This is why so many people did not leave New Orleans during Katrina. They knew if they left, their big screen televisions and stereos, etc. would be stolen if they weren’t their to protect their government supplied toys.
One of the Kat videos showed a uniformed Popo doing the shopping at a store.
But in a fire I don't think I'd ever evacuate. I'd send the women away and stay and try to save the property etc. Government fire departments are spread too thin, so I'd do the job myself. No problemo.