B.C. urges co-operation in Shuswap as fire crews say they are facing 'threats and abuse' from defiant locals (bc.ctvnews.ca)

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Thousands were ordered to flee, but some locals who refused to leave have taken the fight into their own hands, accusing the province of failing to provide enough resources and effectively abandoning them to protect their homes.

Reid Foreman is one of them. He admits he knowingly disobeyed evacuation orders and tells CTV News he would do it again.

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Their arguments seems to be that the gear was just sitting there not being used when it could have been being used to protect their property so they were within their rights to take it.

Can we give them stickers to put on their trucks, ATVs, and boats so that everyone else knows that if they see them sitting somewhere not being used it's ok to take them if you could be using them?