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 Season 1 Episode 10 “Introduction to the Climate Resilience Resources”.
Our first episode of National Heritage Responders Stories was Season 2 Episode 11: Lahaina 2023. Unfortunately, we do expect to have this as a reoccurring segment on the podcast, as climate disasters are likely to escalate in intensity and frequency in the coming years. If you have deployed to a disaster site in the past, we would appreciate the opportunity to learn from your experience and hear your story. You can contact us at aicsustainability (at) gmail (dot) com.
If you would like to support the work of the National Heritage Responders, please donate directly: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-national-heritage-responders.
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Lindsey Williams
Conservation Technician
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