Amazon opens second wildfire relief hub — here’s where
Amazon is expanding its wildfire response infrastructure outside U.S. borders.
The online giant has opened a wildfire relief hub at an existing fulfillment center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The facility will stock more than 180,000 emergency supplies once it’s fully operational in fall 2026. More than half of its inventory will be specialized for wildfire responses, such as sifters to find belongings in ashes, heavy-duty gloves, heavy-duty boots, air purifiers, and masks.
The Canada hub is Amazon's second facility dedicated to wildfire relief. Amazon opened its first Wildfire Relief Hub in California's San Bernardino Valley in 2024, just months before wildfires erupted across Los Angeles and Southern California.
That hub delivered needed items to first responders, non-profit partners and humanitarian relief agencies on the ground in Los Angeles during the January 2025 wildfires that struck the city.
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In partnership with organizations that serve wildfire-impacted communities, Amazon uses data and feedback to determine what supplies each hub needs most. These partnerships include American Red Cross, After the Fire, COPE Preparedness, and Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Foundation in the U.S.; as well as Team Rubicon Canada and the Canadian Red Cross in Canada.
"Wildfires don't wait — and neither do we," said Abe Diaz, Amazon head of disaster relief, in a corporate blog post. "El Niño drives temperatures higher, drying out vegetation and turning landscapes into fuel. Wildfires surge dramatically during these cycles, and the risk extends well beyond the western U.S. Our expansion in California and Canada means we’ll be prepared on both sides of the border and can put resources in the hands of first responders in hours, not days."
Amazon now operates 12 disaster relief hubs across seven countries. Since 2017, Amazon says it has donated and delivered more than 30 million relief items in response to more than 200 disasters worldwide.
In addition to donating relief items, Amazon shares its technology to help community partners assess fire damage, monitor new hot spots, track emerging fires, and use aerial surveillance to create maps that aid in decision-making and preventive response efforts.
The company also distributes rapid response technology systems at no cost to nonprofits to restore cellphone access, run medical devices and deliver potable water when disasters knock out traditional systems.
