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Officials describe large‑scale state and federal response to January Los Angeles wildfires; survivors urge faster, simpler access to aid
Summary
A wildfire survivor and emergency officials told the Assembly subcommittee the January Palisades and Eaton fires prompted a large federal‑state response that included Army Corps debris removal, 100% federal emergency funding for 180 days and more than 260,000 FEMA applications.
A resident who lost her home in the January Eaton Canyon fire opened the subcommittee's discussion with an emotional account of losing housing, being late or not receiving evacuation notices, and mourning at least 18 people who died in the event. "I live with the shame of having trusted an app to save my life," Torreon Manor Crawford told the panel. "At least 18 lives were taken that night."
State emergency officials and the Legislative Analyst's Office then described the state and federal response. Tina Curry, Chief Deputy Director of the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), said the Palisades and Eaton fires began Jan. 7 and at peak more than 16,000 personnel were engaged in firefighting. Curry said the fires burned nearly 38,000 acres and destroyed over 16,000 structures, of which more than 13,000 were residential. Cal OES established a State Operations Center, set up a joint field…
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