FEMA has been on the ground, providing temporary housing and counseling to survivors of wildfire in recent years, gaining expertise with experience as fires become more frequent.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Five years after wildfire ravaged the California wine country city of Santa Rosa, only mud and a concrete pad remain atop a hill where a fire station once sat.
Devastating fires in Santa Rosa and communities elsewhere in California led survivors to press for changes in the way the agency handles wildfires. This month, federal lawmakers approved a bill updating an emergency response system critics say has been more suited to natural disasters other than fire.
In Paradise, California, where 19,000 structures were destroyed and 85 people killed in a 2018 wildfire, FEMA worked with residents to improve the agency's understanding of fire-specific needs such as the removal of hazardous trees, said the city’s Recovery and Economic Development Director Colette Curtis.
The Padilla bill would allow the agency to reimburse state and local agencies who put firefighting resources in place in advance of a fire earlier than they do now.
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