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6:55 pm: Direct Relief today deployed staff and 40,000 N95 particulate masks to two sites to assist Santa Barbara residents affected by wildfire smoke from the Jesusita Fire. Watch a video of the event The distribution at two sites, was handled by Direct Relief staff and members of the Santa Barbara Medical Reserve Corps, which was activated in connection with the fire.

At the request of the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, Direct Relief today established two distribution sites in Santa Barbara to provide N95 particulate respirators (masks) for local residents affected by the Jesusita Fire. The distribution sites will be staffed by Direct Relief staff and volunteers and members of the Santa Barbara County Medical Reserve Corps. The MRC includes volunteer health physicians,

5:50 p.m.  In response to the rapidly expanding Jesusita fire, Direct Relief has furnished N95 particulate respirators at the request of local emergency response for use by responders to the Jesusita Fire in Santa Barbara County. Watch a video about our response. The request for protective masks was made to Direct Relief Emergency Response Coordinator Brett Williams, who was meeting at the

Direct Relief has offered assistance in response to rapidly spreading wildfire that erupted this afternoon amid high temperatures and strong winds in the Santa Barbara foothills, prompting evacuations of local residents. Direct Relief has been in emergency-response mode and coordinating emergency activities with local public health officials and community clinics in connection with the H1N1 flu outbreak. Public health officials were meeting at Direct