Ways To Help & Resources - Los Angeles Fires
Our hearts are with our neighbors and families in Southern California who are grappling with wildfires. Lives have been lost, thousands of homes and buildings have been destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of residents remain under evacuation orders.
While there minimal wildfire risks for us in Northern California right now - we must stay prepared - Sign up for AlertSCC [Español | 中文 | Tiếng Việt | Tagalog] and learn more at PrepareSCC these key tools to keep our families safe and alive. We’re thankful to our local fire departments that are monitoring conditions locally and are ready to respond to any incidents.
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We are also very grateful to our local firefighters who are en route or have arrived to help in Southern California, and those coordinating a steady flow of and support. Firefighters from the cities of Palo Alto, Milpitas, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Gilroy and San Jose departments, along with our Santa Clara County Firefighters, are engaged in fighting these fires. We wish them the best and a safe return.
WAYS TO HELP
The Los Angeles Fire Department has created a Wildfire Emergency Fund to help LAFD members battling wildfires with equipment and supplies. Learn more about how you can support these efforts at https://supportlafd.kindful.com/?campaign=1040812 LINK
The following is a list of organizations you can support to help the families in need:
American Red Cross - California Fire Foundation - Canine Rescue Club - Lagartijas Climbing Crú - Anderson Munger Family YMCA & Koreatown YMCA - Direct Relief and more - information at LA Times Link - Click HERE.
We are fortunate to have such a strong alliance of support across the state when emergencies and disasters strike, and we are all here for each other.
Supervisor Lee will continue to be the Board liaison to the Santa Clara County Fire Department where a focus has been on wildfire prevention and mitigation. Supervisor Lee’s referral last year will help bring AI into the fight against wildfires. We will seek new technology and monitors that can warn us of risks or immediate alerts should a fire break out in a remote area.
