Citation

Cox RS. Int. J. Emerg. Manage. 2007; 4(2): 250-268.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

10.1504/IJEM.2007.013993

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper responds to the ongoing calls within emergency management for more community-driven and capacity building approaches to the response to and recovery from natural disasters. Moving from the rhetoric of community-driven approaches to the practice, this paper highlights and draws on specific practice recommendations made by residents in two rural Canadian communities affected by a devastating forest fire. The recommendations made by the survivors of the McLure Fire, in British Columbia, Canada, provide a concrete framework for engaging with rural communities in developing emergency management practices that are more relevant to and congruent with the unique challenges and strengths of their communities.