADA AFTER POUNDING THE STATES

7250.475 -> WITH WATER AND HEAVY WINDS.

7253.112 -> KATIE NICHOLSON HAS THIS REPORT.

7256.348 -> >> HEY, HEY!

7257.316 -> >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS NEAR

7258.384 -> A SAN BERNADINO WATCH BLOCK

7260.452 -> WATCH IN HORROR AS A MUD SLIDE

7262.521 -> PICKS UP TREES AND DEBRIS AND

7264.19 -> THUNDERS TOWARD THE ROAD.

7266.658 -> >> THE TREES ARE GOING, NOW!

7268.027 -> >> Reporter: A SMALL SNAPSHOT

7269.562 -> OF THE DAMAGE FROM HILLARY'S

7270.896 -> WINDS AND RAIN.

7271.73 -> IN PALM SPRINGS, HALF A YEAR'S

7273.466 -> WORTH OF RAIN FELL IN SICK

7280.172 -> HOURS, KNOCKING OUT 9-1-1

7282.341 -> SERVICE.

7282.741 -> THE MAYOR.

7283.208 -> >> WE HAVE FLOODING ON ALL OF

7284.343 -> OUR ROADS.

7284.977 -> THERE'S NO WAY IN AND OUT OR

7289.582 -> PALM SPRINGS AND THAT'S THE CASE

7291.717 -> FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE

7293.085 -> COACHELLA VALUER.

7297.656 -> >> SOME ROADS ARE LITTERED WITH

7302.194 -> BOULDERS FROM HILARY'S HEAVY

7304.063 -> RAINS.

7304.396 -> TODAY SCHOOLS IN THE REGION ARE

7305.598 -> CLOSED.

7306.065 -> THE FOCUS MOVES FROM HUNKERING

7307.833 -> DOWN TO CLEANING UP.

7309.768 -> KATIE NICHOLSON, CBC NEWS,

7311.704 -> WASHINGTON.

7312.204 -> >> FINALLY UGGS PRESIDENT JOE

7312.972 -> BIDEN IS TRAVELLING TO THE

7314.34 -> HAWAIIAN ISLAND OF MAUI TODAY TO

7315.641 -> ASSESS THE DAMAGE FROM THE

7316.675 -> WILDFIRES THERE.

7317.409 -> HE'S SET TO ANNOUNCE A LONG-TERM

7319.278 -> FEDERAL RECOVERY PLAN AND MEET

7321.347 -> ABOUT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS,

7322.681 -> SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

7324.25 -> SO FAR, MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARE

7326.285 -> CONFIRMED DEAD AND MORE THAN 800

7327.919 -> ARE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.

7329.922 -> THE FIRES DESTROYED OR DAMAGED

7331.023 -> MORE THAN 2,000 BUILDINGS AND

7332.758 -> THE CITY OF LAHAINA WAS HIT TTE

7335.494 -> HARDEST.

7335.894 -> >> TURNING NOW TO THE B.C.

7337.463 -> WEATHER, SPECIAL AIR QUALITY

7338.33 -> STATEMENTS ARE IN PLACE FOR MANY

7340.766 -> AREAS ON THE SOUTH COAST, MAINLY

7341.834 -> SUNNY WITH SOME LOCAL SMOKE,

7343.469 -> HIGHS OF 22, EXCEPT 24 INLAND.

7346.539 -> FOR THE SOUTHERN INTERIOR AND

7347.506 -> THE KOOTENAY, THERE'S A CHANCE

7348.574 -> EVER SHOUSE AND RISK OF

7350.376 -> THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH

7351.343 -> WIDESPREAD SMOKE.

7352.344 -> HIGHS GETTING UP TO 27.

7353.746 -> IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR, SHE

7355.08 -> WITH A HIGH OF 24.

7356.448 -> IN THE PEACE, SUNSHINE THIS

7357.917 -> AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS TO 22.

7359.885 -> AND ON THE NORTH COAST, SUNNY

7361.22 -> BUT HAZY, WITH HIGHS TO 19.

7363.923 -> NOW BACK TO B.C. TODAY WITH DAN

7366.025 -> BURRITT AND BELLE PURI.

7367.126 -> >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TIM.

7368.06 -> YOU ARE LISTENING TO AN EXTENDED

7369.962 -> VERSION OF "B.C. TODAY" ACROSS

7372.264 -> OUR GREAT BIG PROVINCE HERE ON

7373.799 -> CBC RADIO ONE, LIVE STREAMING ON

7377.303 -> CBC GEM, cbc.ca/B.C. AND ON

7380.205 -> THE YOUTUBE PAYMENT AND WE

7381.34 -> APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US

7383.576 -> HERE.

7383.909 -> WE'VE HEARD FROM MY CO-HOST SKI

7386.711 -> BELLE PURI HAVE HEARD FROM FIRE

7388.314 -> INFORMATION OFFICERS AS YOU

7389.949 -> HAVE, FROM CALLERS WHO ARE BEING

7391.917 -> AFFECTED, AND WE WANT TO HEAR

7393.352 -> FROM MORE OF YOU.

7394.253 -> IF YOU ARE BEING AFFECTED BY

7395.421 -> THESE FIRES, GIVE US A CALL,

7399.725 -> 1-800-825-5950.

7402.995 -> 604-669-3733 IS OUR NUMBER IN

7404.095 -> METRO VANCOUVER.

7404.83 -> PERHAPS YOU'RE FEELING THE

7405.664 -> EFFECTS OF ALL OF THE SMOKE

7407.199 -> THAT'S WAFTING DOWN.

7409.435 -> YOU CAN CALL US AT POUND 690 ON

7411.77 -> YOUR CELLPHONE, PLEASE BE PULLED

7413.706 -> OVER OR HANDS-FREE WHEN YOU DO

7415.474 -> THAT.

7416.174 -> eMAIL US AS WELL AT B.C.TODAY

7419.211 -> AT cbc.ca.

7421.08 -> BELLE, WE WERE HEARING FROM

7423.582 -> DARIUS AND OUR CLIMATE WEATHER

7425.451 -> SPECIALIST SAYING THAT THE

7426.652 -> REMNANTS, THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

7428.087 -> OF HURRICANE HILARY ARE GOING TO

7430.789 -> BRING SOME RELIEF, WHICH IS A

7432.257 -> GOOD SIGN, PERHAPS NOT AS MUCH

7434.126 -> AS WE WANTED BUT THERE'S SOME

7435.227 -> GOOD NEWS OUT THERE, ISN'T

7436.762 -> THERE?

7437.262 -> >> ABSOLUTELY AND WE'RE HEARING

7438.097 -> THAT THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN

7439.865 -> WILL COME OUR WAY.

7442.167 -> WHETHER IT WILL BE ENOUGH IS

7445.204 -> SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING

7446.972 -> TO KNOW UNTIL IT DOES START TO

7449.174 -> FALL.

7450.175 -> BUT CERTAINLY, IN THE PAST, YOU

7451.91 -> KNOW, WE WE HAVE ALWAYS HEARD

7454.113 -> THAT IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE

7456.081 -> FIREFIGHTERS OUT THERE, BUT WHAT

7458.15 -> REALLY PUTS THESE FIRES OUT OR

7459.585 -> GETS THEM UNDER CONTROL IS A

7461.12 -> CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.

7464.423 -> >> THAT'S RIGHT.

7464.99 -> >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING

7465.824 -> FOR AND LOOKING FOR NOW.

7466.925 -> ALSO WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT

7468.427 -> HOW --

7468.76 -> WHAT DO PEOPLE DO IF THEY'RE

7470.529 -> FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES?

7471.497 -> AND EVEN THOUGH THIS HAS BEEN

7473.165 -> UNFOLDING NOW FOR A FEW DAYS,

7475.134 -> THE CENTRAL OKANAGAN EMERGENCY

7477.369 -> OPERATIONS CENTRE IS CERTAINLY

7478.604 -> SUPPORTING EVACUEES WHO NEED

7480.339 -> ASSISTANCE THROUGH EMERGENCY

7481.34 -> SUPPORT SERVICES.

7482.708 -> AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION

7484.543 -> ONLINE, IF YOU CAN ACCESS THAT,

7487.379 -> ABOUT HOW TO GET HELP AND HOW TO

7490.115 -> GET IT EFFICIENTLY.

7493.052 -> WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS REGISTER

7495.621 -> ONLINE AND THAT WOULD BE AT

7504.163 -> ESS.GOV.BC.CA.

7504.63 -> THAT'S

7504.964 -> ESS.GOV.BC.CA.

7506.131 -> AND IF YOU NEED MORE SERVICES

7507.466 -> ONCE YOU'VE REGISTERED, YOU NEED

7510.669 -> TO ATTEND A RECEPTION CENTER AT

7513.072 -> THIS POINT, THERE IS A SERVICE

7515.641 -> CURRENTLY OPEN AT THE ROYAL WILL

7518.21 -> LEPAGE PLACE IN WEST KELOWNA, SO

7520.179 -> THAT'S A REGISTRATION DESK WHERE

7522.247 -> YOU'LL BE PUT IN THE RIGHT QUEUE

7524.883 -> TO GET WHAT YOU NEED.

7526.852 -> AND WE HEARD A LOT FROM FORREST

7529.622 -> WITH THE SPOKESPERSON WITH B.C.

7531.457 -> WILDFIRE SERVICE, ABOUT PEOPLE

7533.759 -> ARE FRUSTRATED AND IT'S HARD TO

7537.062 -> STAY CALM AND FOCUSED AND

7538.931 -> BELIEVE THAT YOUR TURN WILL COME

7540.332 -> AND YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU NEED.

7544.169 -> BUT PARENTS TO DO THAT.

7546.404 -> >> ABSOLUTELY AND FOR THOSE OF

7547.639 -> WHITE HOUSE WE HEARD FORREST

7549.308 -> TOWER TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT

7552.077 -> IN CERTAIN INSTANCES PEOPLE

7553.512 -> CLEARLY FRUSTRATED, WERE

7555.748 -> FLINGING GARBAGE AT FIRE CREWS,

7560.819 -> AS HE SAID NO EXCUSE FOR THAT

7562.254 -> BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STRESS

7563.355 -> THAT PEOPLE ARE UNDER.

7564.323 -> AND WE HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO AND

7565.657 -> HEARD THE REPORTS OF PEOPLE

7567.192 -> RUNNING ROAD BLOCKS TO TRY AND

7571.23 -> GET HOME.

7572.097 -> LE LEVEL OF DESPERATION WHETHER

7573.731 -> OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH WHAT

7575.166 -> THEY'RE DOING IS CLEAR.

7579.772 -> WHETHER THEY HAVE A FIREARM, A

7581.306 -> HOMESTEAD, BRADY STRACHAN SPOKE

7583.742 -> WITH ONE GENTLEMAN WHO HAD SAID

7585.177 -> I WISH I HAD GRABBED A PAINTING

7588.814 -> THAT'S 50 YEARS AGO.

7590.649 -> PERHAPS THAT'S A CALL-OUT, WHAT

7592.251 -> DO YOU GRAB?

7593.352 -> >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN

7594.52 -> THE NEWSROOM THIS MORNING,

7595.821 -> ESPECIALLY I WONDER ABOUT PEOPLE

7597.289 -> WHO WENT THROUGH IN IN 2003 AND

7601.493 -> NOW 20 YEARS LATER HAD TO DO IT

7603.262 -> AGAIN.

7603.595 -> YOU KNOW, WHAT DID THEY LEARN

7605.23 -> AND WAS IT ANY DIFFERENT?

7606.565 -> WHAT DID YOU TAKE 20 YEARS AGO

7608.3 -> AND WHAT DID YOU PACK THIS TIME?

7609.568 -> YOU KNOW, IN FACT, I WAS JUST

7611.336 -> TALKING ABOUT IT WITH MY FAMILY

7612.571 -> AT HOME, LIKE, IF WE WERE IN

7614.072 -> THAT SITUATION, YOU LOOK AROUND

7617.543 -> YOUR HOME, OBVIOUSLY YOU TAKE

7619.511 -> THINGS LIKE MEDICATIONS AND YOU

7621.613 -> TAKE YOUR PASSPORT AND YOUR

7624.683 -> IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS.

7625.317 -> BUT THEN WHAT?

7626.218 -> WHAT COMES NEXT?

7627.085 -> AND I ALSO SAW A RESIDENT ON

7632.391 -> TELEVISION OVER THE WEEKEND

7633.158 -> SAYING THAT HER MOTHER HAD DIED

7634.359 -> RECENTLY AND HER MOTHER WAS A

7635.994 -> PAINTER, SIMILAR STORY THAT YOU

7637.329 -> WERE SAYING, BUT SHE HAD ALL

7638.63 -> THESE PAINTINGS AND SHE SAID, I

7640.565 -> DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO TAKE ONE.

7642.901 -> AND THAT WAS A MEMORY OF HER

7644.536 -> MOTHER AND THE WORK THAT SHE DID

7646.071 -> AS AN ARTIST.

7647.806 -> TO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO

7649.241 -> YOU TAKE?

7651.509 -> >> THERE WOULD PROJECTLY BE A

7653.545 -> FEW ANTIQUES AS YOU SAID, MAYBE

7654.646 -> THAT BOX OF PHOTOGRAPHS THAT YOU

7656.515 -> THINK OH, I'LL GET THEM COPIED.

7657.983 -> THERE IS THAT IDEA THAT, OH,

7659.718 -> WE'VE TURNED DIGITAL, YOU CAN

7662.321 -> HAVE THINGS PUT ON LINE, ONLINE

7664.656 -> THE CLOUD ET CETERA, BUT

7665.757 -> SOMETIMES JUST HOLDING THOSE

7667.726 -> PHOTOS IS THE THING THAT YOU

7669.461 -> WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, THE PHOTO

7671.43 -> ALBUM, THAT TANGIBLE TOUCH

7673.065 -> RATHER THAN THE DEVICE THAT

7674.632 -> WE'RE ALL GETTING THROUGH OUR --

7676.835 -> YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION WE'RE

7678.237 -> GETTING THROUGH OUR PHONES.

7680.038 -> >> AND NONE OF THE OLD ONES ARE

7681.073 -> ON OUR PHONES OR ON OUR

7682.708 -> COMPUTERS SO --

7683.575 -> >> NO, AND IF YOU HAVE TO TIME

7684.509 -> TO SCAN THEM, GOD BLESS YOU.

7686.644 -> >> EXACTLY, EXACTLY.

7688.113 -> SO IT CERTAINLY IS A SITUATION

7696.088 -> WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S

7699.057 -> GOING TO BE HAPPENING NEXT.

7700.025 -> NOW, JOINING US ON THE LINE IS

7705.197 -> Dr. MICHAEL SHWANT, A MEDICAL

7708.7 -> INFORMATION OFFICER WITH

7709.835 -> VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH.

7710.569 -> WELCOME TO YOU, DOCTOR.

7713.204 -> >> HI, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR

7715.44 -> HAVING ME.

7716.108 -> >> DAN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT

7718.844 -> THE SMOKE HAS OBVIOUSLY MOVED IN

7721.613 -> DOWN TO THE LOWER MAINLAND, BUT

7723.248 -> HOW BAD IS THE AIR QUALITY

7724.883 -> ACROSS B.C. RIGHT NOW?

7727.385 -> >> WELL, REALLY, WE'RE SEEING

7728.52 -> QUITE A LOT OF VARIATION FROM

7729.821 -> PLACE TO PLACE.

7731.256 -> WE KNOW WITH THE DIFFERENCES IN

7732.925 -> GEOGRAPHY AND WEATHER, THAT WE

7734.226 -> SEE REALLY SEVERE EXPOSURE TO

7736.628 -> POOR AIR QUALITY IN SOME PARTS

7737.929 -> OF THE PROVINCE, AND LESS

7740.899 -> DEGRADATION OF THE CONDITIONS IN

7741.766 -> OTHER PLACES.

7742.568 -> HERE IN METRO VANCOUVER, WE ARE

7743.769 -> RIGHT NOW UNDER AN AIR QUALITY

7746.305 -> ADVISORY, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN

7747.706 -> THAT SPREAD OF THE WILDFIRE

7749.141 -> SMOKE RIGHT TO THE COAST.

7752.944 -> >> WHAT IS THE BIGGEST HAZARD

7754.613 -> RIGHT NOW BEYOND JUST --

7756.915 -> LET ME REPHRASE THAT, DOCTOR:

7763.088 -> LET'S RECAP WHO IS MOST AT RISK

7764.289 -> BECAUSE OF THESE AIR QUALITY

7766.058 -> ADVISORIES?

7766.657 -> >> YEAH, SO REALLY IMPORTANT

7768.026 -> QUESTION.

7768.393 -> THIS WILDFIRE SMOKE CAN AFFECT

7769.227 -> ALL OF US IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

7770.862 -> BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE AT INCREASED

7772.397 -> RISK ARE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE

7774.9 -> CONDITIONS OF THE LUNGS AND THE

7776.335 -> AIRWAYS, SO THINGS LIKE ASTHMA,

7778.403 -> CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY

7781.34 -> DISEASES LIKE EMSEAM A AND

7784.776 -> BRONCHITIS AND CONDITIONS LIKE

7785.744 -> DIABETES AS WELL.

7786.979 -> OLDER ADULTS, YOUNG CHILDREN,

7790.816 -> PEOPLE WHO ARE PREGNANT, THERE

7793.118 -> ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS

7794.319 -> THAT ARE MORE AT RISK FROM SOME

7795.42 -> OF THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF

7796.822 -> WILDFIRE SMOKE.

7797.455 -> >> IF SOMEONE IS RELATIVELY

7799.458 -> HEALTHY OR NOT LIVING WITH A

7801.093 -> BREATHING PROBLEM OR IS NOT IN

7803.428 -> THOSE RISKY OR --

7805.063 -> THOSE CONSIDERED RISKIER

7807.065 -> CATEGORIES, HOW MUCH ACTIVITY IS

7809.368 -> OKAY?

7809.668 -> IT IS SUMMER, PEOPLE DO LOVE

7811.536 -> BEING OUTDOORS, NOT ALWAYS IN

7813.472 -> THE SMOKE.

7814.139 -> CAN YOU GIVE US A GAUGE THERE?

7816.875 -> >> YEAH, REALLY, WE WOULD ADVISE

7818.677 -> EVERYBODY TO REDUCE OR POSTPONE

7821.947 -> STRENUOUS ACTIVITY OUTSIDE.

7823.782 -> THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S A

7825.117 -> GENERAL PIECE OF ADVICE, BECAUSE

7826.451 -> EVEN PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THOSE

7828.286 -> HIGHER RISK GROUPS CAN STILL

7829.821 -> EXPERIENCE QUITE A BIT OF

7831.056 -> IRRITATION OF THE EYES, RUNNY

7833.025 -> NOSE, COUGH, EVEN A SEVERE

7835.894 -> HEADACHE IS OFTEN DESCRIBED SO

7837.863 -> THOSE HEALTH IMPACTS CAN AFFECT

7839.197 -> ALL OF YOU, SO WE WOULD

7840.165 -> RECOMMEND SOME REDUCTION OF

7841.7 -> ACTIVITY AND CLOSE MONITORING OF

7842.901 -> SYMPTOMS, SO IF YOU'RE

7843.802 -> DEVELOPING ANY OF THOSE SYMPTOMS

7845.07 -> TO STOP OR REDUCE ACTIVITY,

7847.072 -> SOONER THAN LATER.

7848.573 -> SO WHILE BEING OUTSIDE MIGHT BE

7849.941 -> SOMETHING THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE

7851.476 -> ABLE TOLERATE, REALLY, MORE

7853.111 -> STRENGTH ROUSE ACTIVITY CAN BE

7854.446 -> WORSE.

7854.779 -> THE HARDER WE'RE WORKING THE

7855.981 -> MORE AIR AND THE MORE SMOKE

7857.182 -> WE'RE MOVING THROUGH OUR LUNGS

7858.05 -> AND AIRWAYS.

7860.518 -> >> MM-HMM.

7860.919 -> I THINK WE GOT JAMES BACK ON THE

7863.321 -> LINE.

7863.621 -> IF WE CAN REACH HIM, HE'S BEEN

7865.09 -> VERY PATIENT.

7865.957 -> JAMES IN SPENCE'S BRIDGE, ARE

7866.958 -> YOU THERE?

7867.792 -> >> I AM HERE.

7868.559 -> >> BLESS YOU, JAMES, FOR WAITING

7869.861 -> SO LONG.

7870.695 -> YOU'RE A PATIENT SOUL.

7871.763 -> WE APPRECIATE IT.

7872.93 -> >> I'VE GOT NOTHING ELSE TO DO

7873.998 -> IN THE SMOKE.

7874.999 -> >> WELL, WE HOPE YOU'RE SAFE.

7878.036 -> WHAT'S BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE SO

7882.808 -> FAR?

7885.343 -> >> OH, OTHER THAN LUNG PROBLEMS

7886.178 -> FROM BREATHING THE SMOKE AND

7887.245 -> STRESSING OVER NOT BEING ABLE TO

7888.58 -> SEE NEW FIRES START UP, HERE IN

7892.017 -> SPENCE'S BRIDGE IN THE LAST

7893.085 -> WEEK, THERE WERE THREE FIRES

7894.82 -> STARTED VERY QUICKLY, AND IF WE

7897.689 -> HAD THIS KIND OF SMOKE DURING

7900.959 -> THOSE FIRES, WE WOULDN'T HAVE

7902.727 -> BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEM AND THOSE

7907.466 -> COULD HAVE ERUPTED INTO PRETTY

7909.935 -> BIG BLAZES.

7910.936 -> BUT THERE'S ONE THING I WOULD

7911.937 -> LIKE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THE

7912.738 -> PREMIER COULD DO TO HELP REDUCE

7915.974 -> TAXES IN THIS PROVINCE GREATLY

7918.21 -> AND REDUCE FIREFIGHTING COSTS

7920.245 -> AND REDUCE INSURANCE COSTS AND

7923.148 -> EVERY INFLATIONARY PRESSURE

7924.116 -> RELATED TO HOUSES BURNED, IS BY

7927.385 -> THE PREMIER SHOULD WITH A STROKE

7929.488 -> OF A PEN IRING IN LEGISLATION TO

7932.324 -> MANDATE ALL NEW HOMES IN FIRE

7935.193 -> ZONES BE FIRE-PROOF AND HAVE

7939.464 -> SPRINKLERS ON THEM OR ON THE

7942.067 -> PROPERTY, AS THE REGIONAL

7944.035 -> DISTRICTS REFUSE TO DO THIS.

7948.039 -> THE DIRECTORS OF THE REGIONAL

7952.377 -> DISTRICTS, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE

7953.445 -> THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO THIS OR

7957.949 -> INTEREST.

7958.349 -> AND THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE

7960.118 -> PROVINCE.

7960.785 -> THE REGIONAL DISTRICTS WITH

7967.492 -> THEIR ALLOWING BUILDINGS TO

7969.127 -> SPREAD OUT INTO THE FORESTS,

7971.029 -> WITHOUT BEING FIRE-SMART,

7972.53 -> WITHOUT BEING FIRE-PROOF AND

7975.066 -> HAVING SOME WATER TO SPRIFERGLE

7976.568 -> ON THE ROOFS DURING FIRES IS

7978.67 -> DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE

7983.441 -> OF BRITISH COLUMBIA I WOULD

7985.443 -> SUGGEST AND THE PREMIER WITH THE

7986.945 -> STROKE OF A PEN COULD CORRECT

7988.446 -> ALL THE MISTAKES THESE REGIONAL

7989.715 -> DISTRICTS ARE MAKING AND MANDATE

7991.249 -> THAT THE LEGISLATION THAT THE

7992.884 -> REGIONAL DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE TO

7997.189 -> FOLLOW.

7997.589 -> >> I WANT TO JUMP IN THERE FOR A

7998.723 -> SECOND AND GET REACTION TO THIS.

8000.025 -> IF HOMES ARE MANDATED TO BE FIRE

8002.127 -> SMART WITH MATERIAL AND

8003.562 -> SPRIRNGLER SYSTEMS, WE KNOW THAT

8004.996 -> WILL COST MONEY SO DO YOU THINK

8010.702 -> THAT THERE IS A SUBSIDY TO BE

8011.703 -> INVOLVED OR WHAT?

8012.87 -> >> WELL, A LOT OF THESE HOMES

8014.105 -> BEING BUILT IN THE BUSH ARE

8015.34 -> BEING BUILT BY WEALTHY PEOPLE.

8018.51 -> ANY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE

8019.611 -> SUBSIDIZED TO DO THIS.

8021.045 -> AND THE PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD

8025.45 -> TO BUILD UPGRADED FIRE-PROOF

8028.086 -> HOMES, PERHAPS THE PROVINCE OF

8029.987 -> BRITISH COLUMBIA COULD STEP IN,

8031.022 -> THEY COULD EVEN POTENTIALLY, YOU

8035.427 -> KNOW, OPERATE MANUFACTURING

8037.062 -> FACILITIES TO OFFER THE

8038.363 -> MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC

8042.867 -> PROFIT-FREE.

8043.334 -> SO THERE'S WAYS TO DO IT AND IT

8048.139 -> JUST TAKES POLITICAL WILL.

8049.608 -> AND ONE THING A CHAP -- A

8052.611 -> NEIGHBOUR OF MINE, WAYNE,

8054.145 -> BROUGHT UP IS THE PROPERTIES

8057.748 -> SHOULD HAVE CISTERNS OR TANKS

8063.054 -> FOR EXTRA FIREFIGHTING WATER AND

8064.422 -> THEY CAN COLLECT THE WATER FROM

8066.458 -> ROOFS DURING RAIN STORMS IN THE

8067.459 -> WINTER TIME AND USE THAT WATER

8070.195 -> FOR FIRE SECURITY REASONS.

8072.063 -> AND IT COULD SIMPLY BE PUMPED

8073.398 -> OUT OF THE CISTERNS OR TANKS

8074.699 -> WITH AN ELECTRIC OR GASOLINE

8077.202 -> POWERED PUMP TO HELP FIGHT

8079.604 -> FIRES, SPRINKLE ROOFS, WHATEVER.

8083.107 -> BUT YEAH, IF WE WANT TO SAVE

8085.21 -> MONEY IN THIS PROVINCE, WE GOT

8087.212 -> TO GET THE PREMIER TO WRITE THE

8093.218 -> APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION IN ORDER

8094.085 -> TO FIRE-PROOF HOUSES, SO FIRE

8099.457 -> WORKERS --

8099.857 -> FIREFIGHTERS AREN'T PROTECTING

8101.159 -> HOMES SO MUCH, THEY'RE FIGHTING

8102.927 -> THE FIRES.

8103.962 -> LEAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY UP TO

8105.497 -> THE OWNERS, MORE SO WITH

8107.799 -> FIRE-PROOF MATERIALS.

8109.3 -> >> JAMES, WE APPRECIATE YOUR

8110.101 -> CALL AND WEARING GET TO SOMEBODY

8111.636 -> ELSE AND YOU WERE VERY PATIENT.

8113.238 -> WE APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

8114.673 -> WE'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE, BELLE,

8117.308 -> WHETHER MANDATING AROUND NEW

8118.443 -> BUILDS, WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER

8120.178 -> AREAS, OUR COLLEAGUE ANITA BATHE

8122.68 -> DID A GREAT PIECE FOR THE

8123.782 -> NATIONAL, YOU CAN SEE IT ONLINE

8125.65 -> AROUND NEW CONSTRUCTION IN

8126.985 -> CALIFORNIA.

8127.418 -> THEY'RE DOING SOME DIFFERENT

8128.153 -> THINGS THERE.

8128.886 -> >> SAW THAT THERE, AND ALSO SAW

8130.721 -> OVER THE WEEKEND ON VARIOUS

8134.659 -> SOCIAL MEDIA, LAHAINA AND A HOME

8137.395 -> THERE THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE

8139.03 -> PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN

8141.132 -> PHOTOSHOPPED, THIS HOME HAD BEEN

8144.636 -> REFURBISHED WITH THE TYPES OF

8146.771 -> PRODUCTS THAT PROTECTED IT

8148.206 -> DURING THAT DEVASTATION.

8150.541 -> SO CERTAINLY, THERE ARE WAYS TO

8152.41 -> PROTECT YOURSELF.

8153.711 -> BUT AS LIKE ANYTHING IN THE

8155.046 -> EARLY STAGES, PROBABLY VERY

8157.549 -> COSTLY.

8157.882 -> NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE

8159.517 -> GOING TO EASILY SAY, YEAH, I'M

8161.82 -> REDOING MY HOUSE, I'M GOING TO

8163.053 -> DO IT THIS WAY.

8164.355 -> WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO Dr.

8166.424 -> MICHAEL SHWAN, THE MEDICAL

8174.632 -> OFFICER WITH VANCOUVER COASTAL

8176.634 -> HEALTH ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF

8177.902 -> SMOKE.

8178.235 -> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE

8180.071 -> SYMPTOMS, LIKE WHAT YOU MIGHT

8182.607 -> EXPERIENCE IN THE SMOKY

8183.975 -> CONDITION.

8184.342 -> AND I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, DO

8186.611 -> THOSE SYMPTOMS DISSIPATE AS

8189.447 -> QUICKLY OR WITH SORT OF THE SAME

8191.516 -> FREQUENCY AS THE SMOKE?

8192.517 -> ARE THEY SHORT TERM, ARE THEY

8194.052 -> LONG TERM?

8195.786 -> >> SOME OF THOSE SYMPTOMS THAT

8196.587 -> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE A

8198.656 -> COUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, OR

8200.392 -> DIFFICULTY BREATHING, CAN

8201.593 -> ACTUALLY PER SPIS FOR SOME TIME,

8203.128 -> HOURS OR EVEN DAYS AFTER THE

8204.462 -> EXPOSURE TO THE SMOKE.

8205.463 -> AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE

8206.865 -> INFLAMMATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN

8207.699 -> THE AIRWAYS.

8208.4 -> SO EVEN AFTER THAT DIRECT

8210.602 -> IRRITATION FROM THE PARTICLES

8212.103 -> THAT WE'RE INHALING, THAT

8213.638 -> INFLAMMATION CAN ACTUALLY LAST

8214.672 -> FOR SOME TIME.

8215.507 -> SO WE DO OFTEN HAVE PATIENTS

8217.208 -> DESCRIBING THOSE IMPACTS

8218.943 -> SOMETIME AFTER THE SMOKE

8220.278 -> EXPOSURE.

8220.678 -> FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH, IT

8221.78 -> WILL COME DOWN AND SOME OF THOSE

8223.982 -> SYMPTOMS, IF WE'RE EXPERIENCING

8224.983 -> THEM AND WE CAN GET TO CLEAN AIR

8226.284 -> WILL START TO RESOLVE IN A

8228.386 -> HURRY.

8228.686 -> BUT THERE CAN BE SOME RESIDUAL

8231.322 -> EFFECTS THAT CONTINUE, THIS IS

8233.291 -> TRUE.

8233.658 -> >> AT WHAT POINT, IF AT ANY

8237.028 -> POINT SHOULD SOMEONE CONSIDER

8237.929 -> GOING TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF

8239.097 -> THESE SYMPTOMS?

8240.064 -> >> THERE'S A FEW KEY SYMPTOMS

8240.899 -> THAT WE NEED TO WATCH FOR.

8242.066 -> WHILE THOSE SYMPTOMS LIKE HAVING

8243.601 -> A RUNNY NOSE, SORE THROAT, A BIT

8245.069 -> OF A COUGH CAN BE NORMAL AND WE

8246.538 -> CAN TRY TO REDUCE THOSE ON OUR

8248.072 -> OWN, IF WE'RE HAVING PERSISTENT

8249.941 -> SHORTNESS OF BREATH, REAL

8251.108 -> TROUBLE BREATHING, CHEST PAIN,

8252.61 -> THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE A SYMPTOM

8253.811 -> OF HEART ATTACK OR OTHER ISSUES

8256.448 -> WITH HEART DISEASE, THOSE WOULD

8257.482 -> BE TIMES TO SEEK MEDICAL

8259.083 -> ATTENTION, BECAUSE THESE CAN BE

8259.95 -> QUITE SEVERE AND ACTUALLY

8261.286 -> MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.

8262.287 -> SO MONITORING FOR THOSE IS

8263.922 -> IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE

8264.723 -> IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE

8266.224 -> GETTING EXPOSED, WHERE WE'RE

8268.092 -> POTENTIALLY HAVING STRENUOUS

8269.294 -> ACTIVITY OUTDOORS, BEING MORE

8270.695 -> MINDFUL AND VIGILANT FOR THOSE

8273.431 -> SYMPTOMS, VERY IMPORTANT.

8274.265 -> >> GOING TO GO TO OUR PHONE

8275.366 -> LINES.

8275.699 -> WE HAVE JERRY IN WEST BANK AND

8280.071 -> DOCTOR, HE ACTUALLY HAS A

8281.206 -> QUESTION FOR YOU.

8281.873 -> >> THIS IS JERRY AT 2406 BUTT

8284.509 -> ROAD IN WEST BANK, B.C. ON THE

8287.045 -> OKANAGAN HIGHWAY AND BUTT ROAD.

8288.245 -> I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT

8293.051 -> THE WATER COMING IN HIGH HOUSE.

8294.819 -> IT'S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS TWO

8296.087 -> DAYS AGO.

8296.554 -> IT'S KIND OF BROWN.

8298.156 -> I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE

8298.923 -> HEALTH OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH

8300.391 -> THE RESERVOIRS, ESPECIALLY IF

8301.859 -> ROSE VALLEY AREA OUT HERE, IF

8303.228 -> THE ASHES GET IN, THAT COULD BE

8306.865 -> VERY DANGEROUS BUT WHAT

8308.399 -> RESERVOIR AM I ON AND I HAVE

8309.934 -> ANIMALS HERE, I GOT DOGS AND

8312.77 -> STUFF LIKE THAT, AND SOPHIE,

8317.074 -> TANYA AND FERNANDO AND I WANT TO

8318.776 -> KNOW HOW SAFE IT IS FOR MY DOGS

8320.044 -> BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO BE COUGHING

8321.145 -> A BIT OF A DRINKING THE WATER.

8323.014 -> DO WHAT I DO WITH THIS?

8324.815 -> >> GARY, WE APPRECIATE YOUR

8332.557 -> CALL.

8332.857 -> THE WATER SOURCE YOU'RE ON, THAT

8333.858 -> SOUNDS LIKE A REGIONAL DISTRICT

8335.193 -> QUESTION SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN

8336.494 -> GET Dr. SWANN TO ANSWER THAT

8338.696 -> BUT ANYTHING OF JERRY'S CONCERNS

8339.998 -> THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS?

8340.931 -> >> A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I

8341.666 -> WOULD NOTE: DEFINITELY, YOU'RE

8343.201 -> RIGHT, TURNING TO THE WATER

8346.204 -> SYSTEM OPERATOR, SO THAT COULD

8347.372 -> BE THE REGIONAL DISTRICT OR THE

8349.407 -> MUNICIPALITY IN ANY CASE, WOULD

8350.441 -> BE THE PLACE TO LOOK FOR

8352.076 -> INFORMATION AND FOLLOWING

8353.144 -> CLOSELY ANY ADVICE THAT'S THERE,

8354.345 -> IF THERE'S A BOIL WATER ORDER OR

8356.347 -> DRINKING WATER ADVISORY,

8358.316 -> DEFINITELY PAYING CLOSE

8358.983 -> ATTENTION TO THAT.

8360.318 -> THERE COULD BE OPERATIONAL

8361.753 -> DISRUPTIONS OR CONTAMINATION OF

8362.82 -> WATER THAT YOU DEFINITELY WANT

8363.855 -> TO BE AWARE OF.

8365.456 -> AS FOR THE HEALTH IMPACT ON THE

8367.759 -> PETS, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK

8368.96 -> TO THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT

8371.496 -> NATURALLY ENOUGH, SOME OF THESE

8373.565 -> CONSTITUENTS OF FINE PARTICULATE

8374.866 -> MATTER, THE ELEMENTS OF WILDFIRE

8376 -> SMOKE THAT CAN IMPACT ON HUMANS,

8377.969 -> NATURALLY ENOUGH WE MIGHT EXPECT

8379.704 -> TO IMPACT ON DIFFERENT ANIMAL

8381.205 -> HEALTH, I WOULDN'T REALLY BE

8382.34 -> ABLE TO SAY MUCH MORE THAN ABOUT

8384.342 -> THAT OTHER THAN GENERALLY TRYING

8385.309 -> TO REDUCE THEIR EXPOSURE TOO IS

8387.312 -> PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.

8388.445 -> >> AND THEN HOW DO YOU DO THAT,

8390.014 -> REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO SMOKE?

8392.116 -> ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO

8395.552 -> AN AREA THAT IS RIGHT IN THE

8397.822 -> MIDDLE OF A LARGE WILDFIRE?

8400.29 -> >> YEAH, TOUGH QUESTION, BUT I

8401.659 -> THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS

8403.294 -> THAT WE THINK ABOUT FIRST OF ALL

8404.262 -> IS THE VARIOUS SPACE THAT WE'RE

8407.231 -> IN SO TRYING TO BE IN AN INDOOR

8410.001 -> SPACE WHERE POSSIBLE GENERALLY

8411.102 -> IS GOING TO PROTECT HOPEFULLY,

8413.104 -> WE'RE GOING TO LIMB THE

8414.906 -> INFILTRATION OF SPOKE INTO THE

8415.773 -> SPACE BY HAVING CLOSED WINDOWS

8417.642 -> AND DOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

8418.843 -> AS WELL TRYING TO FILTER THE AIR

8420.01 -> THAT IS INSIDE WITH HIGH QUALITY

8421.78 -> AIR FILTERS SO WHETHER THAT'S

8423.081 -> BUILT RIGHT INTO THE BILLION

8425.383 -> WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT BEHALF

8427.986 -> CLIMATE RESILIENCE, OR EVEN WITH

8429.954 -> PORTABLE AIR FILTERS SO HEPA

8432.056 -> FILTERS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE

8432.924 -> IN THEIR SPACE, REALLY GOOD TIME

8434.325 -> TO BE OPERATING THOSE, BECAUSE

8435.326 -> THEY CAN DO A LOT TO REMOVE FINE

8437.695 -> PARTICULATE MATTER FROM THE AIR.

8439.664 -> AND THEN WHEN WE DO NEED TO BE

8441.866 -> OUTSIDE, TRYING TO LIMIT THE --

8444.602 -> HOW STRENUOUS THE ACTIVITY WE'RE

8446.004 -> ENGAGING IN IS.

8447.538 -> IS MIGHT BE A BIT COUNT EARN

8450.241 -> INTUITIVE BUT AVOIDING BREATHING

8452.61 -> HARD IN AIR POLLUTION CAN BE

8454.045 -> VERY IMPORTANT.

8454.712 -> AND FINALLY USING A HIGH QUALITY

8457.181 -> MASK, LIKE AN N-95 MASK CAN

8459.417 -> ACTUALLY REDUCE A LOT OF THE

8461.185 -> PARTICULATE MATTER THAT'S

8462.253 -> INHALED.

8462.62 -> IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT IT CAN MAKE

8463.588 -> A DIFFERENCE.

8464.121 -> SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE

8464.989 -> WOULD RECOMMEND FOR WHEN PEOPLE

8466.09 -> DO NEED TO SPEND TIME IN SMOKY

8468.292 -> AREAS.

8468.892 -> >> DOCTOR, FOR THOSE OF US WHO

8470.128 -> MAY NOT HAVE AN N-95 ON HAND AT

8472.096 -> THE MOMENT, WHAT ABOUT THE BLUE

8475.133 -> OR BLACK MEDICAL MASKS?

8476.501 -> HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THEY?

8478.302 -> >> YEAH, IMPORTANT QUESTION

8479.437 -> THERE.

8479.77 -> TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'VE BEEN

8480.938 -> STUDIED, IT SEEMS THAT THE

8483.041 -> SURGICAL MASKS OR COUGH MASKS

8484.408 -> THAT MANY PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE

8485.476 -> DON'T HAVE QUITE THE IMPACT OF

8487.478 -> N-95 MASKS ON REDUCING SMOKE, SO

8489.547 -> GENERALLY THE RECOMMENDATION HAS

8490.781 -> BEEN TO LOOK FOR THAT WELL

8492.817 -> FITTED N-95 MASK, IF WE CAN GET

8494.786 -> THAT IN A DRUGSTORE OR ELSEWHERE

8496.487 -> AND THE CLOTH MASKS AND YOUR

8498.856 -> BASIC SURGICAL MASKS DON'T HAVE

8501.292 -> THAT IMPACT BECAUSE OF THIS

8503.695 -> COMPLEX MIXTURE OF PARTICLES AND

8506.197 -> GASES IS SO ABLE PASS THROUGH

8511.235 -> THOSE MATERIALS.

8513.837 -> >> YOU'RE LISTENING TO A SPECIAL

8514.638 -> EDITION OF "B.C. TODAY".

8517.308 -> I'M BELLE PURI JOINED BY DAN

8518.843 -> BURRITT.

8519.176 -> WE WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE

8520.378 -> COPING AMID THE WILDFIRES, WHAT

8521.679 -> INFORMATION IS MOST IMPORTANT TO

8522.914 -> YOU RIGHT NOW, HOW ARE YOU

8524.982 -> DEALING WITH THE SITUATION,

8528.286 -> WHETHER YOU ARE CLOSE TO THE

8530.054 -> FIRES OR ELSEWHERE IN THE

8532.023 -> PROVINCE, WE ARE FEELING THE

8533.124 -> IMPACT, YOU CAN CALL US

8538.296 -> 1800-825-5950 OR AT

8542.1 -> 604-669-3733, STAR OR POUND 690

8544.702 -> ON YOUR CELLPHONE.

8551.242 -> BERNADETTE IS ON THE LINE FROM

8552.543 -> SYDNEY.

8552.977 -> HELLO.

8553.477 -> >> HI, BELLE.

8568.326 -> I'VE GOT SOME DOCUMENTS BY MY

8569.66 -> DOOR TO GRAB AND RUN IF THE

8571.496 -> SITUATION DEMANDED IT.

8572.597 -> AND THEN AFTER THE FIRES START

8574.332 -> BREAKING OUT, I STARTED LOOKING

8575.666 -> TO TRY AND GET AN EMERGENCY

8580.905 -> PREPAREDNESS KIT, A GO BAG AND

8584.341 -> SINCE FRIDAY I'VE BEEN TRYING IN

8585.943 -> SYDNEY TO FIND A PLACE THAT CAN

8589.247 -> SUPPLY SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO I

8591.015 -> CANNOT FIND IT ANYWHERE.

8597.288 -> THE TOWN OF SYDNEY GAVE ME

8598.489 -> SEVERAL NUMBERS THAT I COULD

8599.29 -> CALL AND THEY ARE NOT SUPPLYING

8600.825 -> KITS.

8601.125 -> I WENT TO CANADIAN TIRE, I WENT

8603.694 -> TO HOME HARDWARE AND I HAVE NOT

8605.096 -> BEEN ABLE TO FIND A GO BAG.

8606.964 -> NOW, I KNOW THAT I CAN PUT IT

8608.399 -> TOGETHER MYSELF, BUT I AM A

8612.637 -> SENIOR AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE

8614.038 -> LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW,

8615.807 -> THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO

8617.008 -> DO THAT.

8617.575 -> AND THIS IS A VERY BASIC THING

8620.745 -> THAT WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, TO

8623.181 -> BE PREPARED BECAUSE WE NEED OUR

8625.349 -> MEDICATIONS, YOU KNOW, OUR

8627.018 -> IMPORTANT PAPERS, OUR CREDIT

8629.52 -> CARDS, THOSE KINDS OF BASIC

8632.59 -> THINGS AND SOME WATER AND FOOD.

8635.259 -> I WENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT

8636.794 -> AND THEY SAID THEY'RE

8640.731 -> RECOMMENDING HAVING A BAG THAT

8641.933 -> LAST FOR SEVEN DAYS.

8643.033 -> I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE FIRE

8646.07 -> OFFICERS WHEN HE SAID OH, NO,

8647.271 -> NOW THE NEW THING IS --

8648.706 -> THE NEW RECOMMENDATION IS TO

8651.609 -> HAVE A SUPPLY OF STUFF THROUGH A

8654.345 -> WEEK.

8654.779 -> SO --

8655.079 -> BUT IT WAS KIND OF --

8655.879 -> IT'S KIND OF DISTRESSING THAT,

8657.848 -> YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE

8661.118 -> WE'RE REALLY PREPARED --

8663.42 -> YOU KNOW, JOHANNA WAGSTAFFE HAS

8667.258 -> DONE THAT PODCAST ON THE

8670.328 -> EARTHQUAKES AND EVERYTHING AND I

8671.162 -> DON'T FEEL THAT WE'RE REALLY

8672.53 -> PREPARED.

8672.897 -> THERE SHOULD BE BASIC THINGS AND

8673.931 -> I WOULD LOVE TO SEE PUBLIC

8675.499 -> SERVICE LINES ON HOARDING, YOU

8679.07 -> KNOW, SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT

8682.373 -> PREPAREDNESS.

8682.806 -> I JUST DON'T SEE --

8685.843 -> WE NEED TO GET IT INTO OUR

8687.912 -> CONSCIOUSNESS BUT LOOKING AT

8689.68 -> SUBLIMINAL ADVERTISING, IF YOU

8690.748 -> WILL, BECAUSE THE TIME IS NOW,

8692.049 -> YOU KNOW.

8694.051 -> AND WE NEED TO BECOME MUCH MORE

8697.221 -> AWARE.

8697.521 -> WE'RE ALL JUST SITTING BACK,

8699.957 -> WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY HERE, WE

8701.492 -> HAVEN'T HAD ANY SMOKE BUT WE

8703.06 -> HAVE THE LAST FEW DAYS BUT IN

8710.735 -> GENERAL WE'VE BEEN AWAY FROM ALL

8713.404 -> THE FIRES AND IT'S

8715.74 -> HEARTBREAKING.

8716.307 -> >> IT IS, THANK YOU, BERNADETTE.

8717.308 -> I'M SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT,

8718.643 -> WE'VE DONE SO MANY STORIES ON

8720.044 -> EARTHQUAKE KITS AND I MEAN, IT'S

8721.712 -> THE SAME KIT.

8722.98 -> >> YEAH.

8723.347 -> IT IS THE SAME --

8724.281 -> >> HOW ARE THEY NOT AVAILABLE?

8726.249 -> >> GOOD QUESTION.

8727.084 -> I KNOW THAT THERE BE OUTDOOR

8730.121 -> STORES, WILD --

8731.055 -> SORT OF EMERGENCY STORES AND YOU

8732.656 -> AND I HAVE BEEN IN THOSE STORES

8734.558 -> WHERE THEY WILL HELP YOU PUT THE

8735.993 -> BAG TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S THE

8737.795 -> FLASHLIGHT AND THE PURIFICATION

8739.463 -> TABLETS FOR WATER, ET CETERA, ET

8741.632 -> CETERA.

8741.965 -> AND WE APPRECIATE THE CALL.

8743.067 -> I WAS JUST ACTUALLY LOOKING ON

8744.835 -> THE CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT

8746.337 -> WEBSITE AND IT DOES RECOMMEND A

8748.105 -> KIT FOR SEVEN DAYS.

8750.074 -> IF THERE'S ANYBODY OUT THERE

8751.976 -> THAT EITHER KNOWS BERNADETTE, IS

8753.811 -> IN AND AROUND SYDNEY, THE

8755.579 -> CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT AND

8756.346 -> CAN HELP HER OUT, SHE MENTIONED

8759.583 -> SHE IS --

8760.384 -> HER DESCRIPTION, A SENIOR,

8761.485 -> PERHAPS IF YOU CAN HELP HER OUT

8762.787 -> PUTTING A KIT TOGETHER, I'M SURE

8764.855 -> THEE WOULD LOVE THAT.

8765.99 -> AND IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT US,

8767.825 -> B.C. TODAY AT cbc.ca WE CAN

8770.127 -> SEE ABOUT CONNECTING YOU WITH

8772.363 -> BERNADETTE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN

8773.331 -> MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN.

8774.531 -> I THINK YOU'VE GONE TO THE RIGHT

8776.5 -> PLACES, BERNADETTE, THOUGH.

8777.501 -> YOU'VE IMN TO YOUR FIRE

8778.836 -> DEPARTMENT AND A FEW OTHER

8780.304 -> PLACES.

8780.671 -> YOU CAN ALSO PERHAPS, IF YOU'RE

8782.773 -> ABLE TO, YOU CAN BUY SOME OF

8784.541 -> THESE EMERGENCY KITS ONLINE.

8786.711 -> THEY'RE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 100 AND

8788.913 -> $150, SOME OF THEM FOR 72 HOURS,

8790.548 -> SOME OF THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE.

8792.75 -> AND PERHAPS IF NIEWRT

8793.751 -> COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, SOMEBODY

8794.952 -> CAN HELP YOU BUY ONE ONLINE, IF

8797.621 -> YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT.

8798.923 -> BUT HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOMEBODY

8800.891 -> OUT THERE THAT CAN HAPPY

8802.426 -> BERNADETTE OUT.

8803.427 -> BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS SHOULD BE

8805.062 -> THE SAME KIT AND WE'VE CERTAINLY

8806.496 -> TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF

8807.598 -> HAVING THOSE THINGS READY.

8809.633 -> >> ABSOLUTELY AND ALSO, WE WOULD

8810.601 -> BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM

8812.003 -> SOMEONE WITH EMERGENCY

8813.838 -> PREPAREDNESS WHO CAN BRING US UP

8815.039 -> TO DATE ON WHAT THE STATUS IS IN

8818.342 -> TERMS OF WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR

8820.678 -> KITS?

8821.645 -> IF YOU CAN EASILY PUT IT

8823.614 -> TOGETHER BY YOURSELF.

8824.915 -> >> YEAH.

8825.282 -> YEAH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S

8827.251 -> CERTAINLY --

8827.684 -> AND IT'S A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH

8829.653 -> ONLINE --

8830.053 -> TO SEE WHAT YOU NEED AND AGAIN A

8832.49 -> LOT OF WATER AND PERHAPS YOU

8833.924 -> HAVE PETS AND MAKING SURE --

8835.592 -> IT CAN BE THE AT HOME EMERGENCY

8837.128 -> KIT, THE GRAB AND GO BAG, I'M

8839.096 -> JUST GOING OFF THE CRD WEBSITE,

8841.299 -> AT LEAST FOUR LITRES OF WATER,

8842.933 -> FOOD THAT WON'T SPOIL, MANUAL

8845.236 -> CAN OPENER, FLASHLIGHT AND

8847.071 -> BATTERIES, BATTERY OR WIND-UP

8848.706 -> RADIO WITH EXTRA BATTERIES, WE

8849.907 -> LOVE THAT ON CBC RADIO, ALWAYS

8852.41 -> HAVE IT TUNED TO US BUT MAKE

8853.578 -> SURE YOU HAVE THE RADIO FIRST OF

8854.779 -> ALL.

8855.046 -> SO THERE IS LOTS TO CONSIDER.

8857.181 -> CERTAINLY WHEN WE HAVE THOSE

8859.25 -> EMERGENCY KITS OR THE NEED TO

8860.484 -> GET THEM TOGETHER.

8861.385 -> WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A NEED FOR A

8863.22 -> NEWS UPDATE AND WE'RE GOING TO

8863.987 -> GET THAT RIGHT NOW WITH TIM

8868.159 -> WEEKS.

8868.459 -> ♪♪♪

8869.226 -> >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

8869.794 -> HERE ARE THE HEADLINES FROM THE

8871.228 -> CBC VANCOUVER NEWSROOM.

8872.93 -> AT LEAST 50 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN

8874.198 -> DESTROYED IN WEST KELOWNA BY

8876.167 -> WILDFIRES.

8876.6 -> IT'S THE FIRST REGION TO DO AN

8878.269 -> ASSESSMENT AND OTHER AREAS IN

8879.437 -> THE OKANAGAN AND SHUSWAP ARE

8881.372 -> EXPECTED TO REPORT DAMAGE AS

8882.807 -> WELL IN THE COMING DAYS.

8884.274 -> THE PREMIER AND GOVERNMENT

8885.376 -> MINISTERS HAVE ANNOUNCED A VISIT

8886.343 -> TO THE FIRE ZONES TOMORROW, TO

8888.345 -> BEGIN TALKING ABOUT PROVINCIAL

8889.98 -> SINCE TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE

8891.949 -> FIRES.

8892.483 -> MEANWHILE, OFFICIALS SAY THE

8893.751 -> McDOUGALL CREEK WILDFIRE IN

8894.585 -> THE CENTRAL OKANAGAN IS STILL

8896.12 -> OUT OF CONTROL.

8896.987 -> HOWEVER, THEY SAY THE FIRE HAS

8898.389 -> SEEN LITTLE GROWTH RECENTLY AND

8900.357 -> CREWS ARE HOPING TO MAKE GOOD

8901.792 -> HEADWAY TODAY.

8902.326 -> THEY SAY THE SMOKE IS MAKING IT

8903.961 -> DIFFICULT TO GET AERIAL VIEWS

8905.93 -> AND PINPOINT THE EXTENT OF THE

8908.365 -> DAMAGE.

8908.765 -> >> PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU

8909.666 -> SAYS OTTAWA HAS APPROVED A

8910.534 -> REQUEST FROM THE PROVINCE FOR

8912.203 -> FEDERAL ASSISTANCE RELATED TO

8913.17 -> THE PROVINCE'S WILDFIRES.

8914.671 -> HE SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS

8916.24 -> DEPLOYING MILITARY ASSETS AND

8917.574 -> PROVIDING RESOURCES TO HELP WITH

8919.577 -> EVACUATIONS, STAGING AND LOWER

8922.413 -> LOGISTICAL TASKS.

8923.314 -> TRUDEAU SAYS THE WILDFIRE

8924.181 -> SITUATION IN B.C. AND THE NORTH

8925.148 -> WEST TERRITORIES IS

8926.484 -> EXTRAORDINARILY SERIOUS.

8927.651 -> >> AND THERE'S AIR QUALITY

8928.886 -> ADVISORIES ACROSS B.C., ONE IN

8930.554 -> METRO VANCOUVER AS WELL IN PLACE

8931.755 -> DUE TO THE WILL I GOERING

8932.857 -> WILDFIRE SMOKE.

8934.258 -> METRO VANCOUVER REGIONAL

8935.259 -> DISTRICT SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD

8936.794 -> POSTPONE OR REDUCE OUTDOOR

8938.562 -> PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, PARTICULARLY

8939.663 -> IF THEY HAVE UNDERLYING

8941.298 -> CONDITIONS RELATED TO BREATHING.

8942.967 -> NOW BACK TO OUR SPECIAL EXTENDED

8944.602 -> B.C. TODAY WITH DAN BURRITT AND

8946.136 -> BELLE PURI.

8946.671 -> >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TIM.

8947.738 -> TIM WEEKS ON THE CBC NEWS DECK

8949.707 -> AND WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A BUSY

8951.375 -> DAY.

8951.642 -> THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO ARE

8952.91 -> JOINING US, WHO IS JOINING US

8954.445 -> AND HAS JOINED US ON THE

8956.413 -> EXTENDED VERSION OF B.C. TODAY.

8957.614 -> WE WILL BE UP UNTIL 3 O'CLOCK

8960.351 -> AND THEN OUR COLLEAGUES ARE

8961.886 -> GOING TO BE TAKING OVER OUR AIR

8963.754 -> WAVES FOR THE AFTERNOON.

8964.555 -> GIVING YOU GO THE VERY LATEST ON

8966.991 -> THE SITUATION LEFT-HANDER ALL OF

8967.858 -> THE VARIOUS LARGE COMPLEXES AND

8970.294 -> FIRES THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT

8972.029 -> NOW.

8972.329 -> AS WE'VE HEARD OVER THE PAST

8973.497 -> COUPLE OF DAYS, JUST GOING DO A

8976.634 -> QUICK RECAP, WE HAVE 386 FIRES

8979.036 -> BURNING ACROSS OUR PROVINCES, AT

8980.538 -> LAST CHECK FROM THE EMERGENCY

8983.841 -> MANAGEMENT MINISTER, 25,000

8984.942 -> PEOPLE ON EVACUATION ORDER.

8986.81 -> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DIFFICULT

8988.245 -> SCENES AND DIFFICULT STORIES

8990.08 -> WE'VE HEARD OF TRUCKS AND OTHERS

8992.716 -> GOING AROUND BARRICADES, PEOPLE

8994.918 -> CLEARLY DESPERATE TO TRY AND

8996.02 -> PROTECT THEIR THINGS.

8997.354 -> AND IN ONE CASE, PEOPLE THROWING

8999.857 -> GARBAGE AT SOME OF THE WILD LAND

9002.393 -> FIREFIGHTERS.

9002.826 -> CLEARLY THERE'S SOME FRUSTRATION

9003.627 -> AROUND THERE.

9004.128 -> DOES NOT EXCUSE THAT KIND OF

9006.197 -> BEHAVIOUR.

9006.564 -> AS WELL, SOME REPORTS OF THEFT

9007.731 -> OF SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT,

9010.267 -> FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT.

9010.934 -> RATHER CONCERNING AS WE HEARD

9012.97 -> FROM FORREST TOWER, THE FIRE

9014.939 -> INFORMATION OFFICER.

9016.64 -> >> WE'RE STARTING TO HEAR SOME

9018.442 -> OF THE NUMBERS AROUND THE

9020.01 -> CARNAGE IN TERMS OF STRUCTURES

9021.878 -> THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, FROM

9024.181 -> WEST KELOWNA TODAY, THE NUMBER

9027.051 -> IS 50.

9027.785 -> THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THAT IS

9030.72 -> 50 HOMES.

9031.789 -> AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO

9033.524 -> FAR.

9033.958 -> ABSOLUTELY THERE WILL BE MORE TO

9036.594 -> COME.

9037.127 -> ASSESSMENTS ARE UNDERWAY.

9038.796 -> AND YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE HEAR

9041.665 -> ABOUT THEIR HOME BEING LOST OR

9044.835 -> SAVED IS CERTAINLY UNFOLDING IN

9046.703 -> A LOT OF PAIN AND SORROW.

9048.672 -> AS WELL, WE HEARD FROM THE

9051.308 -> PREMIER, DAVID EBY, THAT HE AND

9054.378 -> THE MINISTER, BOWINN MA AND

9059.316 -> BRUCE VALUE STAND, MINISTER OF

9061.952 -> FORESTS WILL BE IN THE REGION

9063.387 -> TOMORROW ON THE GROUND FOR CLOSP

9073.931 -> LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

9074.832 -> THERE'S NO EXPLAINING HOW THESE

9076.467 -> FIRES TRAVEL BECAUSE YOU COULD

9077.334 -> RETURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD AND

9078.435 -> ONE HOUSE IS GONE AND THE HOUSE

9079.837 -> NEXT DOOR IS FINE.

9082.772 -> >> THE RANDOMNESS --

9084.908 -> IT'S RANDOM TERROR AND WE'VE

9086.21 -> SEEN THAT --

9086.977 -> SOME OF THE VIDEOS THAT HAVE

9088.545 -> APPEARED ONLINE OF HOW QUICKLY

9090.314 -> THESE FIRES HAVE MOVED.

9092.283 -> FORREST TOWER TALKED ABOUT THAT

9093.751 -> IN THE CASE OF THE ADAMS LAKE

9095.986 -> COMPLEX, ONE OF THOSE FIRES

9097.955 -> MOVED 20 KILOMETRES IN THE TIME

9099.056 -> PERIOD THAT THEY SHOWED.

9100.49 -> AND SOME OF THE DOORBELL CAMERAS

9103.76 -> AND HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS AND

9104.995 -> YOU SEE IT AND YOU UNDERSTAND

9107.164 -> WHY FIREFIGHTERS OF ALL STRIPES

9109.466 -> WILL SAY YOU CAN'T OUTRUN THESE

9111.568 -> THINGS.

9111.935 -> THEY ARE MOVING THAT FAST AND

9112.97 -> THE WIND THAT IS FUELLED THEM,

9115.238 -> IT IS TERRIFYING.

9117.007 -> IF YOU ARE AFFECTED BY THE

9118.575 -> FIRES, IF YOU HAVE A LOVED ONE

9120.21 -> WHO IS PERHAPS FIGHTING THESE

9121.545 -> FIRES, IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS

9122.98 -> AROUND YOUR HEALTH, GIVE US A

9124.281 -> CALL.

9127.117 -> 1-800-825-5950.

9127.617 -> IN METRO VANCOUVER THE NUMBER IS

9131.722 -> 604-669-3733.

9132.389 -> POUND 690 ON YOUR SPHOARN.

9136.026 -> CELLPHONE.PLEASE BE HANDS FREE O

9139.897 -> THAT.

9140.197 -> DOCTOR SWANN IS STILL WITH US, I

9143.867 -> BELIEVE, BREATHING EXPERT WITH

9146.103 -> VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH, IF I

9147.003 -> CAN CALL YOU THAT.

9147.905 -> WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN eMAIL THAT

9150.04 -> HAS COME IN FROM A WOMAN NAMED

9152.743 -> EVE, IF I CAN PUT THIS HEALTH

9154.078 -> CONCERN TO YOU.

9155.045 -> SHE SAYS, I HAVE ARRYTHMIA.

9158.248 -> SINCE THE SMOKE DESCENDED OVER

9159.65 -> VANCOUVER I NOTICED MY HEART IS

9161.318 -> FLUTTERING AND AT TIMES RACING.

9162.72 -> SHOULD I BE CONCERNED?

9163.821 -> CAN YOU HELP HER, DOCTOR?

9165.989 -> >> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION

9167.024 -> AND IT'S NOT INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL

9169.326 -> ADVICE FOR THE CALLER BUT I CAN

9170.661 -> SAY IN GENERAL ARRYTHMIA, SO

9173.063 -> ABNORMAL RHYTHMS OF THE HEART

9174.198 -> CAN BE EXACERBATED BY WILDFIRE

9176.233 -> SMOKE.

9176.566 -> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE

9178.402 -> SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AROUND.

9179.169 -> SO NOTICING THAT THOSE CHANGES

9181.138 -> OR NOTICING CHEST PAIN WOULD BE

9184.408 -> GENERALLY SPEAKING REASON TO

9186.744 -> SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AS WELL

9187.511 -> AS MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL

9188.345 -> OF THE MEDICATIONS THAT YOU

9189.613 -> NORMALLY HAVE FOR MANAGEMENT OF

9190.714 -> THESE SYMPTOMS.

9191.382 -> SO TAKING THE MEDICATIONS THAT

9192.916 -> YOU MIGHT NORMALLY HAVE AND ALSO

9195.652 -> THOSE RESCUE MEDICATIONS OR

9196.754 -> THOSE ONE-TIME USES THAT MIGHT

9198.088 -> BE PRESCRIBED BY YOUR PHYSICIAN.

9199.99 -> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME TO

9201.024 -> HAVE THOSE ON HAND IN CASE WE'RE

9202.659 -> CUT OFF FROM OUR USUAL SUPPLY,

9204.094 -> BUT YES, SEEKING MELEE

9205.763 -> CONTINUATION WITH ANY SORT OF

9207.564 -> CHANGE IN THOSE TESTIMONIES

9211.735 -> SYMPTOMS RELATEDTO THE HEART WO.

9213.403 -> >> DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

9215.072 -> WHERE YOU ARE?

9215.839 -> IF YOU'RE CLOSER TO A LARGE

9218.275 -> WILDFIRE?

9218.742 -> DOES THAT POTENTIALLY IMPACT

9221.378 -> YOUR HEALTH MORE OR DIFFERENTLY

9223.346 -> THAN IF YOU'RE FARTHER AWAY?

9226.149 -> >> IT REALLY K RIGHT NOW, WE

9228.051 -> FIND THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF

9229.286 -> WILDFIRE SMOKE ACROSS OUR

9231.021 -> PROVINCE AND EVEN WITHIN A GIVEN

9232.89 -> COMMUNITY CAN REALLY VARY BASED

9234.091 -> ON HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO A FIRE,

9236.293 -> WHAT'S BURNING SPECIFICALLY,

9238.262 -> WHETHER THAT'S EVEN SOMETHING

9239.196 -> DOWN TO THE TYPE OF DIFFERENT

9240.263 -> TYPES OF REGIMENTATION OR OTHER

9244.501 -> OTHER --

9244.868 -> VEGETATION OR OTHER MATERIALS

9245.97 -> THAT ARE BURNING AND THE WEATHER

9247.104 -> CONDITIONS AS WELL.

9247.671 -> SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE KEY

9249.306 -> THING THAT WE'RE MEASURING TO

9250.907 -> UNDERSTAND THE RISK IS THAT FINE

9254.511 -> PARTICULATE MATTER, THAT'S A BIG

9255.813 -> DRIVER OF THE AIR QUALITY HEALTH

9257.147 -> INDEX THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY

9258.449 -> READING ABOUT AND HEARING ABOUT

9259.45 -> AND THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN

9261.084 -> FEATURE OF WILDFIRE SMOKE THAT'S

9262.619 -> IMPACTING OUR HEALTH AND THE

9263.386 -> MORE OF THAT THAT'S IN THE AIR,

9264.922 -> THE GREATER THE RISK.

9268.258 -> >> NOW, THE SHUSWAP BUSH CREEK

9270.594 -> EAST WILDFIRE IS BEING CALLED

9271.829 -> ONE OF THE MOST AGGRESSIVE

9273.13 -> WILDFIRES IN MODERN HISTORY, AND

9276.633 -> B.C. WILDFIRES FORREST TOWER

9278.735 -> WHEN WE SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER

9279.903 -> THIS AFTERNOON SAID THE FIRE RAN

9281.605 -> 20 KILOMETRES IN TWELVE HOURS

9283.173 -> OVERNIGHT ON FRIDAY, WITH TWO

9284.741 -> FIRES MERGING INTO ONE,

9288.812 -> MEASURING 41,000 HECTARES.

9290.447 -> WOW, IT'S HUGE.

9291.882 -> IT'S UNKNOWN HOW MANY HOMES AND

9293.75 -> BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN LOST SO FAR

9295.152 -> TO THE FIRE.

9296.587 -> BUT ONE BUSINESS THAT EMPLOYS

9299.022 -> HUNDREDS IN THE COMMUNITY WAS

9300.757 -> SAVED BY FIREFIGHTERS AND

9301.959 -> WORKERS.

9302.326 -> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ADAMS

9303.727 -> LAKE SAW MILL.

9304.928 -> NOW, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON THE

9306.363 -> LINE WITH US TO TELL US MORE.

9308.665 -> ANDREW SCHMIDT IS A FORMER FIRE

9310.634 -> CHIEF AND HIS WIFE LINDA COLE

9312.903 -> WORKS AT THE MILL.

9314.304 -> HELLO TO YOU BOTH THIS

9316.74 -> AFTERNOON.

9317.574 -> >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

9318.274 -> >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

9319.809 -> >> LINDA, HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE

9320.744 -> INVOLVED IN FIGHTING THIS FIRE?

9324.213 -> >> UM, FROM WHAT I KNOW, BECAUSE

9325.983 -> THE MILL WAS ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN,

9329.186 -> CORRECT, BECAUSE THE FIRE HAS

9331.188 -> BEEN ONGOING, THERE WERE 30

9334.458 -> FIREFIGHTERS AT THE SITE AND A

9337.294 -> HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES.

9338.195 -> SO POSSIBLY TEN TO FIFTEEN

9341.698 -> EMPLOYEES THAT STAYED BEHIND

9343.534 -> BECAUSE THE FIRE CAME RIGHT UP

9345.969 -> ITS BACK DOOR, THEN IT WENT UP

9347.571 -> THE HILL AND STRAIGHT DOWN THE

9350.774 -> ROAD TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

9353.41 -> JUST HORRIBLE.

9355.111 -> >> LINDA, DID YOU SEE THAT

9357.014 -> HAPPEN?

9358.281 -> >> NO.

9358.648 -> NO, I DID NOT.

9360.817 -> >> ANDREW, WHAT ABOUT YOU?

9362.552 -> >> I'M FORTUNATE NOT TO SEE IT

9366.023 -> HAPPEN.

9366.423 -> >> ANDREW, PERHAPS YOU CAN PAINT

9367.224 -> US A PICTURE AROUND THE WORK

9368.258 -> THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE

9369.56 -> MILL WORKERS WERE DOING LEADING

9370.761 -> UP TO THAT BLAZE.

9372.796 -> >> OH, NO, HE CAN'T HELP YOU.

9375.032 -> I'LL HELP YOU.

9376.533 -> >> I WASN'T THERE.

9377.433 -> >> BECAUSE I WAS THERE.

9378.868 -> >> OKAY, GO AHEAD, LINDA, YES.

9381.471 -> >> FOREWEEKS, THIS MILL HAS BEEN

9383.507 -> PREPARING, BECAUSE, FOR WEEKS

9384.941 -> THERE'S BEEN A FIRE, TWO FIRES.

9391.415 -> SO THEY WERE ON ONE SIDE OF THE

9392.749 -> LAKE AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

9394.918 -> LAKE.

9395.218 -> THEY WERE ALSO --

9397.254 -> THE FIRE WAS HEADING DOWN TO

9399.756 -> WHERE THEIR HOME CAMP IS, WHERE

9402.592 -> THEY HAVE WOODWORK -- OR

9404.828 -> FORESTRY WORKERS.

9406.363 -> THE BIG OPERATION.

9407.965 -> AND/10 CALLED INTERFOR, BY THE

9409.833 -> WAY.

9410.1 -> SO ANYWAY, UP THEY CAME.

9414.972 -> THESE GUYS LAID OUT HOSES, THE

9419.176 -> DIFFERENT FIRE CREWS CAME IN,

9421.812 -> SPECIAL TEAMS, AND ASSISTED

9423.78 -> THEM.

9424.113 -> AND IT WAS JUST MAGNIFICENT WHAT

9425.515 -> THEY DID.

9426.717 -> IT WAS LIKE UNBELIEVABLE,

9429.319 -> SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, BECAUSE THEY

9430.386 -> HAD LOTS OF PRODUCT LEFT ON THE

9434.358 -> LOTS.

9436.326 -> MANY TIERS.

9436.994 -> SO THEY HAD TO PROTECT THE WOOD

9439.296 -> THEY ALREADY PLANED AND PACKAGED

9441.932 -> AND PROCESSED, AND THEY HAD TO

9444.868 -> PROTECT WOOD THAT HADN'T YET

9446.703 -> BEEN DONE.

9449.473 -> SO IT WAS A LIGHT SHOW OF WATER.

9451.975 -> >> WHEN YOU AND OTHERS WERE

9454.645 -> SEEING THIS HAPPENING, HEARING

9456.312 -> ABOUT IT HAPPENING AND THE

9457.481 -> EFFORT THAT WAS BEING PUT INTO

9462.452 -> THIS, WERE YOU CONFIDENT THAT

9463.754 -> THE MILL COULD BE SPARED?

9464.988 -> I MEAN, WHAT WAS GOING YOUR MIND

9466.59 -> AS YOU WATCHED ALL THIS?

9468.858 -> >> WELL, EVERY DAY I WENT OUT

9470.326 -> AND WORKED IN IT FOR WEEKS PRIOR

9474.164 -> TO THIS GREAT EVENT ON FRIDAY.

9478.869 -> BUT WE WERE SCARED BUT I WAS

9482.239 -> CONFIDENT, AND I WAS TOLD BY ONE

9484.474 -> OF THE SUPERVISORS THAT IT WAS

9486.41 -> THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE.

9492.449 -> INTERFOR BECAUSE THEY HAD SUCH A

9494.184 -> STRUCTURE GOING ON, THEY BUILT

9495.185 -> IT OVER WEEKS, PREPARING FOR

9497.621 -> THIS HORRID EVENT TO HAPPEN.

9502.091 -> >> ANDREW, HOW LONG HAVE YOU

9502.826 -> BEEN A FIREFIGHTER?

9505.695 -> >> UM, I'M NOT A FIREFIGHTER ANY

9507.731 -> LONGER.

9508.165 -> BUT I WAS A FIREFIGHTER FOR

9510.467 -> TWELVE YEARS.

9511.634 -> >> SO IN THAT TIME, IF I CAN

9514.604 -> ASK, HOW DOES YOUR EXPERIENCE

9516.073 -> OVER THOSE TWELVE YEARS COMPARE

9517.374 -> TO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TODAY?

9522.411 -> >> WELL, WHEN I WAS FIRE CHIEF

9525.082 -> IN 2002, THAT IS THE YEAR THAT

9531.788 -> SILVER CREEK FIRE HAPPENED.

9533.557 -> IT WAS VERY MUCH SIMILAR.

9535.225 -> IT WAS ONE DAY AND IT TRAVELLED

9537.593 -> RIGHT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, ACROSS

9539.896 -> THE VALLEY, IT WAS VERY SIMILAR

9541.765 -> TO THE SITUATION THAT WE JUST

9544.401 -> EXPERIENCED HERE WITH THE BUSH

9546.87 -> CREEK FIRE.

9547.537 -> VERY SCARY, VERY, VERY FAST.

9551.941 -> WHEN IT HAS WINDS LIKE THAT

9553.076 -> BEHIND IT, YOU CANNOT OUTRUN IT.

9559.682 -> >> AND HOW --

9560.484 -> WHAT YOU DID THEN, HIGH DOES

9563.887 -> HOW DOES THATCOMPARE TO WHETHERE

9566.089 -> PREVENTATIVE WORK THAT YOU WERE

9566.89 -> ABLE TO DO VERSUS THE ACTIVE

9569.493 -> FIREFIGHTING?

9569.96 -> HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHAT

9571.695 -> CREWS DO TODAY?

9575.398 -> >> WHAT CREWS DO TODAY, WELL,

9576.733 -> I'M NOT REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE

9578.201 -> FIRE DEPARTMENT ANYMORE, BUT

9581.772 -> LIKE, THIS FIRE IS --

9583.974 -> THIS WILDFIRE IS COMPLETELY

9586.61 -> DIFFERENT IN MY OPINION.

9590.714 -> YOU KNOW, THEY USE THE TERM

9592.649 -> ORGANIZED CHAOS, DOESN'T REALLY

9594.551 -> FIT.

9595.218 -> BUT THIS IS --

9595.819 -> I WOULD CALL THIS MORE CREATIVE

9599.923 -> CHAOS.

9600.223 -> YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE,

9602.459 -> HOMEOWNERS, SOME OF THEM LOST

9603.66 -> THEIR HOMES AND THEY STAYED AND

9605.228 -> THEY KEPT ON FIGHTING THIS FIRE.

9609.699 -> I HAVE A COWORKER RIGHT NOW THAT

9611.134 -> OWNS HIS OWN BULLDOZER AND HE'S

9613.403 -> OUT THERE HELPING SPOT FIRES

9614.604 -> RIGHT NOW.

9615.906 -> SO YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR

9618.908 -> FIREFIGHTING ASPECT OF IT, I

9622.846 -> THINK THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE

9623.947 -> ON THE SCENE RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN

9627.584 -> PINPOINT WHICH GUYS THEY KNOW

9628.919 -> THAT THEY CAN COUNT ON, WHETHER

9631.855 -> THEY'RE WEARING COVERALLS OR

9633.39 -> NOT, OWN WHAT I MEAN.

9634.824 -> THE COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY COMES

9636.593 -> FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE AND

9638.194 -> THEY CAN ADD TO A SCENE IN

9641.631 -> TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAYS, RIGHT.

9643.766 -> >> YEAH.

9644.167 -> >> SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF CALL

9645.368 -> IT CREATIVE CHAOS.

9649.106 -> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EXPLAINS

9650.307 -> ANYTHING TO YOU.

9651.14 -> >> NO, IT DOES, IT DOES.

9653.944 -> LINDA, JUST TO CLARIFY, HOW LONG

9655.111 -> HAVE YOU WORKED AT THE MILL?

9658.014 -> >> ABOUT THREE YEARS.

9661.284 -> >> MM-HMM.

9661.685 -> WHAT ROLE DOES THAT MILL PLAY IN

9663.453 -> THE COMMUNITY AND IF IT WAS

9666.857 -> GONE, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN?

9672.628 -> >> OH, IT WOULD --

9674.231 -> THIS IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR

9676.867 -> INTERCEPT FORCE IN THE AREA.

9678.401 -> WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER MILL OF

9680.904 -> THIS SIZE.

9681.471 -> THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS MILL, WE

9683.54 -> HAVE EMPLOYEES FROM KAMLOOPS,

9687.077 -> SALMON ARM, THE WHOLE AREA AND

9692.916 -> VAST AREA IN BETWEEN.

9694.251 -> AND CLEARWATER.

9696.019 -> WE HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING IN EVERY

9696.853 -> DAY FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.

9700.49 -> IT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR COMPONENT

9702.592 -> TO OUR COMMUNITY.

9703.894 -> AND WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL

9705.328 -> GROWING UP HERE, IT WAS A VERY

9707.03 -> SMALL MILL AND NOW IT'S

9710.166 -> BEAUTIFUL BIG MILL AND IT'S

9711.835 -> GOTTEN BIGGER, BETTER AND

9715.538 -> BETTER.

9715.871 -> AND OH, MY GOD, I'M JUST SO

9717.207 -> HAPPY THAT IT'S HERE.

9720.176 -> SAVED A LOT OF JOBS, MAN.

9723.012 -> >> THIS IS REALLY HARD, ISN'T

9724.414 -> IT, LINDA?

9728.284 -> >> YES.

9729.552 -> SAVED A LOT OF JOBS, A LOT OF

9731.187 -> MORTGAGES AND YOUNG FAMILIES

9732.822 -> WITH KIDIS --

9738.627 -> >> THE MILL PROBABLY EMPLOYS

9741.398 -> OVER 200 EMPLOYEES PLUS ALL THE

9743.7 -> CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS,

9745.235 -> WELDERS, ELECTRICIANS.

9746.836 -> >> SO MANY EMPLOYED THERE.

9750.573 -> THEY ARE --

9752.709 -> THEY'RE LIKE OUR DADDIES,

9753.977 -> THEY'RE GREAT, THEY'RE JUST

9755.145 -> AWESOME.

9755.512 -> YOU KEEP US GOING.

9757.079 -> >> YOUR COMMUNITY HAS SEEN

9759.115 -> DEVASTATION FROM WILDFIRES IN

9761.284 -> THE PAST.

9762.185 -> THIS TIME AROUND, HOW IS IT

9765.789 -> DIFFERENT, WILL IT BE MORE

9766.656 -> DIFFICULT TO COME BACK FROM ALL

9767.891 -> OF THIS?

9771.027 -> >> IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE RIGHT

9771.961 -> NOW BOAT OF US ARE UNEMPLOYED.

9777.166 -> >> WE BOTH WORK OUT THAT WAY, SO

9780.503 -> YOU KNOW, THE FIRE BRANCH,

9784.407 -> THE --

9784.74 -> WHICH NOW IS CALLED THE BUSH --

9787.944 -> BUSH CREEK FIRE --

9789.813 -> BRANCHED OUT TOWARDS SCOTT'S

9791.881 -> CREEK, WHICH KILLED ANDREW'S

9793.717 -> BUSINESS WHERE HE'S EMPLOYED.

9795.819 -> AND THEN I COULDN'T GO TO WORK

9797.787 -> TO SAVE MY SOUL TO THE MILL.

9800.557 -> SO IT'S LIKE OH, MY GOODNESS,

9801.992 -> YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO?

9804.394 -> AND THEN, I WAS GOING TRY TO

9806.296 -> WORK AT THE FIRE CAMP AND THEY

9808.498 -> GOT BURNT OUT.

9810.8 -> IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT HAS

9812.535 -> GONE ON HERE.

9815.405 -> >> IT IS QUITE AMAZING TO HEAR

9817.474 -> YOUR FIRST HAND STORIES ABOUT

9818.608 -> HOW YOU GET THROUGH IT AND HOW

9822.412 -> YOU COPE.

9823.079 -> WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO

9824.381 -> TALK TO US THIS AFTERNOON.

9826.549 -> >> YEAH.

9826.95 -> >> THANKS FOR.

9830.686 -> >> IT'S GOOD TO LET PEOPLE KNOW

9832.589 -> DOWN THERE WHAT IS HAPPENING

9833.49 -> HERE.

9833.857 -> >> PLEASE BE SAFE AND TAKE CARE.

9836.626 -> >> THANK YOU.

9837.227 -> >> THANK YOU.

9837.994 -> HAVE A GOOD DAY.

9839.195 -> >> ANDREW SCHMIDT IS A FORMER

9840.83 -> FIRE CHIEF AND HIS WIFE LINDA

9843.166 -> COLE WORKS AT THE MILL.

9845.602 -> I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING, IF

9846.703 -> YOU'RE NOT AT THE CENTER OF THE

9847.804 -> FIRE OR CLOSE TO THE FIRE, ONCE

9851.307 -> THEY'RE OUT AND WE STOP

9853.91 -> REPORTING, YOU KNOW --

9854.743 -> >> BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS, SADLY.

9856.479 -> >> --

9856.78 -> PEOPLE THINK IT'S OVER BUT WE

9859.382 -> JUST HEARD IT'S NOT OVER FOR THE

9861.051 -> PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE CENTER OF

9862.252 -> IT.

9862.519 -> THAT IS SOMETHING VERY HAVE TO

9864.621 -> LIVE WITH AND ADJUST TO FOR

9867.824 -> WEEKS, MONTHS, MAYBE EVEN YEARS.

9871.293 -> >> IF WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED

9872.862 -> AND PERHAPS JUST ON A LARGER

9875.532 -> SCALE, WE DON'T FORGET WHAT

9876.833 -> HAPPENED IN LYTTON, THE TOWN

9879.169 -> ESSENTIALLY VANISHED, 90% OF IT

9881.671 -> GONE.

9881.971 -> THEY'RE STILL WAITING TO REBUILD

9883.173 -> IN A LOT OF THOSE PLACES, A LOT

9884.841 -> OF PEOPLE STILL OUT OF THEIR

9886.109 -> HOMES, PARTICULARLY INDIGENOUS

9887.376 -> PEOPLE UP THERE WHO HAVE LIVED

9888.945 -> THERE SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.

9891.58 -> AND NOW, WE SEE HOW DIFFICULT IT

9893.349 -> CAN BE TO GET SUPPLIES, IF YOU

9896.719 -> ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE

9897.72 -> TO BUILD A HOME OR HAVE A

9900.59 -> PROJECT, BUT IT'S THE DISASTER

9901.991 -> AFTERWARDS AS YOU SAID, THAT

9903.893 -> REBUILD, THE EMOTIONAL TOLL, THE

9905.428 -> PHYSICAL TOLL, THE MONETARY

9907.63 -> TOLL.

9907.93 -> WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS

9909.265 -> AROUND PEOPLE'S INSURANCE AND

9910.299 -> WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO

9911.1 -> BE COVERED AND WHAT COVERAGE THE

9914.504 -> PROVINCE IS OFFERING.

9915.939 -> WE HEARD IT TODAY WITH CONCERNS

9917.94 -> AROUND FROM THE TOURISM SECTOR,

9920.276 -> PARTICULARLY IN THE OKANAGAN.

9922.244 -> THIS IS THE MONEYMAKING TIME,

9924.547 -> WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH

9926.116 -> THEM?

9926.549 -> THE PROVINCE AND THE PREMIER

9928.084 -> SAID THAT WE'LL BE THERE FOR

9929.285 -> THEM IN SOME CAPACITY, BUT WE

9931.354 -> HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT --

9935.125 -> WE DON'T HAVE SPECKS ENOUGH ON

9936.526 -> THAT YET AND PARTICULARLY WHEN

9940.063 -> PEOPLE WANT SPECIFICS THEY'RE

9940.864 -> NOT GETTING IT.

9941.764 -> >> WHEN YOU SPEAK OF LYTTON,

9942.899 -> THAT'S A REGION THAT WE HAVEN'T

9944.467 -> TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST FEW

9945.768 -> MINUTES OR SO, BUT FRASER

9947.737 -> CANYON, OF COURSE THAT AREA IS

9950.373 -> DEALING WITH FIRES AGAIN, AND WE

9953.276 -> HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN LYTTON

9955.912 -> THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME FEARS

9957.814 -> THAT THEY HAD FROM THE LAST

9959.682 -> ROUND, YOU KNOW, AND I'M HEARING

9961.217 -> PEOPLE SAY, WELL, HOW CAN LYTTON

9963.52 -> BURN WHEN IT ALREADY DID?

9966.823 -> BUT THAT'S STILL A PROBLEM,

9968.058 -> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE

9969.893 -> BY, IT WAS THE HOTTEST PLACE I

9971.861 -> THINK IN THE COUNTRY THE OTHER

9973.63 -> DAY.

9974.129 -> >> YEAH.

9974.563 -> >> YOU KNOW, HITTING 40° AND

9978.568 -> HIGHER.

9978.935 -> FIRE AND DEVASTATION DUE TO FIRE

9980.603 -> IS STILL AN ISSUE THERE, DESPITE

9982.038 -> WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, JUST

9983.706 -> NOT THAT LONG AGO.

9985.008 -> >> THAT'S RIGHT.

9985.608 -> WE HAVE ANOTHER CALL ON THE

9987.877 -> LINE, CELINE IS JOINING US FROM

9989.746 -> REVELSTOKE.

9990.179 -> CELINE, GO AHEAD.

9990.847 -> WHAT'S BEEN YOUR EXPERIENCE?

9992.548 -> >> HI THERE.

9994.484 -> YEAH, JUST WANTED TO FOCUS THE

9997.554 -> CONVERSATION IN ON WHAT WE CAN

10001.191 -> DO TO INCLUDE OUR PETS IN OUR

10003.159 -> EVACUATION PLANNING AND JUST HOW

10004.894 -> OFTEN THEY'RE LEFT OUT OF THAT

10007.13 -> PLANNING PROCESS AND OFTEN WHAT

10008.898 -> WE SEE AS A RESULT OF THAT IS

10012.302 -> FAILED PET EVACUATION.

10014.737 -> >> EXPAND A BIT ON THAT, IF YOU

10016.005 -> COULD.

10016.338 -> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

10017.606 -> >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

10018.408 -> SO OFTEN, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW,

10020.643 -> SUCH SHORT NOTICE TO PLAN FOR

10022.845 -> THESE THINGS AND THERE'S A LACK

10026.015 -> OF PLANNING, OUR PETS REALLY DO

10027.75 -> SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

10029.319 -> SO REALLY TO CONSIDER EVEN IF

10030.954 -> YOU'RE NOT IN A CURRENT

10033.356 -> EVACUATION LOCATION, JUST WHAT

10034.557 -> THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR YOU

10036.326 -> WITH YOUR PETS, WHETHER THAT BE

10038.194 -> A DOG OR CAT OR PERHAPS

10041.731 -> COMPOSITICS THAT MIGHT NEED

10043.366 -> SPECIAL ENCLOSURES OR EVEN

10045.702 -> LIVESTOCK IN HOBBY FARMS.

10047.804 -> THOSE ANIMALS ARE VERY DESERVING

10049.538 -> OF A PLAN AND THAT DOES TAKE

10052.108 -> SOME FORESIGHT SO CONSIDERING

10053.543 -> EXTRA FOOD, WATER FOR THE

10056.512 -> ANIMALS, JUST LIKE US, DRINK AT

10058.715 -> LEAST FOUR LITRES OF WATER PER

10061.117 -> DAY, APPROPRIATE IDENTIFICATION,

10062.919 -> SO HAVING A COLLAR WITH YOUR

10064.354 -> PHONE NUMBER IS PRETTY BASIC,

10065.789 -> BUT YOU KNOW, VERY OFTEN PEOPLE

10067.657 -> DO NOT HAVE THAT FOR MANY OF

10070.526 -> THEIR ANIMALS.

10072.962 -> AND THE VACCINES --

10073.863 -> AND THIS IS KIND OF THE

10075.698 -> LONG-RANGE PLANNING, INCLUDING

10076.799 -> FIRST AID KITS AND EMERGENCY

10079.335 -> KITS.

10079.769 -> BUT THEN CONSIDERING WHAT WOULD

10082.839 -> HAPPEN IF YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR

10084.474 -> ANIMALS BEHIND.

10085.04 -> LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A CAT THAT'S

10086.843 -> OFTEN OUTDOORS AND YOU'RE NOT

10087.71 -> SURE WHERE IT IS, IF YOU DON'T

10089.245 -> HAVE THE TIME TO EVACUATE, WHAT

10090.98 -> YOU WOULD DO IF THAT PET NEEDED

10093.249 -> TO STAY.

10094.784 -> SO CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU

10095.785 -> HAVE TO LEAVE A PET BEHIND,

10097.754 -> LEAVING LOTS OF FOOD IN

10099.255 -> DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND AT LEAST

10100.756 -> ONE WEEK'S WORTH OF WATER, AND

10102.692 -> HAVING SOME SORT OF CARD OR LIKE

10107.83 -> A PET RESCUE CARD FOR REC

10110.8 -> PERSONNEL THAT WOULD IDENTIFY

10111.567 -> THAT AN ANIMAL HAS BEEN LEFT

10113.002 -> BEHIND.

10113.335 -> SO INDICATING THAT THEY --

10115.405 -> THERE IS ONE CAT THAT HAS BEEN

10117.24 -> LEFT BEHIND, HERE IS THE OWNER'S

10118.808 -> PHONE NUMBER, BECAUSE IN THAT

10120.777 -> SENSE, THE DISASTER --

10128.484 -> AGENCIES OR

10128.951 -> THE SPCA OR THE LIKE WOULD KNOW

10130.286 -> THAT THERE WOULD BE AN ANIMAL

10137.093 -> NEEDING ASSISTANCE DOOR-TO-DOOR

10138.394 -> LIKE THEY'RE DOING IN

10139.295 -> YELLOWKNIFE.

10139.829 -> >> THAT'S GOOD ADVICE.

10140.63 -> I HAVE TO ASK WAS THAT A BARK IN

10142.031 -> THE BACKGROUND I HEARD?

10143.232 -> >> IT WAS INDEED.

10143.933 -> I'M JUST ON THE SIDE OF THE

10145.234 -> HIGHWAY, JUST IN BETWEEN GOLDEN

10147.27 -> AND REVELSTOKE HERE.

10148.371 -> IT SEEMS LIKE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE

10151.474 -> ARE ON THE ROAD TODAY SO THERE

10153.108 -> QUITE A FEW OF US THAT HAVE

10154.544 -> STOPPED ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO GET

10156.312 -> OUR DOGS GET A BIT OF A REPRIEVE

10157.881 -> FROM THE DRIVE.

10159.082 -> IT'S VERY QUITE SMOKY HERE BUT

10160.516 -> IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE

10162.285 -> STILL OUT WITH THEIR PETS AND

10163.853 -> ARE ABLE TO TRAVEL WITH THEM.

10166.889 -> >> CELINE, I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU

10168.191 -> DO YOU FEEL PREPARED IF DISH IF

10171.461 -> YOU HAD TO EVACUATE BECAUSE OF A

10174.163 -> FIRE?

10174.763 -> >> YOU KNOW, I -- I WOULD LIKE

10176.866 -> TO THINK THAT I AM.

10178.367 -> I REALLY DO VALUE JUST HOW

10180.47 -> IMPORTANT THIS PLANNING PROCESS

10182.472 -> IS.

10182.739 -> YOU KNOW, FOR MYSELF, I HAVE ONE

10185.208 -> DOG AND HE IS TRULY MY LIFE

10188.544 -> PARTNER.

10188.911 -> I COULDN'T IMAGINE NOT HAVING

10190.646 -> HIM INCLUDED IN ALL OF THIS

10192.281 -> PLANNING.

10192.648 -> IT'S A VERY SCARY TIME THAT

10194.25 -> WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, AND TO HEAR

10196.152 -> OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN HAWAII,

10200.556 -> YELLOWKNIFE AND YOU KNOW, MANY

10201.724 -> OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS AROUND

10202.725 -> THE WORLD, THE ANIMALS ARE

10205.695 -> REALLY --

10206.062 -> SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES WHEN WE

10207.663 -> DON'T INCLUDE THEM, WHEN WE

10208.998 -> DON'T THINK WHAT IS IT THAT WE

10210.099 -> NEED TO DO TO PREPARE NOT JUST

10212.201 -> FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR OUR FOUR

10215.004 -> LEGGED COMPANIONS.

10216.505 -> >> AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PETS,

10218.541 -> I MEAN, THERE'S THE ISSUE OF

10221.544 -> DISPLACEMENT OF WILDLIFE.

10223.145 -> >> HUGE PROBLEM.

10225.113 -> >> AND WHERE DO ALL OF THOSE

10226.849 -> ANIMALS GO.

10227.383 -> AND YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE COMING

10229.685 -> DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE

10231.454 -> HILLS AND --

10232.855 -> A LOT OF CONCERNS THERE AS WELL.

10235.357 -> >> ABSOLUTELY.

10237.193 -> PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'VE SEEN THE

10240.229 -> EFFECTS --

10240.629 -> DURING WILDFIRES, BUT THEN THE

10242.432 -> EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, HUMAN

10243.8 -> ENCROACHMENT ON AREAS, WE SEE

10245.334 -> IT.

10245.601 -> I MEAN, WE FORGET THAT 20

10246.969 -> MINUTES AWAY, SOMETIMES CLOSER,

10249.672 -> BLACK BEARS ARE ROAMING IN --

10252.975 -> >> MUCH CLOSER.

10253.976 -> MUCH CLOSER.

10255.143 -> >> SOMETIMES THEY'RE RIGHT

10255.911 -> OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

10256.478 -> SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN SOUTH

10257.28 -> VANCOUVER AND YOU'RE SENT TO

10258.281 -> FIND THEM.

10262.785 -> I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR Dr.

10265.888 -> SCHWAND AND THIS MAY BE IN YOUR

10267.256 -> REALM OF EXPERTISE OR OUT OF IT

10272.929 -> BUT WE'LL PUT IT TO YOU ANYWAY.

10274.297 -> BEYOND THE PHYSICAL PROBLEMS,

10275.531 -> THE THING THAT SEEMS TO BE --

10276.599 -> AT LEAST WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF

10277.733 -> IS THE EMOTIONAL TOLL.

10279.168 -> WE KNOW THAT THAT IS A CONCERN

10282.872 -> PHYSIOLOGICALLY, ET CETERA.

10283.639 -> DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR

10285.174 -> PEOPLE WHO MAY BE FEELING MORE

10286.542 -> ANXIOUS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE

10287.777 -> MIDST OF A WILDFIRE OR OUTSIDE

10291.514 -> WATCHING IT FROM AFAR?

10294.216 -> >> CERTAINLY.

10294.684 -> THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH OUT

10296.352 -> THERE AND I THINK A LOT OF

10298.888 -> PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT

10299.889 -> AWARENESS OF OR EVEN DIRECT

10301.224 -> EXPERIENCE OF EVENTS LIKE THIS,

10302.859 -> WILDFIRES, HEAT WAVES AND SOME

10303.792 -> OF THESE OTHER CATASTROPHIC

10305.761 -> EVENTS CAN BE VERY IMPACTFUL

10307.864 -> RELATING TO ANXIETY, TO

10309.599 -> DEPRESSION AND OTHER MENTAL

10310.833 -> HEALTH IMPACTS.

10313.903 -> THE GOOD NEWS, THOUGH, IS THAT

10315.104 -> THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT

10316.172 -> HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE QUITE A

10317.84 -> SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE.

10320.343 -> SO ONE IS ACTUALLY SHARING,

10321.744 -> LOOKING FOR SUPPORT IN OUR OWN

10323.613 -> COMMUNITIES, FORUMS LIKE YOU'VE

10325.014 -> CREATED HERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN

10326.415 -> TALK ABOUT AND SHARE THEIR

10327.95 -> EXPERIENCES CAN BE QUITE

10328.818 -> POSITIVE, SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T

10329.952 -> CARRYING THAT LOAD ON THEIR OWN.

10331.554 -> AND AS WELL WHEN WE LOOK AT THI-

10333.99 -> WHAT'S OFTEN CALLED ECOLOGICAL

10336.492 -> GRIEF OR CLIMATE ANXIETY, BEING

10338.027 -> ABLE TO TAKE ACTION, EVEN

10339.629 -> WHETHER THAT'S AT THE LOCAL

10340.596 -> LEVEL, PERSONALLY, SO TAKING

10342.231 -> STEPS TO BE PREPARED, LIKE

10343.332 -> YOU'RE HEARING HERE, AND TAEN

10344.467 -> ALSO TAKING STEPS AROUND CLIMATE

10346.068 -> CHANGE MITIGATION, SO THINKING

10347.737 -> ABOUT HOW, AS INDIVIDUALS,

10349.905 -> COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY, REALLY,

10352.341 -> WE CAN TAKE ACTION TO TAKE PART

10355.444 -> IN THE IMPORTANT CLIMATE CHANGE

10356.579 -> MITIGATION THAT WE REALLY NEED

10357.78 -> TO BE ENGAGED WITH, ALTHOUGH

10359.281 -> WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS ACUTE

10360.55 -> EVENT RIGHT NOW, IT'S VERY

10361.784 -> IMPORTANT TO THINK IN THE LONGER

10363.886 -> RUN, THEE THINGS ARE GOING TO

10365.621 -> CONTINUE TO HAPPEN UNLESS WE CAN

10366.956 -> GET A HANDLE ON RUNAWAY CLIMATE

10368.49 -> CHANGE AND I THINK THAT THE

10369.191 -> EVIDENCE IS THERE THAT WHEN

10370.359 -> WE'RE ABLE PARTICIPATE IN AND

10372.662 -> RECKON WITH THAT, IT ACTUALLY

10374.997 -> INTERESTINGLY CAN BE VERY

10376.198 -> HELPFUL FOR CLIMATE RELATED

10378.834 -> ANXIETY.

10379.267 -> >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, Dr.

10383.573 -> SCHWAN.

10383.94 -> HE'S A MEDICAL HEALTH CENTER

10386.475 -> WITH VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH.

10387.876 -> WE HAVE AN eMAIL HERE FROM

10390.613 -> PAUL ON QUADRA ISLAND, IN TERMS

10393.082 -> OF STAFFING AND RESOURCING.

10394.817 -> HIS FIRST CAREER IS RETIRED

10397.153 -> FOREST OFFICER, SECOND CAREER,

10398.587 -> HE'S A RETIRED HELICOPTER PILOT

10400.222 -> AND HE WANTS TO LET B.C.

10401.891 -> WILDFIRE SERVICE KNOW THAT THERE

10403.292 -> ARE THOUSANDS OF RETIRED WORKERS

10406.062 -> WHO ARE AVAILABLE.

10408.631 -> NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED

10409.732 -> TO CHECK INTO BUT IT APPEARS

10410.967 -> THERE IS NO SYSTEM FOR

10413.669 -> EXPERIENCED VETERAN FIREFIGHTERS

10414.637 -> TO SIGNAL THAT THEY'RE READY TO

10416.539 -> WORK, AND NOT NECESSARILY ON THE

10419.208 -> FRONT LINES, HE ACKNOWLEDGES

10420.61 -> THAT, THAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS

10422.612 -> SOMEWHAT DATED PERHAPS.

10424.28 -> BUT STRATEGIC HELP.

10426.114 -> >> WE'VE HEARD THAT CALL BEFORE,

10427.817 -> CERTAINLY, AND I THINK IT WAS

10429.552 -> ALLUDED TO BY FORREST TOWER, WE

10433.422 -> DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TALK WITH

10434.89 -> HIM ABOUT IT, THE WILDLIFE

10437.66 -> INFORMATION CENTER THAT THERE

10439.996 -> ARE PROGRAMS PEOPLE CAN TAKE AND

10441.063 -> THEY OFFER.

10443.032 -> SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HEARD FROM

10444.433 -> PAUL THAT WE MIGHT AS WELL

10446.201 -> RECRUIT ALL OF THIS

10447.169 -> INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND IT

10447.936 -> NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, CAN BE

10449.672 -> HOPEFULLY QUICKLY UPDATED AND

10451.006 -> EMPLOY PEOPLE, IT CAN BE AN

10452.975 -> ACTUAL PERHAPS A NEW CAREER OR A

10454.51 -> JOB.

10454.843 -> YES, THAT DOES TAKE FUNDING BUT

10456.145 -> IF WE'RE SPENDING THESE HUNDREDS

10457.813 -> OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY

10459.382 -> YEAR ON FIGHTING WILDFIRES,

10462.885 -> PERHAPS THERE IS ANOTHER

10464.086 -> PROGRAM, DEPENDING ON BUDGETS,

10465.821 -> WHERE THEY CAN TAKE ALL THAT

10467.289 -> INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND

10473.328 -> DIRECT IT OUT AND THAT SPEAKS TO

10475.398 -> THE PURPOSE PEOPLE WANT AND ARE

10477.266 -> ABLE GIVE AND CLEARLY WE'RE

10478.333 -> SEEING THAT ACROSS THE PROVINCE

10479.402 -> WHEN PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO STEP

10480.603 -> UP, WHETHER THEY'RE HELPING WITH

10481.871 -> ANIMALS AND PETS AND LIVESTOCK

10483.806 -> AND CHECKING ON PEOPLE, TO THOSE

10486.876 -> WHO ARE MOVING THOSE LIVING IN

10490.046 -> ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AS WE

10491.514 -> HEARD YESTERDAY, WITH SOME MAJOR

10493.582 -> EVACUATIONS OF PEOPLE DRIVING

10494.449 -> DOWN ON BUSES HERE TO METRO

10496.786 -> VANCOUVER AND A SHOUT-OUT TO ROB

10498.22 -> SHAW AT CZECH NEWS FOR DOING A

10500.189 -> GREAT STORY ON THAT AND YOU CAN

10502.091 -> GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND SEE IT.

10503.959 -> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW

10505.027 -> IN ORDER TO MOVE PEOPLE AND KEEP

10506.461 -> THEM SAFE.

10507.529 -> >> ABSOLUTELY, SO MUCH GOING ON.

10508.33 -> I GUESS TODAY WE CAN SAY THAT AT

10510.433 -> LEAST WE DIDN'T GET ANY MORE BAD

10514.103 -> NEWS, BUT FINGERS CROSSED THAT

10519.075 -> THE STORM KNOWN AS HILARY WILL

10521.077 -> BRING SOME RAIN TO BRITISH

10523.145 -> COLUMBIA, BUT YOU KNOW, AS

10524.346 -> YOU'VE MENTIONED, WE HAVE 27,000

10528.584 -> BRITISH COLUMBIANS UNDER AN

10529.685 -> EVACUATION ORDER.

10532.421 -> 35,000 MORE FACING AN EVACUATION

10535.691 -> ALERT.

10536.058 -> SO READY TO GO AT A MOMENT'S

10539.562 -> NOTICE.

10541.363 -> 386 FIRES BURNING ACROSS BRITISH

10543.966 -> COLUMBIA.

10544.633 -> SO STILL VERY MUCH AN EVOLVING

10548.971 -> SITUATION.

10549.438 -> >> AND TO THINK ABOUT THE --

10551.607 -> WE'VE CERTAINLY HEARD THIS FROM

10553.075 -> COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN

10553.709 -> COVERING THIS AND THOSE WHO ARE

10555.578 -> WORKING ON IT, THIS IS SUCH --

10557.413 -> IT REALLY IS ONE OF THOSE --

10559.048 -> THEY CALLED IT THE GRIND OF

10561.684 -> FIREFIGHTING I THINK THE WEST

10563.819 -> KELOWNA FIRE CHIEF CALLED IT,

10564.92 -> IT'S THAT EVERY DAY.

10566.756 -> AND WE KNOW THAT AS WELL, WITH A

10569.058 -> FEW MORE NUMBERS, WE'VE GOT AT

10571.827 -> LEAST SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE

10574.597 -> WILDFIRE FIGHTERS COMING IN FROM

10576.365 -> MEXICO, FROM SOUTH AFRICA, AS

10578.167 -> WELL AS SOME SPECIFIED CREWS

10581.27 -> FROM AUSTRALIA THAT ARE HERE TO

10582.271 -> HELP.

10582.571 -> WE KNOW THAT B.C. SENDS OUT

10584.039 -> CREWS EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE OF

10585.274 -> DIFFERENT SEASONS, DIFFERENT

10586.508 -> WILDFIRE SEASONS ACROSS THE

10587.91 -> WORLD.

10588.21 -> IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT COMRADERY

10591.981 -> AMONGST CREWS WHO ARE WILLING TO

10592.982 -> COME HERE AND SOME OF THEM HAVE

10594.884 -> BEEN HERE MANY TIMES AND THEY'RE

10596.085 -> GETTING USED TO THE TERRAIN AND

10598.153 -> LEARNING FROM IT, AREN'T THEY?

10600.422 -> >> AND WE HAVE FEDERAL

10601.524 -> ASSISTANCE AS WELL, IN TERMS OF

10604.627 -> MILITARY HELP TO PROVIDE SOME

10607.93 -> ACCOMMODATIONS, EMERGENCY

10609.031 -> ACCOMMODATION AND TO -- WHEREBY

10611.767 -> EVER THEY'RE NEED AT THIS POINT.

10612.935 -> >> THAT'S RIGHT.

10613.502 -> WE HAVE ALSO HEARD FROM THE

10615.17 -> PRIME MINISTER WHO SAID HE'S

10617.439 -> CONVENED HIS INCIDENT RESPONSE

10618.774 -> GROUP, THAT'S A GROUP MUCH

10620.242 -> USUALLY SENIOR ADVISORS,

10621.977 -> OFFICIALS, BUREAUCRATS AS WELL

10623.946 -> AS SENIOR CABINET MINISTERS, TO

10626.081 -> KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS.

10627.616 -> IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS,

10628.984 -> IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION

10630.118 -> THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE,

10632.555 -> eMAIL US BCTODAY @cbc.ca.

10636.759 -> WE'LL BE DOING THIS THROUGHOUT

10638.794 -> THE WEEK, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK

10640.062 -> OUR WEBSITE, cbc.ca/B

10642.364 -> CONSERVATIVE FOR THE VERY LATEST

10647.203 -> BC FORTHE LATEST.

10648.771 -> MY BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO JOINED

10650.606 -> US AND TO BELLE PURI WHO

10652.708 -> CO-HOSTED THIS ADVENTURE WITH

10654.143 -> ME.

10654.542 -> >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE

10655.411 -> TO KEEP AN EYE ON AND WE'RE

10656.746 -> GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO OUR

10658.681 -> COLLEAGUES AT RADIO WEST AFTER

10660.115 -> THE 3 O'CLOCK NEWS.

10661.583 -> YOU CAN LISTEN TO A SPECIAL

10663.452 -> EDITION OF B.C. TODAY.

10665.654 -> I'

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