State authorities previously listed the Palisades as one of the five Southern California areas with the highest concentration of potential wildfire risks. The community also is among the areas most impacted by an unavailability of insurance coverage.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is home to one of the nation’s leading research centers devoted to fires — how they start, how they burn, and how to snuff them out.

The Los Angeles Fire Department said it was running a recall for its off-duty members, not anyone with firefighting experience.

The devastating wildfires ripping through northwest Los Angeles are still burning as firefighters respond to the threat facing southern California. Thousands of people have evacuated homes and businesses,