The group says that indigenous communities face high mortality from fire and data deficiency leaves them insecure.

A report by the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) confirms that many indigenous communities have been known for a long time: the rate of death for house fire in indigenous communities is higher than that of non-foreigners.

ReportThe commission was commissioned by the National Indinus Fire Safety Council (NIFSC) and was published earlier this month, found that the death rate was about 5 times higher to indigenous communities.

It attracted data from the National Fire Information Database between 2005–2021, which aims to show the scope of fire risks in indigenous communities and identify gaps in data collection.

NIFSC interim CEO Arnold Lajare said that findings validate decades of experiences from indigenous communities.

“For the last 30 years we have been monitoring the real information and we knew that the mortality and injury rate was much higher at the store than the mainstream,” Lazare said, which is in the south of Kahnawa: K, K, Montreal.

“When we say this, people do not believe us.”

According to the report, one of the biggest challenges is the lack of data, which is the result of lack of uniformity in reporting standards and judicial rules on necessary reporting of fire information.

“Identification of a problem is half a solution, isn’t it?” Lazare said.

“There is a lack of data and it opens the situation for interpretation and when you go to the interpretation, things can be fuzzy.”

The federal government stopped collecting fire accidents in the First Nations communities in 2010 in an attempt to “reduce reporting burden” on First Nations communities.

A 2021 Report from Statscanada The show Inute is likely to die in a fire than non-foreigners, where the first nation is likely to die almost five times more and Metis people are doubled from the possibility of dying.

Michelle Wandevard, a woman from the Mascode First Nation at Suskechewan, is the first woman to serve as the captain of the community’s fire department and has a 26 -year experience as a fire fighter and serves as a director of Suskechewan First Nation Emergency Management.

“As a fire fighter on the reserve and to support the regional organization, we knew that they were going to be more,” Wandevard said.

It has fire services in her community for over 40 years, although she said that she recognizes many other first nation communities, which do not have fire fighting organizations and rely on external help.

“When the fire dies on the reserve, suddenly all this attention is done for the community and what we can do to help …” Wandevard said.

“What can we do to support?” And this help should have come years ago. ,

She encourages communities to use data – including the figures Canada and NRCC – to apply for fire prevention and money for services.

“Nine out of 10, when there is money for fire services on the reserve, this proposal operates,” he said.

But Wandevard said that many times these volunteers are fire chief buses: volunteers, holding other titles, working from the edge of their desk, leaving very little time to write the proposal.

Lazare is hopeful to look at the more data being published, but the note is not a size-fit-all solution. He said that the funds available for fire prevention should be used in analog approaches based on individual community needs.

They also hope that indigenous communities report their fire National event reporting mechanismAnd to track and indicate fire trends for communities and use that information to tailor for their fire lovement programs.

“If we can fund communities for programs that they need, things will change,” Lazare said.

Lezare said that indigenous communities could reach NIFSC for support. The organization provides assistance for the assessment of the fire department, fire prevention program development and fire safety programming.

NIFSC is set to meet with the First Nations Assembly in September, where they hope that the report will inform a new direction for a fresh mandate and fire safety efforts in indigenous communities.