Many of you and your families and loved ones are directly impacted by the ongoing emergency and devastation of the fires across Los Angeles. Below are some resources to help you and those you know recover, stay secure and remain resilient – while we continue to monitor fires and air quality and begin the long road ahead of grief and recovery.
Chancellor Frenk has shared a message in this crisis which you can find here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7283225070678810627/.
WILDFIRE DISASTER RESOURCES
- Conditions
- Weather: National Weather Service Los Angeles, lafd.org/redflag for Red Flag Warning updates
- Air Quality: UCLA Westwood Campus, South Coast Air Quality Management District, AirNow
- Fire: Los Angeles City Fire Department, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
- Power Outages
- Evacuation Info: Watch Duty app/site, https://protect.genasys.com/search
- School Info: https://www.lacoe.edu/news/2025-01-07-school-closures-due-to-fires-and-weather
- Preparedness + Response
- Los Angeles County incident response page
- Official Ventura County Incident Information Source – VC Emergency
- Emergency Alerts: UCLA – BruinAlert / Bruins Safe Online; City of Los Angeles (NotifyLA); Los Angeles County (Alert LA County); Ventura County (VC ALERT); Santa Monica, Culver City, Beverly Hills and other local communities via Ready LA County and Nixle sites
- LA County “Ready! Set! Go!” personal wildfire action plan
- Emergency Supply “Go Bag” Kit tips
- Listos California (California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services)
- Recovery + Resilience
- Emergency Food, Housing, etc. – Los Angeles Regional Food Bank; 211 LA, call 2-1-1 and/or visit https://211la.org/LA-Wildfires ; compilation of mutual aid resources here
- LA County Recovers site
- Federal Government Disaster Assistance: Apply for relief (to cover temporary displacement costs, essential personal items and expenses) by going to https://www.disasterassistance.gov/ OR calling 800-621-FEMA (3362) OR using the FEMA mobile app
- Red Cross
- We Are LA Fire Promotora Resource List
- How to help
- Parks Project in Culver City: https://www.instagram.com/parksproject_culvercity/
- Insurance information – California Department of Insurance (https://www.insurance.ca.gov/), Consumer Hotline at 800-927-4357
- Mental Health and Stress after an Emergency:
- for UCLA students – Counseling and Psychological Services (as well as related and other student-specific resources here)
- for UCLA employees – Staff & Faculty Counseling Center (helpful compilation of resources from the Center here, as well, and additional info on employee-specific resources here)
- Los Angeles County – one-pager, call 1-800-854-7771 or text TalkWithUs to 66746
