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January 23: here are the sources and resources guiding our services right now

We want to share all we can to aid in your preparation and recovery. The information available changes fast. Here is what is impacting how we serve you and Los Angeles right now.

January 2025 Notice: This resource provides long-term guidance.
If you have been asked to evacuate, Get Set and Go!

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official guidance

Here is where we look for guidance in our efforts to help you assess, prepare, clean-up and fully recover:

January 15: LANDSCAPERS HAVE AN OUTSIZED IMPACT ON LA’S HEALTH AND WILDFIRE RESILIENCE

We all want to help clients, friends and fellow-Angelenos clean-up and/or quickly prepare for fire in case it moves into their neighborhood. Here is guidance from official sources about how we and our teams can stay safe as we do so.

Do not attempt to remove hazardous fire debris on impacted properties. The Los Angeles County Fire Department must inspect the property before any work is to begin. This process is time-intensive but free. 

Avoid use of equipment that could throw sparks in red flag conditions, especially PDS weather. This includes most power equipment, such as blowers, mowers, chainsaws and weed wackers. Even electrical tools can spark.

Clean up safely after fire. This can be quite dangerous. This is how we can protect ourselves:

• Wear gloves, long sleeved shirts and pants to avoid skin contact.
• Wear a disposable mask with a rating of N-95 or better during clean-up. Read label on package for proper use. Here’s why.
• Gently sweep surfaces, then follow with wet mopping.
• Avoid getting ash into the air. Don’t use a leaf blower or shop vacuum

Prepare Zone 0 when and where it is safe. Quickly preparing the 5 feet closest to LA homes – cleaning and clearing them during lulls in Santa Anas – may help homes resist ember ignition. It will help firefighters see and address ignitions. After the immediate danger passes, we can help defend homes and neighborhoods with more fully ember resistant Zone 0s

Please stay safe as you work for the safety of others. We are all needed to help LA recover. We’ll be in team with you as we do.

January 10: We love you. May You Be safe.

The Eaton and Palisades Fires alone are a level of devastation that is nearly impossible to wrap our minds around. We have deep gratitude to the firefighters working days on end to protect us, our homes and communities.

Thank you to those who have checked in. We are safe. We are grateful to know many of you are too.

As we grapple with the grief we all share, we wrap our hearts around what we know of Angelenos. We love and look out for one another. We help and repair one another. 

With more dry, hurricane force winds, we need to know we’ve done everything we can to help your prepare. We are hopeful even friends far from wildlands are in a “Set.Go!” state of preparation. If you are safe, set, and free of evacuation orders, we encourage attending to the 5 feet closest to homes as an added layer of defense for firefighters engaging your home.

Be safe out there. We love you.

Sincerely, 

Cassy, Kirk and the FormLA Landscaping Team