LAIT911 is now part of Southern California Wildfire Response (SCWR)
In January of 2025, LAIT911 turned four years old—four years of keeping our communities informed, staying ahead of fast-moving incidents, and building a tool people rely on every single day. We also recently surpassed more than 1,000,000 tracked incidents, a milestone that speaks to how far this platform has come.
When LAIT911 first launched in 2021, I never imagined how quickly it would grow from a simple information tool used by just a handful of people into a trusted part of our region’s emergency readiness—now relied on by more than 50,000 Angelenos, firefighters, and police officers.
As we move forward into our fifth year, our work has grown far beyond the digital roots of the LAIT911 app. What began as an information platform has evolved into a mission that includes real-world disaster operations, wildfire response, and on-the-ground community support.
To reflect that growth, we’re updating our parent organization’s name to better match the work we now do in the field every day.
During the January wildfires, our team of Firefighters, EMTs & Paramedics were active in the field 24 hours per day, supporting wildfire suppression and prevention operations across wildland areas throughout Los Angeles. At the same time, the LAIT911 app served as a real-time information hub, providing up-to-date intelligence on active fires, evacuations, and rapidly changing incident conditions.
Southern California Wildfire Response (SCWR), formerly known as LAIT911 Fire Corp, better reflects the hands-on emergency response, prevention efforts, and community safety work that has grown alongside the LAIT911 app.
Nothing is changing with the LAIT911 app itself.
LAIT911 will continue to be called LAIT911, and the branding you know will remain the same. Donations and user subscriptions will now be processed under Southern California Wildfire Response. This identifier may appear on receipts and billing statements going forward.
Over the coming months, we’ll be gradually updating our email addresses, website references, and other administrative branding to match the new organizational name. These updates however won’t affect day-to-day usage of the app.
Thank you for your trust, your support, and for being part of this community as we continue to grow both our in-person disaster response work and our digital tools. The commitment, along with the support of our users, donors, and agency partners, is the reason we are able to continue to serve our community the way we do.
What do we do?
Southern California Wildfire Response (SCWR), formerly known as LAIT911 Fire, is a public nonprofit, all-hazard emergency response agency dedicated to protecting people and wildlands across Southern California. From advanced warning and early detection to rapid, on-the-ground response, SCWR works to ensure the public has immediate situational awareness, responders have better operational support, and disasters result in fewer injuries, less damage, and faster community recovery.
Established in 2021, SCWR began as an effort to improve real-time awareness during emergencies and has since expanded into a volunteer-driven operational mission as community needs grew. Southern California’s disaster environment has fundamentally changed—marked by extreme fire weather, rapid ignition potential, wind-driven spread, and cascading impacts that outpace traditional systems.
SCWR exists to reduce risk, improve readiness, and deliver practical support when emergencies move faster than conventional response models can comfortably absorb, supporting Los Angeles and neighboring counties while scaling operations based on conditions, partner coordination, and resource readiness.