What's Our Evacuation Plan If The Fire Comes Here?
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- Опубліковано 19 сер 2023
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You need to have a GO BAG containing:
1) copies of your insurance companies info
2) list of your prescriptions
3)Doctors and pharmacy numbers
4) numbers of relatives or who to contact in case of emergency
5) charge card numbers
6) Bank account numbers
7) charge card numbers
8)keep your tank full -just in case
9) flashlight
10) YOUR MEDS
11) changing of clothes
12) hand sanitizer
13) toilet tissue/Paper towels
14) canned meat and fruit
15) Crackers
16) FIRST AID KIT
THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD START. DO IT AHEAD OF TIME. DONT TAKE A CHANCE-3 hours is not that far when the winds are whipping it
This is a great suggestion! Thank you for taking the time to write it
Praying for rain
Keep our 🤞 300km is quite worrying in case of wind.. I hope the rain comes very very soon... Please keep safe...
Thank you so much about letting us know what is happening and your plans should (God forbid) the wildfires reach you. I’ve been watching and it looks as though the fires have gone towards Washington and now into Oregon. I watched where people from Alberta went up to Yellowknife to get horses and brought them down to Calgary. Thank God for the people who care and help. I am so saddened by the people who lost their homes. Let’s all pray for rain and calm winds. Take good care.
A relief to know that you and yours are not in any immediate danger.
You've really gone through a dry spell there and with all the fires it is worrisome. I had no doubt you had an evac plan, I just hope you never need to use it. News has been grim on many of the fires across Canada but the fire fighters are holding as best they can and working tirelessly to try to keep everyone as safe as they can. Keep safe Graeme.
Hoping your part of the world remains safe. Praying for rain to come your way.
I am glad that you uploaded this video and I am happy that you, your family and your horses are still safe and doing well. It's horrifying to watch this enormous fire going on in Canada. Sending a lot of good wishes from Germany for the health of the fire fighters and to all people living in Canada.
In Germany we already have a heatwave going on since 4 days...daily temperature between 32 and 38 Celsius
.but in the night thunderstorms coming up,. Daily Humidity is around 80%. Stay safe ....
And I hope you stay safe too 🙏
When I saw the fire on the picture of the video I thought ohh no what about the horses 🐴 I didn't want them to get hurt but I knew that you would have gotten friends to help you with them 😁😁
Praying that you never have to put this plan into effect. Very interesting to hear what you would do if you have to evacuate the horses.
You all in my prayers that God keep you all safe.
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Praying for rain and everyone's safety. 🇺🇾
Jeeze, here in Ontario we've had more rain than usual.
Wishing you a good rain soon.
A good plan, fingers crossed you and your neighbors won't need it. 🇨🇦🐎
Yes!! 🙏🙏🌧
Glad to hear you're safe. I'm in San Diego waiting for Tropical storm Hilary to hit hard in a few hours. I saw a comment saying they wish all this rain go up to BC. I agree and maybe it will!
Good luck with Hilary. Hopefully, it won't be too bad when it gets to your area. Stay safe!
Take care there, and yes, I hope it comes up this way a bit to soak the earth and plants. Doesn't look like it though...
Praying for protection for you! I was thinking about you wondering and now see this video.
Sending you, family and the horses love and prayers 🙏
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I have family in Maple Ridge and the BC interior. Hoping you all get rain without thunder storms!
I feel like here around Ottawa we have had an unusually wet summer after the fires in Quebec early in the season. Sending soggy thoughts out west in general!
Sending Prayers 🙏❤ for All .❤❤
I was wondering how close you are to those fires. I live in Michigan and they have been talking about the wild fires all summer. We have been getting smoke from Canada all summer too. I am glad you aren't too close but still scarry. I'll be praying for rain!
Just so you know...chanting for you and your herd. Safe. Rain. ❤
Thank you Penny :)
Thank you for sharing your evacuation plan. I did wonder what your plans would be incase of emergency. Hopefully it’ll rain soon
Praying 🙏 you guys get some rain 🌧️ Please stay safe as possible. Thoughts and prayers with you and yours Graeme 🙏 Blessings always 🙌 Jennifer
Scary times. Least you have a plan
Hopefully, we actually do get some rain from TS Hilary by the middle of the week. We have a bunch of fires south of the border, on both sides of the Cascades. Here's hoping we get some relief.
I wish you all the best! In case of an emergency be sure to have all your water sources ready and functional to reduce the damages even if you have to leave the property you can try to make some barriers. Also, very important to take into account the wind direction, the amber and the smoke. Here in Europe it's really bad too, Greece has been devastated by large forest/vegetation fires, firefighters from my country (Romania) went to help there, as well as from other countries of the EU and even from Turkey (called Türkiye now). Anyhow, I hope it won't be the case, and all the horses will be fine and calm and healthy, and also your family and beloved ones. Keep up the great job!
Thanks! Yes, that's a good idea. I wondered about how to set up sprinklers or something maybe..
Oh please you and your family and little dog and beautiful horses keep safe, its alful the fires are, i wish i could send some rain from here in the UK, take care.❤🔥❤🔥🐎🐕
I'm so glad you have a plan. Its scary on how fast its developing in some areas. Be safe.
Thanks for the update Graeme. I'd logged on to UA-cam specifically to ask you if it was likely that your temperate rainforest could catch fire and whether you had a contingency plan. You've answered those questions. Here's hoping it won't come to that, but glad to know you're prepared.
An important and informative topic, and the thumbnail was just scary enough. It’s definitely a serious topic. I live in California, like one of the other posters here, and we definitely deal with fires! I love watching how the horse community comes together during fires. There are websites with people saying “I evacuated my horses and I have a two-horse trailer available and am currently at such-and-such location” or “fire engines currently on Olsen road, take Tierra Rejada road”, as well as constant updates as to which evacuation areas are full and which can take some more horses. We had a fire a couple years ago where the flames ended up just a stone’s-throw away, thank God all the horses got evacuated in time. The last resort is just to let them run free. I heard once if you had to do that and if you have time, spray paint your phone number on them. The ranch where I rode almost had to do that with one of the horses who was experienced with trailering but just got terribly frightened when the fire made a sudden jump very close, but they finally got him in. Definitely you need practice, good upkeep on your trailers and tow vehicles, and a good plan to keep our beautiful horses safe and sound.
Yes, there are ways to tag the horses that are let free, writing on their hooves with either a black sharpie or a white paint one. Tags around their neck or tied to their tail or mane are other ones.
I’ll be thinking good thoughts for you and others in fire zones. I’ve had two fire evacuations with my horses, when I lived in California. One of them was a “just in case”, but the other was an unexpected fire that was raining burning embers down on us as we loaded the horses. Evac is the only reason we keep our horse trailers ready to go, though we are now in the San Juan islands so lower risk (we are on air quality smoke alert from Canadian fires right now, though, and the eastern side of WA is now also burning 😢.)
I’m praying for rain right now, for everyone in fire areas!
That sounds scary twice evac, but you've had the practice to say the least
Thanks Kathy. That's some scary stuff, this has all been a good reminder, as you said, to keep horse trailers ready to go. Just in case.
Hopefully others are also wanting to be prepared for whatever my happen. Thank you for this because now I'm doing my planning.😊
Thank you for the update. Still waiting to hear from Ginny at "Listen to your Horse"
Thanks for sharing your evacuation plan! Very happy to hear you’re safe for the moment, and praying for rain 🌧 wish we could send you some of ours… we had plenty, which refilled our groundwater levels from previous droughts (2018, 19…).
Hi Graeme, I think this us a very important topic to think about. Yes with all the wildfires we have thought about you guys and the horses! There being in forested area, generally it's wetter Vancouver area but can't take anything for granted these days and a plan is a smart idea to think ahead. Keeping you all in thoughts to stay safe and pray for rain (but not the 2021 flooding amount! Lol)
Thank you! It's true, we do have a bit more moisture here, but we still haven't had a drop of rain in such a long time.. It's cooler now though, so I think it's better, but supposed to get warmer again and it's still super dry
Stay safe hope all goes well ❤❤❤
I hope you, your family and your animals stay safe 🙏🙏
Hi Graeme. We too live in a fire prone area and have had to deal with the threat of fires on a couple of occasions. Your video is timely because we are expecting an extreme summer and it has been very dry here too. Something that really needs to be decided well before the threat of fires, is to make a decision at what point to evacuate. It's a bad idea to make this decision when under threat. Make it before any threat. The timing to evacuate often depends on how many escape routes are available. Eg, we have 1 way in and 1 way out and if a fire is coming from that direction evacuation is necessary very early. Also you need to know if all roads are passable or will be passable in 2hrs time even if your place is not under immediate threat. People and animals die because they wait too long to leave. I have been trapped in a fire during a horse trek and it was perhaps the scariest experience of my life. I hope you guys stay safe and our thoughts are with all those affected by the fires.
Excellent advice 👍, stay safe as well 🙏
I'm also very sad about domestic animals and wildlife who perish..
Hi Ross, thank you very much. Australia just keeps getting hit year after year with either fires or floods it seems. That must be super hard on you and the animals. I agree that the location to evacuate needs to be decided, but nobody posts where we can take animals beforehand. I have a few friends I can rely on though, so I believe I have options. As for escape route, good point.. We have one road and two directions on it to go. It's a big deal as it can easily get backed up with not so many cars, a very big concern.
It's smart to have a plan because when it happens there isn't time to think. I'm worried about the hay situation because farmers have been asked not to irrigate forage crops like hay. Our drought is so severe that it has impacted the water table in the interior. Thankfully the wind has died down and firefighters are having some success at containment. Hopefully, the price of hay won't go up too much.
I've been thinking about you too, knowing you live in the area. Stay safe! Low water tables only make the situation worse. 🙏❤
@@pennywebb867 Thanks, Penny. I'm south of the river Graeme talked about and safe. The fires in the interior known as the Okanagan are terrible this year. I can't help but worry about the wild horses from the area Mocha was from as there is a big fire in that area. Hopefully, they've been able to get away.
Well, you stay safe and keep us posted. From the maps I've seen it looks like fires aren't spreading as quickly right now. What would we do without those courageous firefighters?
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@@pennywebb867 The wind died down and they are supposed to get a bit of rain tonight so that is helping. The firefighters and police have been amazing. The police and firefighters go door to door to tell people they have to evacuate to make sure everyone knows. Heroes all of them.
I'm worried about the hay situation too... It's not good and I expect prices to go up a lot. That doesn't bode well for many
I was hoping you guys would get some rain from that hurricane bc and Washington need it bad they lost 9000 acres and 200 homes yesterday
that's a lot of area and a lot of homes... wow
Come on rain
This was highly interesting. Indeed it is so important to know exactly what and how to do it just in case. More and more fires on this planet every year ... And floods where there is no fire. Do you plan taking the trees down that look quite dead (around the arena) ? As storms also become more violent I wonder if these trees might become a danger ? Wishing you some rain and clean air to breathe ...
I've taken down 6 trees in the last week. I'm on it, but it takes time and care.
Wow, yes this is a lot of work I imagine and not an easy task at all, even taking them down is a dangerous job ...@@StableHorseTraining
I certainly hope you’re not ever affected by a fire. Especially like the one in Maui. My condo in Florida is still not close to being habitable since hurricane Ian last Sept 28. So I can’t imagine how long it might take for any sense of normalcy to return to the areas hit so hard by the wildfires.
I can imagine; Ian was a monster. I follow a shell collecting channel and through that I saw the complete devastation Ian wreaked on the Fort Myers area. My sympathies. I hope your condo is up and running this year.
These wildfires are comparable. I send positive thoughts and prayers hourly. Unless it rains steadily and heavily for several days, I don't think we will see the end for awhile.
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@@pennywebb867 thank you, Penny. We got the roof on, the AB running after power came in at end of June. Rough in plumbing and electrical being done so drywall can go up in Sept. then it’s a matter of replacing a kitchen, 2 bathrooms and getting all new furniture that was tossed out because of mold. It’s a 12 unit building made of concrete so thank God it wasn’t totally destroyed like the homes next door and across the street. I’m really so blessed, especially because I didn’t have an insurance company that fought with me like so many are doing. Elevator won’t be installed til after Christmas. But I think we’re on the right track. The address is 4400 Estero Blvd. Ft Myers Beach if you want to find it.
@@kkdoc7864oh, you were right in the center of the hit! Do you subscribe to SWFshelling channel?
Ah yes, I remember you showing me pictures before the storm came. Glad to hear the insurance company isn't giving you trouble on it and it's slowly getting fixed up.
Sorry to hear that Kathy, I Didn't know you were personally impacted by the storm. Hope the situation gets better for you. Each time there is a hurricane in the US we only see a bit in the news here. Same for Canadian fires, they replicate news but we are not freshly updated, unless to read the local press as I do. It's quite disturbing in a way to get late information.
I am curious to know... Would you take the horses in the very back first since they are farther away from the horse trailer or would you put the horse trailer in the middle of the arena so that the horses would be closer than the trailer is now? I am glad to know you are on top of this subject since, as the Maui fires showed, fire can move extremely fast. Also, it there was a dire problem and you didn't have time to get them all in the trailer, would you just let them go and find them later?
No, I would never just let them go as they'd likely get killed. I'd do everything in my power to get them to safety with control. There aren't that many horses here so I believe it's possible with help from close friends.
As for order, yes, the horses closer to the fire would come out first but I'd likely just bring them all to the top where I'd have sprinklers running and make future loading faster. I'd bring out a few bales of hay to encourage them to stay at the top and then load them out as fast as possible. I suppose I could have gone in to more detail on an evac plan... I'll think on that a bit more
I had thought that too what order might occur but it would depend on a scenario I think on how much notice you had vs where fire was at the time to get which horse. Just thoughts for safety.
This might not be possible everywhere, but we also had the fire department come to assess our property and I just *asked* them, “if it’s too late to get out, can we still survive?” And they actually gave us a plan, though with extremely harsh warnings that just because we *could* potentially survive, doesn’t mean it would ever be worth the risk unless it was a no-warning situation. And even then, all the living creatures would still sustain long-term smoke damage. Still, it took away at least *some* of the anxiety, and helped us understand the switch from escape mode to defend mode.
Hi Graeme, Thanks for your response. @@StableHorseTraining
@@StableHorseTrainingyWhat a great reply. It is so beautiful that you don't let your horses go...I also thought that they will panic and will probably be killed by the wildfire. It's heartwarming, thank you so much Graeme for your deep love for your horses.
Any thoughts on woodlot management as part of an amelioration strategy to deal with fire threats? For context, traditionally both settler and indigenous populations carried out management practices on the land to bolster growth of desirable plants and for other purposes. It seemed to have had the result of reducing larger fires and included controlled burns. Partly because forest populations then included more diversity than clear cut forests and also due to fire resistant species that also ended up being preserved. I’m not suggesting that controlled burns would be appropriate on your property as an individual, but pondering the usefulness of basic low impact woodlot management that often includes removal of some trees for wood.
Mainly, in general. Wondering also if you see it as a possibility for your property in light of newer ideas about forests in light of these rapidly changing times.
Many of the previous comments echo my thoughts. Hoping that conditions change to prevent further spread of the devastation for so many people, animals and wildlife. And that your area continues to remain safe. It’s profoundly changing times we’re experiencing, in my opinion.
I regularly remove dead trees on the property and am cleaning up the deadwood on the ground all the time. The biggest clean up was making the trails. There's still more to go, but it's kind of a full time job in and of itself. I hadn't thought on it too much in regards to fires, but it does go through my mind in regards to responsible forest management. That's one of the reasons we are having such intense forest fires, zero management and the greed of corporations that came along and deforested and then planted one type of tree... it's insane.
@@StableHorseTraining Well put. Hopefully common sense will allow for introduction of much better management going forward. stewardship as much as these other factors you’ve mentioned. I do appreciate your straightforward response.
Glad that you all are okay! Please replace the thumbnail. It's really scary and NOT actually happening to you.
I've modified it a bit, but this is a real issue and people should be scared. It's very very serious business and too few people train their horses to get on trailers to escape. So, I'm leaving it as scary as it needs to be.
Thank you so much for this update! I have been tracking the fires in your area via interactive maps on Google but didn't want to pester you with concerns.
I have to admit I started worrying when I saw fires in Kelona (sp). Good to know it is 3 hours away. Should you start sprinkling the upper areas now to get everything good and wet?
Not to second guess but could you rent another 3-4 horse trailer just in case. I'm sure you have help but I wish I was closer. My SUV could carry 6-7 bales of hay at the least.
Anyway. Namaste. 🙏🌧🌧
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it's reality unfortunately. There is a real threat with winds..
@@pennywebb867me too, Penny. I was silently worried..
@@martineinfrance still am... my thoughts keep going to the folks on Maui whose only safety was in the ocean - for up to 5 hours! I do have utmost faith in Graeme. 🙏🌧
So, just between us... 🤣🤣 I'm wondering if Mocha, Joka,
Do you now (24h later) have a plan where to go with the horses in case of emergency ? (hoping it doesn't happen of course)
Hi Martine. As mentioned in the video, I would find a place when the risk increases as nobody is offering opening up their location as we don't know where a fire will be.
@@StableHorseTraining yes sure no one knows where it could happen and I understand your point but the sooner the better just in case I think... I just watched a Canadian TV channel showing the gigantic blaze.. It's apocalyptic...
@@martineinfrance I understand, I can assure you that nobody is worried more for the horses than myself, I'm working on it. I'm working on a collaboration with a friend of mine to do a video soon on this exact topic. He's an expert at it so it should give some good insight to people I hope.
@@StableHorseTraining thank you to reassure me! Of course I know you would be worried for the horses. When we are not in the situation when such events happen, only relying on the media, we do not have the right vision about it. It seems always worse. Canada is so vast compared to individual countries in Europe, distances are difficult to assess.