{"id":26281,"date":"2026-01-05T15:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=26281"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:55:18","slug":"la-fires-showed-how-much-neighborliness-matters-for-wildfire-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/la-fires-showed-how-much-neighborliness-matters-for-wildfire-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/la-fires-neighborliness-deverell-top-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/la-fires-neighborliness-deverell-top-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/la-fires-neighborliness-deverell-top-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/la-fires-neighborliness-deverell-top-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Two women hug in a house that is under construction.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Margot Steuber, one of the first people to rebuild their home in Altadena after the Los Angeles fires, receives a hug. (Photo: Mayra Beltran \/ Los Angeles County.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=social-impact\">Social Impact<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Managing fire risk is also about caring for one\u2019s community. Learning this ethos can begin in our schools.\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Elizabeth Logan and William Deverell<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">January 5, 2026<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" 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Over three weeks, the fires <a href=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/5568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">destroyed more than 16,000 homes<\/a> and businesses. At least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/22\/us\/los-angeles-fires-victim.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">31 people<\/a> died, and studies suggest the smoke and stress likely contributed to <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jama.2025.10556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds more deaths<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"theconversation-article-body\">\n<p>For many of us who lived through the fires, it was a traumatic experience that also brought neighborhoods closer together. Neighbors scrambled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/mans-friends-help-battle-palisades-fire-hot-spots\/3598927\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help each other<\/a> as burning embers started spot fires that threatened homes. They helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DEihPzYvR0P\/?igsh=MWZ3dWc4M2tmdXJsNg%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elderly and disabled residents evacuate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the L.A. region rebuilds a year later, many people are calling for improvements to <a href=\"https:\/\/lapublicpress.org\/2025\/10\/fire-rules-may-kill-shade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zoning regulations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-03-12\/most-angelenos-back-tougher-building-codes-restrictions-on-homebuilding-in-wildfire-zones-poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">building codes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reformcalifornia.org\/campaigns\/ca-insurance-reform-and-rate-stabilization-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insurance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/file.lacounty.gov\/SDSInter\/bos\/supdocs\/207915.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emergency communications systems<\/a>. Conversations are underway about whether rebuilding in some locations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-01-21\/la-fires-what-is-managed-retreat-and-does-it-apply-to-los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">makes sense at all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But managing fire risk is about more than construction practices, regulations and rules. It is also about people and neighborliness \u2014 the ethos and practice of caring for those in your community, including making choices and taking steps on your own property to help keep the people around you safe.<\/p>\n<p>As L.A.-area residents and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/our-leadership\/william-deverell\/\">historians<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/icw-team\/\">witnessed<\/a> the fires\u2019 destruction and have been following the recovery closely, we believe building a safer future for fire-risk communities includes increasing neighborliness and building shared knowledge of the past. Much of that starts in the schools.<\/p>\n<h2>Neighborliness matters in community fire safety<\/h2>\n<p>Being neighborly means recognizing the connectedness of life and addressing the common good, beyond just the individual and family network.<\/p>\n<p>It includes <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/2752-5295\/ace4e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community-wide fire mitigation strategies<\/a> that can help prevent fires from spreading.<\/p>\n<p>During the Southern California fires, houses, fences, sheds, roofs and dry vegetation served as the fuel for wind-blown fires racing through neighborhoods miles away from forested land. Being neighborly means taking steps to reduce risks on your own property that could put your neighbors at risk. Following fire officials\u2019 recommendations can mean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/dspace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clearing defensible space<\/a> around homes, replacing fire-prone plants and limiting or removing burnable material, such as wood fencing and sheds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26289\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26289 \" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a structure fire.\" width=\"628\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/1-500x331.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/1-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A structure burns in the Pacific Palisades. (Photo: Cal Fire.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neighborliness also recognizes the varying <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/bs11090126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental health impacts<\/a> of significant wildfire events on the people who experience them. Being neighborly means listening to survivors and reaching out, particularly to neighbors who may be struggling or need help with recovery, and building community bonds.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors are often the first people who can help in an emergency before local, state and federal responders arrive. A fast neighborhood response, whether helping put out spot fires on a lawn or ensuring elderly residents or those without vehicles are able to evacuate, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1936724412458483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can save lives and property<\/a> in natural disasters.<\/p>\n<h2>Fire awareness, neighborliness start in school<\/h2>\n<p>Community-based K-12 schools are the perfect places for learning and practicing neighborliness and providing transformative fire education.<\/p>\n<p>Learning about the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/west-on-fire\/#:%7E:text=Stephen%20J.%20Pyne\">local history of wildfires<\/a>, from the ecological impact of beneficial fire to fire disasters and how communities responded, can transform how children and their families think about fires and fire readiness.<\/p>\n<p>However, in our view, fire history and safety is not currently taught nearly enough, even in fire-prone California.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s Department of Education Framework and Content Standards for K-12 education offer several opportunities to engage students with innovative lessons about wildfire causes, preparedness and resilience. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cde.ca.gov\/cacs\/id\/web\/4187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fourth-grade history and social science<\/a> standards include understanding \u201chow physical environments (e.g., water, landforms, vegetation, climate) affect human activity.\u201d Middle school science standards include <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cde.ca.gov\/cacs\/id\/web\/29067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mapping the history of natural hazards<\/a>, though they only mention forest fires when discussing technology.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26290\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26290 \" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of firefighters working in a smoking burnt area. \" width=\"621\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/2.jpg 980w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/01\/2-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers extinguish a smoldering fire in Altadena. (Photo: Mayra Beltran \/ Los Angeles County.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schools could, and we believe should, include more fire history, ecological knowledge and understanding of the interconnectedness of neighborhoods and neighbors when it comes to fire safety in those and other classes.<\/p>\n<p>Elementary schools in many states bring in firefighters to talk about fire safety, often through programs run by groups like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calfireprevention.org\/school-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Fire Prevention Organization<\/a>. These efforts could spend more time looking beyond house fires to discuss how and where wildfires start, how they spread and how to make your own home and neighborhood much safer.<\/p>\n<p>Models such as the U.S. Fire Administration\u2019s collaboration with Sesame Workshop on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usfa.fema.gov\/prevention\/fire-officials\/public-educators\/sesame-street\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sesame Street Fire Safety Program<\/a> for preschool kids offer examples, blending catchy phrases with safety and science lessons.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hANTkDK1VSo?si=3CHBz1_fcxbl5prV\" title=\"Sparkys Neighborhood Wildfire Safety Tips for Kids and Parents \" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s42408-024-00296-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Including knowledge<\/a> from Indigenous tribal elders, fire management professionals and other community members can provide more robust fire education and understanding of the roles people play in fire risk and risk reduction. Introducing students to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinlafd.org\/youth-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">future career pathways<\/a> in fire safety and response can also help students see their roles in fire safety.<\/p>\n<p>As L.A. recovers from the 2025 fires, fire-prone states can prepare for future fires by expanding education about fire and neighborliness, and helping students take that knowledge home to their families.<\/p>\n<h2>Remembering, because it will happen again<\/h2>\n<p>Neighborliness also demands a pivot from the <a href=\"https:\/\/yaleglobalhealthreview.com\/2025\/05\/18\/a-chronically-ill-earth-covid-organizing-as-a-model-climate-response-in-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reflexive amnesia<\/a> regarding natural and unnatural disasters to knowing that it will happen here again.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a dangerous, stubborn forgetfulness in the vaunted Land of Sunshine. It is all part of <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/california-and-florida-grew-quickly-on-the-promise-of-perfect-climates-in-the-1900s-today-they-lead-the-country-in-climate-change-risks-207470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the myth<\/a> that helped make Southern California such a juggernaut of growth from the late 19th century forward.<\/p>\n<p>The region was, <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/california-and-florida-grew-quickly-on-the-promise-of-perfect-climates-in-the-1900s-today-they-lead-the-country-in-climate-change-risks-207470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boosters and public officials insisted<\/a>, special: a civilization growing in the benign embrace of the environment. Anything grew here, the endless Los Angeles Basin could absorb everyone, and if there <a href=\"https:\/\/homesteadmuseum.blog\/2018\/08\/09\/promoting-greater-los-angeles-as-the-last-frontier-through-the-southern-california-tourist-august-1927\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wasn\u2019t enough water<\/a> to slake the thirst of metropolitan ambitions, engineers and taxpayers would see to it that <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/dirty-water\/\">water from far away<\/a> \u2014 even very far away \u2014 would be brought here.<\/p>\n<p>The Southland is beautiful, but a place can be both beautiful and precarious, particularly in the grip of climate change. These are lessons we believe should be taught in K-12 classrooms as an important step toward lowering disaster risk. Living with fire means remembering and understanding the past. That knowledge, and developing more neighborly behavior, can save your life and the lives of your neighbors.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/counter.theconversation.com\/content\/272505\/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><!-- End of code. If you don't see any code above, please get new code from the Advanced tab after you click the republish button. The page counter does not collect any personal data. 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