Bowness Command Center - Marie Myrna Laurie
Channel: Pat Kilpatrick
Date: 08/07/2013

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Marie Hermanson is one example of the thousands of true Calgarian and humanitarians that turned out with creative responses to the Floods. These are people who thinks about others needs as they are going through disaster in their own rights. This is leadership in action, and this is love in action. 
Rather than limiting volunteers, true leaders make the room for people to exercise their helps and desires as was the case here. 
Reality is, there are: I.) too few trained professionals or volunteers to respond in massive recovery needs, ii.) they are often too tasked to specific emergent tasks of public safety & security, and iii.) they are also too reliant of trained methods and jog descriptions when good old common sense and loving helps are what is needed.
I really commend the many trained people who helped stave off further disaster.  Mass Citizen volunteerism however, MUST become an included and accepted component in every new model of disaster recovery efforts in the future. 
It works - and it creates a climate for a far quicker recovery from the attendant emotional despondency with disasters.
There is nothing unsafe about responsible citizens getting involved after 'real security safety' issues are addressed. It is common sense, and it adds to the health of the community. It does the soul of a community good!