By FireRescue1 Staff
LOS ANGELES — Three members of the volunteer Altadena Mountain Rescue Team have lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires sweeping through the region.
The team posted the news on social media and shared a GoFundMe to help its members.
“These members worked through the night, to protect and save others, all the while not knowing if they would have a home to return to,” the post reads. “Luckily, they are all safe, but like so many, are starting all over.”
According to the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team website, the nonprofit group is “dedicated to saving lives through mountain rescue and safety education.”
The team has been assigned to the Eaton Fire, the second-largest blaze impacting the Los Angeles area, specifically Pasadena and Altadena. Some of their work has included evacuating community members, detaining suspected looters, mapping burned structures, helping in search activities, locating and sheltering animals and pets in the areas impacted by the fires, and organizing donations of food, water, PPE and other items vital to the team.
Headquartered at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Altadena Station, the team is staffed by reserve deputies and civilian volunteer specialists, and is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is one of eight teams in the Los Angeles County, which together, are staffed by 120 trained members. On average, the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team conducts approximately 100 search and rescue operations every year.
