LA Fires: Amazon is taking immediate action to provide support and relief during this challenging time

LA Fires: Amazon is taking immediate action to provide support and relief during this challenging time

As devastating wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles, Amazon says it is “deeply concerned about the impact these fires are having on our employees, their families, and the broader community”.

Here’s what Amazon is doing to help communities affected by the wildfires in Southern California:
  • Prioritizing safety. Our top priority is ensuring the safety of our employees and partners. Amazon has a 24/7 operation dedicated to providing alerts and up-to-date information when severe events like this occur to help inform our operational decisions. As we closely monitor the situation, we’re also mobilizing our resources to support those in need.
  • Delivering critical supplies and technology support. Amazon has been working with first responders, nonprofit partners, and humanitarian relief agencies on the ground in Los Angeles including the American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Dream Center, International Medical Corps, World Central Kitchen, among others. Amazon is leveraging its recently opened Wildfire Relief Hub—located two hours east of LA and stocked with over 6,000 essential items—as well as our logistics infrastructure and technology, to deliver essential items to these organizations based on their needs. In addition to the Wildfire Relief Hub, Amazon is also shipped Amazon-donated items from across our supply chain network in LA County.
  • Limiting customer disruption. Additionally, with the temporary closing of some Amazon facilities—and likely damage to roads and other infrastructure—there may be impacts to customers in the region. Amazon will utilise our national network of storage and delivery to fulfill customer orders when it’s safe to do so from outside the affected region.

As the situation evolves, Amazon says it remains committed to supporting our employees and the wider community affected by these wildfires.

Amazon is collaborating with local partners and emergency response agencies to assess technology needs—this includes providing our AWS cloud technology that can be used for advanced situational awareness support, aerial imagery collection and processing. This response also builds on the recent donation of wildfire-management equipment the company donated to the Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Foundation to replenish supplies used by first responders following the recent Franklin Fire containment efforts in Malibu.

The thousands of vital supplies and items Amazon is delivering include:
  • Wildfire mitigation equipment such as axes, goggles, masks, rakes, shovels, smoke pumps, soil sifters, and shelter kits.
  • Personal supplies crucial for those who are going back to their communities including fire-safe rubber boots, high-particulate-matter filtration respirators, hydration packets, neck gaiters, specialized gloves, and trauma kits.
  • Water, baby food, canned and dry goods, pet food, and other critical supplies.

 

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