2025 Wildfire Recovery
Support for Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and Communities Continuing Recovery
The January 2025 wildfires changed daily life for thousands of people across Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and surrounding communities.
For some families, visible rebuilding is underway. For others, recovery still includes unresolved insurance questions, temporary housing, financial pressure, rebuilding decisions, emotional fatigue, and uncertainty about what comes next.
Recovery is not a single moment. It is a process – and it changes over time.
Through the Los Angeles Wildfire Resilience Alliance, a partnership between the Los Angeles City Fire Department and MySafe:LA, we are supporting long-term community resilience across Los Angeles, with focused engagement in Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
Our role is to help residents stay connected, informed, prepared, and supported as recovery continues.sel
Where We Are Now
As recovery continues, many residents are still navigating a difficult mix of practical and emotional challenges.
These may include:
- rebuilding and permitting questions
- insurance delays or claim concerns
- emotional fatigue and wildfire-related anxiety
- stress during Red Flag warnings or wind events
- questions about evacuation alerts, zones, and apps
- uncertainty about how to reduce future wildfire risk
- a desire to organize with neighbors and move forward together
No two recovery paths look the same. Some people are ready to rebuild. Some are still waiting for answers. Some are focused on emotional recovery. Some are trying to feel prepared before the next fire season.
Wherever you are in that process, you are not alone.
After the Fire: A Recovery Booklet for the Road Ahead
MySafe:LA has created After the Fire, a practical recovery booklet for residents and families continuing life after wildfire loss, damage, evacuation, or disruption.
The booklet is designed to help you pause, get oriented, and decide what matters most right now.
It includes guidance on:
- emotional wellness and family support
- staying organized during insurance and rebuilding
- preparing for Red Flag warnings and future wildfire risk
- connecting with trusted resources
- taking one useful step at a time
This booklet is not meant to answer every question. It is meant to help you begin again – at your own pace.
What Do You Need Today?
Recovery can feel overwhelming when everything feels urgent.
Start with the area that matters most today.
Emotional Wellness Music Series
In Collaboration with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
Wildfire recovery is not only physical. It is also emotional, creative, and deeply personal.
As part of our long-term resilience work, MySafe:LA has partnered with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to support a series of music-based emotional wellness videos focused on healing, connection, and hope.
Music can give people – especially young people – a way to express what is difficult to say directly. These videos are being created to support:
- Families
- Students
- Schools
- Community groups
- Neighborhood organizations
This effort is part of LAWRA’s commitment to supporting emotional resilience alongside physical recovery and preparedness.
Technology & Evacuation Readiness Workshops
Wildfire evacuation information is increasingly delivered through mobile devices, apps, alerts, maps, and official digital systems.
Many residents – especially older adults – have asked practical questions:
- Which apps do I need?
- How do I know if an alert is official?
- How do evacuation zones work?
- How do I know when to leave?
- What should I do during a Red Flag warning?
- What happens if technology feels confusing?
In response, LAWRA is supporting hands-on workshops to help residents build confidence before the next emergency.
Workshop topics may include:
- understanding evacuation alerts
- finding your evacuation zone
- downloading and configuring essential apps
- building a simple household evacuation plan
- preparing for Red Flag warnings
- helping older adults and family members use emergency information tools
Preparedness reduces uncertainty. Confidence helps people act sooner.
First Series of Events Complete.
Next round of events to be announced in July 2026.
From Recovery to Readiness
The January 2025 wildfires were not the first major wildfire event in Los Angeles – and they will not be the last.
As recovery continues, many residents are asking how to move forward with greater safety, confidence, and connection.
Some of those next steps may include:
- learning how to prepare your household
- improving defensible space
- understanding home hardening
- knowing your evacuation zone
- building a go bag
- organizing with neighbors
- joining or forming a Firewise USA site
- participating in a Fire Safe Council
Rather than duplicate those resources here, MySafe:LA will connect you to the parts of the website that go deeper.
Visit READY for wildfire preparedness, defensible space, home hardening, evacuation planning, and go bag guidance.
Recovery and preparedness are connected. Every step you take now can help reduce uncertainty later.
Stay Connected Through LAWRA
The Los Angeles Wildfire Resilience Alliance is working to help communities recover, prepare, and build long-term resilience.
By joining the Alliance mailing list, you can receive updates about:
- the After the Fire booklet
- emotional wellness videos
- evacuation readiness workshops
- community preparedness events
- Firewise USA and Fire Safe Council opportunities
- future recovery and resilience resources
Moving Forward — Together
Recovery continues long after the emergency response ends.
For many families, the work of rebuilding, healing, deciding, planning, and preparing is still underway.
You do not have to move through that process alone.
Through LAWRA, MySafe:LA, LAFD, community partners, neighborhood organizations, and residents across Los Angeles are working together to support stronger, safer, better-prepared communities.
Recovery continues.
Preparedness grows.
Resilience is built together.
Funding for this project was partially provided by a grant from Edison International, through the California Fire Safe Council.
