Considered the most destructive in California history, the wildfires decimated entire neighborhoods, leaving thousands of people displaced and in distress. From International Medical Corps.
How a brigade of locals became a key force in protecting people from the L.A. fires. From Harvard Public Health.
Direct Relief delivered requested medications to providers caring for displaced patients with urgent, severe conditions exacerbated by the Los Angeles County wildfires.
Direct Relief is supplying field medic packs and other support to New Jersey’s Office of Emergency Services, which is coordinating disaster response efforts across the state as wildfires continue.
After wildfires ravaged Maui, local health providers without previous emergency response experience, mobilized to aid survivors, leveraging community trust and blending traditional Hawaiian healing with Western medicine in the recovery.