By using the platform, California residents being impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires − among others − can see a list of local shelters ... riding in fire trucks, doing wildland fire ...

Californians live in the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.

The app provides users with real-time fire perimeters, evacuation orders, shelter locations ... "I'm riding in fire trucks, doing wildland fire training. I'm hanging out with first responders ...

Most of those structures were in neighborhoods where the boundaries between human development and natural landscapes blur — the area fire officials and researchers call the wildland-urban ...

"I'm riding in fire trucks, doing wildland fire training. I'm hanging out with first responders and trying to understand what the worlds looks like and how I can help," Mills said. "About six ...