Salvation Army responds to wildfire victims
The Lethbridge Salvation Army is currently on stand-by to aid with wildfire relief. The team did some emergency exercises with Lethbridge Police Service and Lethbridge & Area Search and Rescue over the weekend to prepare. Meanwhile, other chapters of the Salvation Army are deploying teams to the hardest hit wildfire areas in Alberta.
Major Ben Lippers says they have a team in High Prairie feeding 500 people at four different hotel locations, as well as a team on stand-by at Fort McMurray, adding that with the flames jumping the highway the plan changes constantly. He says many people in the fire torn area are coming in with absolutely no means to get food, shelter or clothing.