Many people live in an area at risk of a wildfire, so it’s important that to take time to get prepared if you find yourself in the position of needing to evacuate your home and to understand what to do before, during and after a wildfire.
But living in uncertainty and not knowing how to cope with the stress for yourself and your loved ones takes a toll on your mental and physical health.
Dr Raina Fumerton is a public health preventive medicine physician and one of the medical health officers at Northern Health located in Prince George. Dr Fumerton is passionate about sharing resources and coping mechanisms we can all employ to cope with a natural disaster and how to manage you and your family’s anxieties.
Some of those resources include a Wildfire Preparedness Guide, and helpful phone numbers to have in your phone (in BC) in the case of an emergency such as the BC Mental Health Support Line which operates 24 hours a day at 310-6789.
