A Story of Survival
Jessica Johnson, Administrator, Riverside Convalescent
4/2/2019
LED Talks
Emergency Preparedness
Paradise, Calif., was anything but its name when an intense forest fire brought tragedy to the town on Nov. 8, 2018. In a combination of heat, smoke, and speed, the Camp Fire inferno killed dozens and torched most anything in its path. Jessica Johnson, then administrator of Heritage Paradise, tells the story of how the consequences of the disaster played out in real time for one SNF, and how fast-acting and determined administrators, staff, and volunteers drove residents to safety under extreme risk of peril.