A catastrophic series of fast-moving wildfires began burning in Southern California on January 7th. The ZDR3 team was in contact with our facilities in the region starting on the first day of the fires, and we stayed in communication with them until the event was finished.

Although no ZDR3 Network facilities needed to evacuate due to the fires, we were directly coordinating with 5 facilities at varying degrees of impact. 14 ZDR3 Network facilities in 4 states pledged to provide support if evacuations became necessary. If called upon, many more ZDR3 Network members were willing to provide support to the region.

Two ZDR3 Network members in California assisted a local wildlife rehabilitation facility by assisting with staffing and supply shortages.

Read more our about our wildfire responses on our blog.