I was one of the evacuees from the Joe Rich fire.
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A big thank you to all the firefighters who spent days without sleep protecting our properties and our lives with their lives.
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A big thank you to all the volunteers who manned the Emergency Services Reception area, where within 2 hours they were able to receive and process all the evacuees, including our pets and animals.  Their kind words were our first contact after the very terrifying experience of leaving our home, not knowing if we would ever return.
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A big thanks you to the politicians and elected officials, who as the story stated, are looking forwards to comfort us with promises of a strong future, when we can only think of ourselves in the unsettling present.
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And most of all, a big thanks to our friends and neighbours who reached out from across the country to remind us that we are not alone at such a time.
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THANK YOU