"Weathered: Inside the LA Firestorm" - PBS SoCal aired 3/19/25 (60 mins) An investigation into what caused the 2025 LA wildfires and how we can prevent/mitigate the damage from future urban fire disasters. Interviews with fire researchers and scientists on urban firestorms, aka "conflagrations." Watch at 40 minutes for homeowner recommendations on how to best prepare your home and property from flying embers like those that rapidly spread the Eaton fire through neighborhoods in Altadena.
"5 Wildfire Safety Tips to Protect Your Garden"-Sunset magazine April-May 2025. A few easy steps can save not just your garden but your home as well. An exhibit at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden can show you how.
www.firewise.org This site, sponsored by the National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Program, offers a free book (you pay shipping) called Firewise Communities: Where We Live, How We Live; it includes photographs of fire-safe landscapes.
www.laspilitas.com Las Pilitas Nursery provides fire-safe guidelines and a list of fire-resistant plants.
www.lafd.org/brush On the Los Angeles Fire Department’s website, you’ll find a fire-safety checklist.
San Luis Obispo Fire Safe Display GardenThe Fire Safe Garden, situated on a 1-acre hillside, provides a working model of landscape design principles aimed specifically at protecting property from wildfire.
Alert LA County mobile app Alert LA County offers a free and convenient mobile smartphone application. Download this free app onto your smartphone so that you are equipped to receive emergency alerts and instructions from authorities if you are in an area within Los Angeles County that is being impacted by an emergency or disaster. You will also get free National Weather Service alerts and warnings on your cell phone. Download the Alert LA County app on your smartphone today! Click on either of the links below to download: Register for L.A. County's emergency notifications: AlertLA Apple iPhone users: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alert-la-county/id1411575154?mt=8 Android users: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lacounty.alert MyShake app The MyShake is a comprehensive and free earthquake app. Receive timely, potentially life-saving early warning alerts in California, Oregon and Washington. MyShake uses the USGS ShakeAlertTM system to deliver alerts for earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 (or greater) several seconds before shaking arrives by receiving notifications on your phone. Participate in a smartphone-based global seismic network. Your phone becomes a mini-seismometer and contributes to the detection of earthquakes wherever you are.
Watch Duty app Real-time wildfire maps, alerts, evacuation orders, shelters, air quality, and wind direction information and notifications.
Genasys Protect app Download this app to make sure you know if/when to evacuate safely! If you have friends and family in the area, follow multiple locations, get notifications, and keep people informed of danger.
Watch the May 2021 General Meeting about the Neighborhood Disaster Action Plan, with Jeanne O'Donnell, Senior Program Manager of LA County Emergency Operations:
Map Your Neighborhood: "The Plan in Action"
This 10-minute video covers home and neighborhood preparedness when disaster strikes.