Over 45,000 people were displaced from their homes due to raging wildfires in British Columbia in July 2017. Evacuated families are staying at 11 emergency reception centres opened across the province. As of July 15, 2017, over 2,600 evacuees were registered in Kamloops, which brought the Emergency Social Service (ESS) Reception Centre at the Sandman Centre near to capacity. GlobalMedic and GlobalFire partnered with Procter & Gamble to provide wash and fold services at a Kamloops laundromat to the evacuated families.
426K HECTARES BURNED
45K PEOPLE EVACUATED
155 ACTIVE WILDFIRES
Through our partnership with Tide Loads of Hope, 656 loads of laundry were completed to provide a sense of normalcy and dignity to 1,300 people. GlobalMedic also provided 300 Family Clean-up Kits providing 1,200 evacuees with essential cleaning supplies as they returned home.
