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To support the LAFD, donate to their foundation: supportlafd.org
To support displaced residents, donate to the Red Cross: lnkd.in/etkW5hHY
- Leave when you're told to leave. Delays don't only endanger you, they delay and redirect fire resources
- Follow fire department instructions about ways to protect your home and clear fire routes, if you haven't yet been evacuated
It saves lives & homes when you do what the FFs need
- Leave when you're told to leave. Delays don't only endanger you, they delay and redirect fire resources
- Follow fire department instructions about ways to protect your home and clear fire routes, if you haven't yet been evacuated
It saves lives & homes when you do what the FFs need
If I live in LA, what should I be doing?
- Have a go bag ready now. You can get a checklist anywhere online. Don't underestimate how rattled you will be when the time comes to go. Having what you need ready to go can save your life.
If I live in LA, what should I be doing?
- Have a go bag ready now. You can get a checklist anywhere online. Don't underestimate how rattled you will be when the time comes to go. Having what you need ready to go can save your life.
- Harrowing conditions, unending days, and an enormous geographic footprint puts an incredible strain on the firefighters and their resources. LAFD is an exceptionally prepared department but this is an unprecedented event.
- Harrowing conditions, unending days, and an enormous geographic footprint puts an incredible strain on the firefighters and their resources. LAFD is an exceptionally prepared department but this is an unprecedented event.
- Fire and the Santa Ana winds are two terrifying phenomenons and an exceptionally deadly combination.
The fire spreads faster, embers can go further and start more fires, and critical aerial resources are grounded.
- Fire and the Santa Ana winds are two terrifying phenomenons and an exceptionally deadly combination.
The fire spreads faster, embers can go further and start more fires, and critical aerial resources are grounded.
Why is this so shocking even in a place prepared for wild fires?
- The size of the fires, the number of fires, and their huge spread across dense parts of LA - concurrently - is unprecedented.
Why is this so shocking even in a place prepared for wild fires?
- The size of the fires, the number of fires, and their huge spread across dense parts of LA - concurrently - is unprecedented.
Here are a few things l've shared🧵
Here are a few things l've shared🧵