No stranger to natural disasters, Pasadena resident Pedro Rojas keeps a safety bag in his car with essentials like a jacket, gloves and running shoes in case he needs to flee at a moment’s notice.

Those looking to assist residents affected by the Los Angeles County firestorm have a number of options to donate money, materials or their time.

The scale of the effort will be vast — the area scorched by the major fires is equal to three times the size of Manhattan.

A quick-strike crew of Native American firefighters and journeymen utility workers from the Navajo Nation are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of