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Ноябрь 18th, 2008 by thepleasurespredator

Southland wildfires: essential possessions

What people grab in an evacuation and what they should take are often two different things.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection recommends that people have an evacuation plan and a list of indispensable belongings to take in the event of a fire: medications, identification, vital documents and valuables.

As recounted in the story “Stuffing a lifetime into a suitcase” following last year’s fires:

In the chaos of disaster, logic doesn’t always reign. Los Angeles psychologist Helen Lena Astin said there’s no predicting what people see as essential in times of crisis. She remembers a friend doubling back to his house during the 1978 Mandeville Canyon fire to retrieve his tuxedo. He later explained that it was difficult to find a tuxedo that fit him well.

Even residents whose homes are not destroyed may have only limited access to their belongings for an extended period of time.

Bus_trip_2 Some residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park, which was nearly flattened by fire, were allowed to return to their homes temporarily this morning to gather belongings and to view the damage.

Officials took four vans carrying about eight to 10 residents each back into the devastated mobile home park. Each resident carried a red plastic bag to fill with possessions — mostly clothes, documents, IDs and medications.

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– Lauren Beale

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Photo: Residents of Sylmar’s Oakridge Mobile Home Park, where many homes were destroyed by a wildfire on Saturday, board a bus for a return visit Monday. Credit: Ric Francis / Associated Press

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