Indigenous communities face higher death rates from fires and lack of data leaves them vulnerable, says group

Indigenous communities face higher death rates from fires and lack of data leaves them vulnerable, says group

A report by the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) confirms what many Indigenous communities have long known: the rate of death for house fires in Indigenous communities is higher than in non-Indigenous communities. The report, commissioned by the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council

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