Resources to Help You Navigate the L.A. Wildfires
January 8, 2025
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Below are links to emergency resources and guides to stay alert, prepared, and safe during wildfires. Additionally, learn how to support family and friends who need to be or have been evacuated.
Alerts and Notifications
Stay informed and updated as fires spread and evacuation zones are expanded.
Preparedness
Everything you need to do in case you need to evacuate.
- Cheat sheet: Your very short guide to getting packed up right now to evacuate (LAist)
- Cal Fire Evacuation Guide
- Cal Fire Preparedness Resources
Safety During Wildfires
What to check and monitor to keep you and your family safe and healthy.
- Check air quality data and advisories where you live (AirNow.org)
- Mutual Aid LA Network Resources - Human and Animal Shelters (MALAN)
- Cheat sheet: Your very short guide to driving in high winds and fire danger (LAist)
- Road Closures (LA County Public Works)
- 211 LA. Call 2-1-1 or visit 211la.org to get connected with health and human services.
- The 7 Best Air Purifiers of 2025 (NYT)
- When Air Quality's Bad, Which Mask Should I Wear for Wildfire Smoke? (KQED)
Recovery After Fires
What you can do after the dust and ash has settled.
- Staying Safe After a Wildfire (CDC)
- Addressing emotional trauma: Contact SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline. Call or Text 1-800-985-5990 (press 2 for Spanish). People with deafness or hearing loss can use their preferred relay service to call 1-800-985-5990.
- Apply for FEMA disaster assistance. Call 1-800-621-3362 if you need assistance. Open 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. (in your time zone), 7 days a week.
How You Can Help
- Supporting Families and Friends (californiavolunteers.ca.gov)
- If you want to help fire victims, resist the urge to volunteer (LAist)
- How You Can Help Those Affected (LAist)
- How to Help Those Affected by the California Wildfires (Associated Press)
Additional Resources
- Free access to showers, electrical outlets and WiFi at Planet Fitness locations throughout LA County. (Men’s Journal / Planet Fitness)
- Limited Availability: Emergency stay through Airbnbfor those impacted by the wildfires. (21 1LA / Airbnb)
- These L.A. restaurants are offering free meals to any fire evacuees. (TimeOut)
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