MySafe:LA helps people understand risk, prepare for emergencies, and build safer, more resilient communities across Los Angeles.
Working alongside fire departments, public agencies, neighborhoods and community leaders throughout Greater Los Angeles.
For nearly two decades, MySafe:LA has worked directly with people, families, neighborhoods, schools, and community leaders to turn preparedness into action. We help people understand the risks they face, take practical steps to protect their homes and families, and build stronger communities that are better prepared for wildfire, structure fire, earthquakes, medical emergencies, and other disasters. From wildfire home assessments, Fire Safe Councils, and NFPA Firewise USA® communities to CPR training, youth education, community risk reduction, and emergency preparedness, our work is rooted in prevention, education, and meaningful action. We also collaborate closely with fire departments, public agencies, and other community partners—including the Los Angeles City Fire Department—to extend the reach and impact of this work. Resilience isn’t created during a disaster. It’s built every day, one person, one home, and one community at a time.
Wildfire is no longer a seasonal threat in Southern California. A changing climate, extreme weather, dense development, and the realities of living within the wildland-urban interface mean that communities throughout Los Angeles County must be prepared for wildfire throughout the year.
MySafe:LA works directly with homeowners, neighborhoods, and community leaders to turn wildfire awareness into meaningful action. We conduct wildfire home assessments, help residents understand home hardening and defensible space—including California’s evolving Zone 0 requirements—and provide practical education focused on evacuation readiness and reducing risk around the home.
But wildfire resilience requires more than individual action. We help communities establish and strengthen Fire Safe Councils and NFPA Firewise USA® sites, work with fire departments and public agencies, conduct community workshops and wildfire safety events, and develop tools and resources that help people make informed decisions before the next wildfire occurs.
We can’t eliminate wildfire. But together, we can reduce risk, improve preparedness, and make our communities more resilient.
Los Angeles is rebuilding—and asking difficult questions about wildfire, infrastructure, housing, preparedness and resilience. Our award-winning REBUILD:LA series brings together the people, ideas and experience shaping what comes next.
Children can play a powerful role in making their families safer. That’s why MySafe:LA doesn’t simply tell students what to do in an emergency—we teach them how to recognize risks, make good decisions, and take what they’ve learned home.
Through our Junior Fire Inspector and other youth safety programs, MySafe:LA educators have delivered more than 500,000 live presentations to students throughout Los Angeles. Children learn how to identify fire hazards, check their homes for working smoke alarms, call 9-1-1, protect their pets, prepare for evacuation, and understand what to do when an emergency occurs. When a family needs a smoke alarm, we work to provide one at no cost.
The lesson doesn’t end when the presentation is over. Students take their knowledge home, talk with parents and caregivers, inspect where they live, and encourage their families to practice the actions that can save lives.
For nearly two decades, we’ve seen something remarkable: teach a child about safety, and you can help make an entire household safer.
Southern California lives with earthquake risk every day. A major earthquake could disrupt power, water, transportation, communications and emergency services. The actions you take before the shaking begins can make an enormous difference afterward.
