Welcome to Peace Region Evac Helpline. The purpose of this website is to assist the Peace Region in preparing against natural disasters and other emergencies. The website and facebook group was started in May 2016 by Elsie Harden. Shortly joined by Eve Petford, Patricia Bumstead, Renata Debolt, Brandi Bruvold and Carla Fuks. We also received help from some people in the southern part of the province. Their names are Abby Cline, Synthia McGowan, and Emma Foley. The purpose of the group then was to assist people in the region with wild fires in the area.
Elsie started the facebook group because she realized there was a need for information in the community. People were panicked, and a lot of people were not entirely sure what to do. She herself was overly anxious, as her home was located directly underneath of an evacuation zone and knew the best way to help herself and others was to seek out ways to prepare, plan and what to do in emergencies and find reliable information. The lists can be found on this website. People who know Elsie know that she's always has been an animal person, more specifically dogs and horses. So her lists contained contact information of people willing to haul and/or board livestock, people who were willing to take small animals such as dogs and cats, people willing to let them camp on their property or other amenities.
Eve, Carla, Brandi, Patricia, Renata, Synthia, Abby and Emma joined the admin team shortly after it was made. They're all amazing awesome people, and Elsie is ever so glad for their help with the facebook and the website group as it grew in numbers. Originally the lists were all on Facebook. They helped make the page and this website what it is, and Elsie truly couldn't have done it without them. :)
The website and group have received media attention, including a radio interview with CBC Daybreak.
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