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Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. County Dispatches Mental Health Workers to Evacuees

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. “I could see people standing on the roof, watering it, trying to protect it from the fire, and they just looked so hopeless,” said Ramirez, a community outreach worker with the Pasadena Public Health Department. However, with each extreme weather event, the county has improved its support for evacuees, she said.

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Amid wildfire trauma, L.A. County dispatches mental health workers to evacuees

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I could see people standing on the roof, watering it, trying to protect it from the fire, and they just looked so hopeless, said Ramirez, a community outreach worker with the Pasadena Public Health Department. However, with each extreme weather event, the county has improved its support for evacuees, she said.

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