News, Media, and Editorial
As our team works to create a more resilient Los Angeles, we’ll post stories, videos, podcasts, and press information here in the Safe Community Project News. Because we work throughout the Los Angeles region, we gain insight and experience into many different life experiences. Some of them are worth sharing. We hope you enjoy each post.
Operational Plans for Safer Communities
The Safe Community Project dedicates a few days every year to focus on the open issues, gaps, and needs of the greater Los Angeles and Riverside communities regarding a combination of wildfire, house fires, earthquakes, and other disasters. Additionally, our training and film unit spends equal time evaluating the best
When People Die in Fires
In 2014, nine people died in house fires in the City of Los Angeles in just the first 90 days of the year. Interim LAFD Fire Chief James Featherstone and MySafe:LA Executive Director David Barrett collaborated on the development of a plan to engage residents in the immediate area surrounding
California Assembly Hearing on Insurance
The Safe Community Project participated in a State Assembly hearing on wildfire insurance conducted in Pasadena California on December 13, 2023. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara delivered a presentation during which he laid out the department’s plans for supporting the improvement of wildfire insurance in the state. According to Commissioner Lara,
Brentwood Wildfire Safety Fair
As a component of our wildfire community risk reduction efforts, our L.A. Division, MySafe:LA produced a wildfire safety fair in collaboration with the Brentwood Homeowner’s Association and the Los Angeles City Fire Department. Engaging people who don’t understand the current risks that wildfire may have on their community is a
Supporting Fire Safe Councils in Riverside
The Riverside Division of The Safe Community Project, also known as MySafe:Riverside, has been actively working to support the few existing Fire Safe Councils in Riverside. Currently, there are only a handful of surviving Fire Safe Councils in the area, and our goal is to assist them in being better
CAL OES Supports Safe Community Project Wildfire Efforts
The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, known as CAL OES, has delivered a wildfire readiness trailer as part of a grant to the Safe Community Project. The trailer, which when outfitted will include all of the tools, materials, and work materials to support our efforts in wildfire mitigation. The trailer