Our second episode of National Heritage Responders Stories centers around the wildfires in the Los Angeles area during Jan/Feb 2025. Lindsey speaks with Dawn Jaros, Tara Kennedy, and Megan Brakob Narvey who responded in different ways. Each person approached the response from their unique skillset and background: in-person through community clinics, on the phone giving health and safety advice, and through information-sharing webinars given to the heritage community.

Dawn talks about her involvement with ARLA and the impact it has had bringing LA conservators together to help the local community triage and navigate the trauma of losing their material culture.

FAIC’s Climate Resilience Resources was mentioned in this episode. If you would like to learn more about these tools and how they can assist your disaster planning, listen to Sea ...