SoCal Wildfires: How You Can Help

As the Palisades and Eaton Fires continue to burn, we're tracking ways people can help those impacted by this disaster.

If you are a SoCal wildfire survivor, click here to see emergency assistance in your area.

Here is a list of organizations working to provide aid to SoCal evacuees and first responders:

American Red Cross-Wildfire Relief
Recovering from a wildfire takes time and a diverse network of organizations and services to make sure people have the help they need.
Donate Now to Disaster Relief

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: Food Assistance
Donate Here

The Salvation Army
Basic needs items are always a necessity for disaster survivors. Our locations may need different goods donations depending on the circumstance, but the most often needed for wildfire survivors include:

• Bandanas, work gloves, and other protective clothing items

• Bottled water and other packaged drinks

• Boxes, barrels, and heavy-duty plastic bags (for survivors to collect their possessions)

• Cleaning items such as rags, mops, brooms, and scrub brushes

• Device chargers First aid kits

• Flashlights and batteries

• Gently used or new work boots or rain boots

• Hygiene items including soap, detergent, disinfectant, garbage bags, and hand sanitizer

• Infant care items such as formula, diapers, and rash cream

• Linens such as bedding and pillows

• New undergarments such as underwear or socks

• Nonperishable, packaged food items and snacks

• PPE, including dust masks

• Protective equipment such as work gloves, boots, helmets, and masks

• Rebuilding supplies, including plastic tarps, nails, plywood, and hand tools

• Toys and books to entertain children

• Utility tools such as plastic buckets, shovels, and rakes

For more information,Donate Here

Direct Relief

• Direct Relief responds each year to wildfires throughout the Western U.S., and in its home state of California.

• During fire responses, Direct Relief provides N-95 masks, medicine, and other resources to healthcare agencies and first responders in wildfire-affected communities across California.

• 100% of donations to Direct Relief's wildfire response fund directly support efforts to assist individuals impacted by fires in Palisades, Altadena, and across California, providing critical aid where it's needed most.

For more information, visit Direct Relief

Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation
Your local LAFD firefighters need your help to save lives and protect property during this wildfire. The LAFD Foundation is actively seeking funds to equip our LAFD members battling wildfires with equipment and supplies such as:

• EMERGENCY FIRE SHELTERS - These personal fire shelters are deployed when the unthinkable happens and firefighters become overrun by flames. These light, compact shelters are designed to reflect radiant heat, protect against convective heat, and trap breathable air within.

• HYDRATION BACKPACKS - Firefighters can be on the front lines of a wildfire for up to 12 hours. These unique backpacks carry three quarts of water and are vital to keeping firefighters healthy on the fire line.

• WILDLAND BRUSH TOOLS - Clearing fire roads and creating natural barriers to slow the spread of fire is a necessary but labor-intensive and exhausting process. These light and durable hand tools are specially designed to help ground crews cut through tree limbs, clear brush overgrowth, and remove potential fuel sources.

For more information, visit https://supportlafd.org

Ventura Fire Foundation
The Ventura Fire Foundation is committed to empowering fire families to successfully overcome the hardships they face during this difficult time. Our services include financial and emotional support, and connecting to professional resources, when needed by fire families.
We have a Firefighter Disaster Relief Fund where members of the community can support firefighter families and our efforts to serve them. Please consider donating.

For more information, visit venturafirefoundation.org

California Fire Foundation
The California Fire Foundation provides critical support to surviving families of fallen firefighters, firefighters, and the communities they serve. Your tax-deductible donation will help us provide aid to victims of wildfires or other natural disaster through our Wildfire & Disaster Relief programs. Your contribution is tax-deductible through the California Fire Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Foundation provides support for fallen firefighter families, firefighters and their communities.

For more information, visit https://cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterrelief/index.html

SoCal Fire Fund
A coalition including Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Foundation, global relief organization CORE and the LAUSD Education Foundation are asking for donations to provide flexible funding assistance for those impacted by the SoCal fires.

The fund will help people and families secure immediate needs like food, medical care and transportation, in addition to offering case management and resources for well-being and transitional education.

For more information, visit eifoundation.org

World Central Kitchen
Donate Here

United Way of Greater Los Angeles: Wildfire Response
Donate Here

Baby2Baby
The nonprofit is taking monetary donations to provide diapers, clothes and basic necessities for children living in poverty. More than a million supplies have already been delivered through 470 community partners. Click here to donate.