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May News: Wildfire Preparedness

Posted on 05/07/2026
Images of ash on a wooden roof; drawing of a house surrounded by trees. Text: Ready, Set, Go! / Wildfire Preparedness / Home hardening uses construction features, materials, and maintenance to increase a building's resistance to fire sources. / Many Los Angeles hillsides are under continuous threat of wildfire. "Ready, Set, Go!" walks you through a process to prepare for an approaching wildfire.

This month's Emergency Management Department newsletter focuses on ways to prepare for the kind of wildfires common to LA City and all of Southern California.

Beyond more common (but very important) tasks -- such as home hardening and brush clearing -- this issue also looks at being @ReadyLA at more personal levels. 

Find information about our City Fire Department's "Ready, Set, Go!" program -- for individuals and families -- along with resources for people with disabilities and "Integrated Evacuation Planning" for those with access and functional needs.  

Read more, and/or download the May Edition of LA City's EMD newsletter, at the link.

AND, look back in several past-years' issues for even more tips to getting prepared ahead of other major emergencies (some also available in key Angeleno languages) at:
 

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