<h1>Emergency declarations and regulatory waivers to speed rebuilding after wildfires, with evacuations and hazardous-ash precautions.</h1> Emergency declarations activated federal assistance and a gubernatorial executive order suspended certain environmental regulations and barred property tax reassessments to speed rebuilding. Mandatory evacuations, missing-persons reporting centers, and property-damage databases have been established, while warnings about hazardous ash invoke public-health and hazardous-waste obligations. Interstate mutual aid and deployment of incarcerated firefighters are being used under emergency labor mobilization authorities, and repopulation will be staged consistent with emergency management protocols.