defying wildfire evacuation orders in order to protect their homes and livelihoods built over generations. The evacuation order covering the Davison Orchards has since lifted but B.C. ’s Ministry of Agriculture said that as of Thursday there were 221 registered agricultural premises in the province under evacuation order due to wildfire activity. And this time they wanted to stay and fight for their house, fight for the farm, fight for the animals. The association has liaisons who work with BC Wildfire Service’s incident commanders on major fires to help out where they can.