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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋

in 2022, Chongqing experienced devastating wildfires. Local govt officials set up volunteer recruitment areas where they asked for manpower, money, and supplies including via social media.

Within minutes of announcing shortages, local citizens donated water, energy drinks, medicine. Local dirtbikers banded together to form supply trains for 5,000 emergency personnel in the hills. No one died and only 1,500 were evacuated.

mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/9/300

MDPIPublic Participation in Wildfire Rescue and Management: A Case Study from Chongqing, ChinaIn 2019, the Chinese government put forward the concept of social co-governance in the field of emergency management. This paper discusses whether the adjustment in the governance concept promotes public participation in emergency management practices and what the mechanisms are to achieve successful public participation in a wildfire emergency. Taking the Beibei wildfire in Chongqing in 2022 as a study case, this paper establishes the public participation mechanisms for wildfire rescue and management with a qualitative case study method. The result shows that adjustments to emergency management concepts and the pressure of wildfire governance make local governments and commanders seek help from the public; key persons and informal networks play an important role in public participation in a wildfire emergency; and constructing social memory in social networks, whether government-led or public-organized, is an important way to enhance public participation in wildfire governance. Our findings, grounded in the reality of the growing complexity of wildfires, provide useful lessons for future wildfire governance in other provinces in China, as well as valuable references for other countries or regions.

the message for LA is, citizens of LA, you can save your city by banding together for mass action. Set up supply chains with your local FD. Coordinate with govt officials to help with evacuations and get evacuees what they need.

Dirt bikers, maybe the firefighters in the hills could use a red bull?

A few months after the wildfires, the local Communist Youth League made commemorative medals and certificates to reward and remind people of how they defeated an unprecedented disaster.

Even local dirt bike hooligans can make a difference

@poppyhaze and get CERT certification and anything else afterwards.

After seeing the hurricanes, I decided to get my certification and try to join up with disaster response.