Two of the most essential lessons I discovered throughout this time was the value of having house insurance coverage and preparing animals for evacuation.
Editor:
I wish to thank the Optimist and the Delta Police for the exceptional publication “Seniors Safety” that was placed in the March 9th edition. There is nevertheless, an absence of details relating to animals and catastrophes. Pets are incredibly essential to elders and need to belong to a catastrophe strategy.
I was a catastrophe management volunteer for 19 years with Emergency Support Service in Delta, the Red Cross, Noah’s Wish and Canadian Disaster Response Team. During that time, I reacted with Noah’s Wish to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav, a flood in Minot, ND, forest fires in Lillooet, and West Kelowna real estate and saving animals. With the Red Cross I reacted to a variety of catastrophes in Alberta, Saskatchewan and occasions in the Lower Mainland. With ESS, I reacted to house and apartment or condo fires in Delta and in the Fraser Valley.
Two of the most essential lessons I discovered throughout this time was the value of having house insurance coverage and preparing animals for evacuation.
Many neighborhoods in B.C. consist of animals in their Emergency Preparedness strategies. In the occasion of a big catastrophe such as an animal friendly apartment or condo building, ESS has actually designated structures to house animals for as much as 72 hours. ESS deals with the Delta Community Animal Shelter, authorities and fire to guarantee animals are housed or rescued.
Fran Cameron
