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The LA Wildfires

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In the last week, huge swaths of metro Los Angeles have been devastated by wildfires fueled by parched vegetation and hurricane force winds. The images and videos of once vibrant neighborhoods reduced to smoldering ash are, in a word, horrifying. Today on the podcast, we try to make sense of what is happening in Los Angeles and what may come next. I talk to NFPA's wildfire expert Michele Steinberg about the speed of the fires, the response, the lack of water, the evacuation, and the critical decisions that must be made next to ensure that LA is prepared for future wildfires. 

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Visit MySafeLA, a community organization that has been helping spread critical safety messages to residents on the ground in the LA area

Read Michele Steinberg's latest NFPA Journal column urging Congress to act to help alleiviate the U.S.'s wildfire crisis

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