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Resources for the Eaton Fire
The Eaton fire, which occurred on 2024-01-07 in the evening during a major Santa Ana wind and burned thousands of structures in Altadena provided the impetus to set up this community wiki. However we hope the wiki will remain as a knowledge base of resources well beyond the fire.
For now, we will provide some important resources for fire recovery, and notes on meetings and updates on events related to the fire here.
Places to go for Disaster Relief
County Disaster Relief
Westside Location
UCLA Research Park West
10850 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Eastside Location
Pasadena City College Community Education Center (not the main campus)
3035 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
PCC Site Info
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FEMA and Red Cross location
Find a Red Cross Shelter will have up to date information. As of now, the closest location is the Pasadena Conference Center:
Pasadena Civic Auditorium Exhibition Hall
300 E Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
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Upcoming and Recent Eaton Fire Events
- Local Meteorologist Edgar McGregor will be interviewed on NPR all things considered on 2024-01-13
- FEMA meetings at LA County libraries Jan 12 and 13
- La Cañada Flintridge Library
- La Crescenta Library
- Live Oak Library
- San Fernando Library
- San Gabriel Library
- Temple City Library
- West Hollywood Library
Information About Recovery After Fire
LA County has public health info about Returning Home After Fire. Including this excellent summary info-poster.
Of particular concern is that the ash and smoke in the air all contain a lot of toxic chemicals because of the large number of structure fires. Lead and Arsenic have been measured in toxic levels.
We have info on Respirators, and understanding what they can and can't do.
Community Open Source Intel on the fire
High Resolution Satellite Image as of 2024-01-13
Ben / AI6YR Mastodon feed Ben, a radio amateur with callsign AI6YR has been providing an amazing feed of wildfire related information via his Mastodon account.
Ben used to work with Watch Duty a nonprofit that has an app that can give you community provided updates on wildfires. They are a great general resource that can connect you to more information from firefighters and give summaries of govt informational meetings and etc.
Government Sites for Fire info
LA County has sent people into the closed off region and are assessing individual structures one at a time, and mapping them on their website, including a picture of each one, and various statistics. You can try to find information about your individual structure here. NOTE: black icons on the map mean NO DAMAGE, and then it goes green = light damage up through orange and red = total loss.
fire.ca.gov Eaton Fire incident site
This contains information about the firefighting efforts, containment, status reports, etc.
According to recent meetings, the FEMA site will deny your assistance request if you apply now and you have insurance. This is a technical glitch that is being worked on. We will update this site with more information when we hear about it.
The LA county emergency website can help you find info on all of the fires ongoing or other emergency issues. They have a sign up for Email alerts, and an emergency map.
Property Tax Reassessment Info if your home was destroyed you do not need to pay property tax based on its full value while in process of rebuikding. After rebuild you can retain your original prop 13 assessment if you have rebuilt to substantially similar value. The above linked PDF gives details.