Fire Recovery

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INTERNATIONAL
RELIEF TEAMS
4560 Alvarado Canyon Road
Suite 2G
San Diego, CA 92120-4309
619.284.7979 Office
619.284.7938 Fax
info@irteams.org

Board of Directors
Chair: Brian Saunders, MD
Stephen Bickler, M.D.
Harold J. Forney, M.D.
Kay R. Gilbert, CMN, Ph.D
Lawrence Kohler
Zach Niles
Marlene Ruiz, RN, MSN
Larry Saunders
A. Barry La Forgia

IRT Staff
Barry La Forgia,
Executive Director
Rose Uranga,
Director of Operations and Program Development
Susan Callahan,
Communications & Development
Tamra Amiram,
Program Assistant
Diana Starnes,
Administrative Assistant

Technical Advisors
Neonatology
Patricia Bromberger, MD
Douglas N. Carbine, MD
Brian S. Saunders, MD
Judy C. Collier, RNC, MSN
Perinatology
Larry M. Cousins, MD
David B. Schrimmer, MD
Obstetrics
Christopher M. Lafferty, MD
Susan Faron, RNC, MSN
Midwifery
Kay R. Gilbert, CNM, Ph.D.
HIV/AIDS
John Waldron, RN
Public Health
Oliver J. Biederman, MD
Ophthalmology
Frank A. Scotti, MD
K. Victor Zablit, MD
Construction
Walter Butcher
Timothy Connole
Peter Dudley
James Schaible

IRT Continues Recovery Efforts for Wildfire Victims in Southern California

It has been more than 17 months since disastrous wildfires swept through San Diego County. But for those families who lost everything, including their homes, daily memories of this tragedy remain as they struggle to rebuild their lives.

As part of IRT's ongoing fire recovery effort, hardworking and dedicated volunteers have been traveling three times a week to rural areas of San Diego County where they have donated hundreds of hours assembling lockable metal storage sheds for fire victim families. These sheds have not only provided the families a place for their personal possessions, as well as safe storage for tools and equipment often crucial to their livelihoods, but for many families, these units have come to symbolize the first step in the recovery process.