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Today, MySafe:LA graduated a class of 4th and 5th grade students as new Junior Fire Inspectors. This class, part of an east Los Angeles LAUSD campus, is special. To be more specific, every class that graduates is special. Some, a bit more than others. In this case, a student came...

Teaching Kids to be Junior Fire Inspectors

01 May 2019

David Barrett

One of MySafe:LA’s core mission components is teaching children to be more aware of fire and life safety issues. The Junior Fire Inspector program has been an active part of our educational outreach for more than eight years, with more than 20,000 students completing the program. So, what does it...

Neighborhood Smoke Alarm Canvassing Saves Lives

28 Apr 2019

David Barrett

Working smoke alarms save lives. It can’t be stated enough. MySafe:LA works throughout the City of Los Angeles to promote fire safety. On the 27th of April, the non-profit public benefit organization visited the San Fernando Valley and canvassed a number of at-risk homes, installing new ten-year sealed smoke alarms,...

Cancer Awareness Support for the Los Angeles Fire Department

19 Apr 2019

David Barrett

The Film unit of MySafe:LA is producing a film about post fire decontamination – part of the “everyone goes home” initiative undertaken by the Los Angeles Fire Department. Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas has been committed to taking any reasonable steps to improve the safety and the overall health of LA...

Third Annual Smoke Alarm Awareness Month Merits LA City Recognition

29 Mar 2019

David Barrett

The Los Angeles City Council, led by a proclamation by Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez (District 7) honored MySafe:LA in chambers relative to the third annual “Smoke Alarm Awareness Month.” The entire City Council participated in recognizing the important work performed by MySafe:LA, as the organization passed 40,000 smoke alarms installed in...

MySafe:LA Conducts Research Into Wildfires

27 Feb 2019

David Barrett

MySafe:LA, a unit of The Safe Community Project, is conducting research into the effect of a wildfire on a community. Following the deadly Woolsey Fire of late 2018, the organization determined that gaining a better understanding of wildfires would be essential for its overall capabilities and delivery of resilience programming....

MySafe:LA Supports Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment

24 Feb 2019

David Barrett

The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (known as DONE) is one of the most interesting departments in the City of Los Angeles. It supervises 100 community managed entities, called Neighborhood Councils, which essentially act as a local sub-set of Los Angeles City governance. MySafe:LA is now working to support DONE via...

MySafe:LA Attends ESRI Mapping Conference for the Fire Service

20 Feb 2019

David Barrett

MySafe:LA Executive Officer attended the 2019 ESRI GIS conference along with fire officers from throughout the State of California. ESRI, which stands for Environmental Systems Research Institute has been actively working to develop a comprehensive set of data that may be used in multiple segments of society for improving outcomes,...

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Neighborhood Smoke Alarm Canvassing Saves Lives

Cancer Awareness Support for the Los Angeles Fire Department

Third Annual Smoke Alarm Awareness Month Merits LA City Recognition

MySafe:LA Conducts Research Into Wildfires

MySafe:LA Supports Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment

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