Christian University Provides Essential Assistance in Fighting Los Angeles Wildfires

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent

(Worthy News) – Pepperdine University, a Christian college in Malibu, California provided essential assistance in the fight against the horrific Los Angeles Palisades and Kenneth wildfires earlier this month by allowing firefighters access to the school’s Recycled Water Irrigation Reservoir and acting as a hub for coordinating an emergency response for the affected community, Christianity Today reports.

Pepperdine’s reservoir is maintained to store the school’s recycled and treated water but, as the fires raged, firefighting helicopters were dispatched to take up water from the reservoir and deliver it to firefighters or drop it directly on to fires.

Moreover, the school put its campus at the disposal of emergency services fighting the fires.

“As local government agencies experience operational challenges due to limited access to their offices and utility providers require on-the-ground response for affected neighborhoods, Pepperdine’s Malibu campus has become a key hub for hosting their response efforts and coordinating their support for the local community,” Pepperdine explains in a website statement.

“SoCalGas is using Pepperdine’s Firestone Fieldhouse Parking Lot as its command center, a critical hub for local response efforts. The City of Malibu Emergency Operations Committee conducted their coordinated response efforts on Pepperdine’s Malibu campus,” Pepperdine states. “CAL Fire is using the conference facilities at the Villa Graziadio Executive Center on Pepperdine’s Drescher Graduate Campus.”

“In partnership with the City of Malibu, CAL Fire is using Pepperdine’s Civic Center property to position resources such as personnel, vehicles, equipment, and aircraft for immediate deployment in case of an emergency,” Pepperdine adds.

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