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Appendix 1 Chronology of the Okanagan Mountain Fire Events Extracted from Castanet.Net Okanagan Mountain Fire Watch 2005 Health, Safety and Workload Challenges of the Okanagan Mountain Fire 2003 Submitted to the Vancouver Foundation University of British Columbia Okanagan Faculty of Health and Social Development School of Nursing September 2005 Copyright © 2005 University of British Columbia Okanagan Faculty of Health and Social Development 1 Funding Vancouver Foundation BC Canada Research Team Principal Investigator Dr Penny Cash RN (Vic.Aust), DipAppSci (NsgEd), BEd, MEdAdmin, PhD, FRCNA. Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan Co-Investigators Ms Linda Daviss RN, BSN, MSN. Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Okanagan University College, Kelowna Ms Donna Kurtz RN, BSN, MSN. Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan Ms Susan Van Den Tillaart RN, BSN, MSN. Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan Research Assistants Ms Anne Bregeda RN, BSN. Ms Rhonda Croft RN, BSN. Ms Jean McKenzie RN, BSN. Advisory Committee Dr Joan Bassett-Smith RN, BSN, MA, PhD. Director School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan Dr Claire Budgen RN, BSN, MSN, PhD. Director Campus Health, University of British Columbia Okanagan Dr Colin Reid BA, MA, PhD. Senior Fellow, Centre for Population Health and Social Services, University of British Columbia Okanagan Ms Sharon Wammer RN, BSN, MNS. Director Community Care, Interior Health, Kelowna, British Columbia Dedication The Research Team would like to gratefully thank HCOs who participated in this research. The legacy of the challenges and success of your work is deeply reflected in the community's healing. It is your courage and dedication that has made recovery possible for many people. 2 Acknowledgements Mr Sid LeBeau Deputy Chief, Emergancy Operations Team, Kelowna Fire Hall, Kelowna For contributions to the early stage of the project Ms Fay Karp RN, BSN, MNS. Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan For generously allowing us to use her photographic work Ms Fern Helfand BFA, MFA. Associate Professor, Department of Creative Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan Public Consultations with Key Informants Mr Phil Bond BC Fires Recovery Manager, Canadian Red Cross, Kelowna Mr Cyril Chalk Fire Relief Coordinator, Salvation Army, Kelowna Ms Hazel Christie Community Development and Real Estate Department, City of Kelowna Dr John Dorward Psychologist, Kelowna Mr Dave Goertz Executive Pastor, Willow Park Church, Kelowna Mr Randy Horne Principal, Okanagan Mission Secondary School, School District 23, Kelowna Ms Beryl Itani Director, Emergency Social Services Mrs Doreen Klassen and Mr Gerald Klassen Mennonite Disaster Services, Kelowna Ms Delora Kuyvenhoven Administrator, Trinity Baptist Church, Kelowna Dr Peter Molloy Director of Instruction: Student Support Services, School District 23, Kelowna Mr Ross Morgan Psychologist: Mental Health, Interior Health, Kelowna Ms Sandra Sellick Principal, Ann McClymont Elementary School, School District 23, Kelowna Ms Louise Shirley Senior Account Manager, Interlock, Kelowna The research team would like to offer their sincere thanks to the above people for making publicly accessible information available. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................... 4 PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE ............................................................................................................... 5 Organizational Preparedness......................................................................................................... 5 Co-operation and Communication ................................................................................................. 5 Recovery ....................................................................................................................................... 5 PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT..................................................................... 7 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................... 7 THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT....................................................................... 9 BEGINNING THE STUDY ..................................................................................................................... 10 CAPTURING THE EXPERIENCES OF HCOS ........................................................................................... 11 UNFOLDING THE STORIES...........................................................................................................11 THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE OKANAGAN MOUNTAIN FIRE................................................... 12 HEALTH SERVICES ............................................................................................................................ 13 Recognizing vulnerable groups .................................................................................................... 15 EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS, AND PERSONAL HEALTH PRACTICES AND COPING SKILLS 16 Employment................................................................................................................................. 17 The Impact on self ....................................................................................................................... 18 The Insights of Past Experience ................................................................................................... 18 WORKING CONDITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 19 'We had to get out' ..................................................................................................................................19 'The location in which I worked'..............................................................................................................20 'I didn’t know…'.....................................................................................................................................20 'We didn't have an emergency plan'.........................................................................................................21 ' 'We didn't know what the demand would be'...........................................................................................22 'Who made the decisions' ........................................................................................................................23 'I couldn't find them'...............................................................................................................................24 'The many, many hours' ..........................................................................................................................24 INCOME AND SOCIAL STATUS............................................................................................................. 26 VULNERABLE PEOPLE ....................................................................................................................... 27 Vulnerable people in the community............................................................................................. 27 The stress created by the fire........................................................................................................ 27 Dealing with difficulties and creating new relationships to assist vulnerable populations.............. 28 REFLECTIONS ON THE EXPERIENCE ........................................................................................ 29 Expectations from the public once the crisis was over................................................................... 29 The personal impact .................................................................................................................... 30 CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................... 31 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………...…………34 APPENDIX 1 .........................................................................................................................................I CHRONOLOGY OF THE OKANAGAN MOUNTAIN FIRE ............................................................I EVENTS EXTRACTED FROM CASTANET.NET OKANAGAN MOUNTAIN FIRE WATCH 2005..........................I 4 Executive summary The wind-driven fire would swirl in the trees and in a blaze of flame a tree would be gone, from the ground up…it sounded like a freight train "it just roared in the bush above you"… Steeves 2004, p.A3 The immediacy of major wild fires (forest fires) leaves little time for communities to act. What occurs during and following a disaster is unique to each community and depends upon the community’s ability to respond. How well they are prepared determines their ability to prevent harm and disease, and successful recovery. The Okanagan Mountain Fire began in August 2003, and lasted several long hot weeks. During the height of the disaster 30,000 people were evacuated. It was the largest evacuation ever in British Columbia and the second largest in Canadian history. The fire destroyed 238 homes, agricultural land, forest and parkland. During the crisis, urgent and non-urgent health care services were organized by a variety of people and agencies loosely described as Health Care Organizers (HCOs) in this report. A qualitative
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