2025 Wildfire Recovery
Pacific Palisades & Altadena
The January 2025 wildfires profoundly impacted the communities of Pacific Palisades and Altadena. While visible recovery is underway, the work of rebuilding — physically, emotionally, and structurally — continues.
Recovery is not a moment. It is a process.
Through the Los Angeles Wildfire Resilience Alliance (LAWRA) — a partnership between the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) and MySafe:LA — we are supporting long-term community resilience across Los Angeles, including focused engagement in Palisades and Altadena.
Where We Are Now
As recovery enters its second year, residents continue to navigate:
- Rebuilding and permitting challenges
- Insurance complexities
- Emotional fatigue and wildfire-related anxiety
- Red Flag warning concerns
- Questions about evacuation systems and preparedness
The Los Angeles Wildfire Resilience Alliance is working to ensure recovery transitions into stronger preparedness.
Year Two Recovery Handbook
(In Development)
MySafe:LA is developing a Year Two Recovery Handbook designed specifically for residents impacted by the January 2025 fires.
This guide will address:
- Emotional resilience and stress management
- Rebuilding and documentation reminders
- Insurance navigation considerations
- Preparing for future wildfire seasons
- Pathways to neighborhood-level resilience
The handbook reflects a simple truth: recovery evolves, and communities need different tools in year two than they did in week two.
Emotional Wellness Music Series
In Collaboration with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
As part of our long-term resilience strategy, MySafe:LA has partnered with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to produce a series of emotional wellness music videos focused on healing, connection, and hope.
Music has a unique ability to help communities process trauma and regain momentum. These videos will be made available to:
- Families
- Schools
- Community groups
- Neighborhood organizations
This initiative is part of LAWRA’s commitment to supporting emotional resilience alongside physical recovery.
Technology & Evacuation Readiness Workshops
Wildfire evacuation systems continue to evolve. Alert systems, evacuation zones, and digital communication tools are now central to emergency management.
In response to community requests — particularly from older adults — LAWRA is launching hands-on workshops to help residents:
- Understand how evacuation zones work
- Download and configure essential alert apps
- Develop practical evacuation plans
- Reduce confusion during Red Flag warning events
- Strengthen digital readiness before the next emergency
Preparedness builds confidence. Confidence builds resilience.
First Series of Events Complete.
Next Round of Events to be Announced in Late March.
Moving Forward — Together
The January 2025 wildfires were not the first major wildfire event in Los Angeles — and they will not be the last.
Through the Los Angeles Wildfire Resilience Alliance, we are working to ensure that Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and communities across Los Angeles are stronger, more informed, and better prepared for the future.
Recovery continues.
Resilience grows.
