Also with helping with evacs, get on a local sheriff volunteer team like CERT, or the local SAR team. Or if animal-friendly, your local animal rescue group which will have procedures in place with local authorities to help get animals out of danger.
Evac help isn’t just showing up and telling people to leave. Being outside the system means you have no safety gear, no official commo, and no coordination with The Big Picture. It is extremely important to be part of the big picture. Even in the heat of the moment fire bearing down, there is a “bigger” picture that a team has already established. Be part of a team, never solo, never rogue. Some residents, and their dogs, do not like random strangers walking onto their property “trying to help.” Some teams might already know those people, and have alternate “mutual respect” notification procedures already established. The last thing fire and law need is a dog bite victim (or worse) in the middle of a rapid evac zone where the dog, or the owner thought you were there for different reasons.
People are wierd creatures. The world can be collapsing around them, and they’re fine. Your voice means nothing. If you have the authority of an official team, that “authoritave voice” on behalf of X Sheriff Search and Rescue might help snap many people out of their shock and get movin’. Heaven forbid you represent yourself as an authoritative voice, without an inkling of said authority, legally, or in the face of a challenging property owner. Be part of a team. Period. If you go rogue, you still can help, and that is by bringing pizza (or danish if the morning), water, coffee and tea to the command posts of the teams in the thick of it.
One more edit: being part of “the system” isn’t part of a good ol boys club. It is literally being part of a pre-established team with training and safety protocols etc all in place and set in motion by official procedures where you are likely covered as a disaster service worker for injuries or claims against you.