Fresh evacuation orders for more than 30,000 Californians on Wednesday serve as a stark reminder to the rest of the country that local residents continue to face unimaginable danger.

At the same time, this week also saw a new administration taking over in Washington.

With the fires continuing to rage, threatening even more death and destruction than the nearly 30 lives and more than 10,000 buildings destroyed thus far, what is urgently needed is cooperation between local, state and federal officials.

Despite President Donald Trump’s visit to California this weekend, what we continue to see is the wholescale absence of cooperation, to the point where people will likely be hurt by continued feuding between Trump and California officials.

In his first interview since being sworn in, Trump excoriated Gov. Gavin Newsom, telling Shawn Hannity that he hopes to tie disaster assistance to “them (California) practicing the science of forestry.”

The president also ripped California’s water management, saying, “Why is that you don’t want millions of gallons of water a day pouring throughout California … millions of gallons of water is diverted.”

Trump’s criticism, at a desperate time for the state, is certainly not constructive, yet he is not the only one at fault.

At the same time California genuinely needs help from Washington, it seems disingenuous for Newsom to ask for it while simultaneously asking the state Legislature for $25 billion to “Trump-proof” California.

In that same vein, since Trump was elected, Newsom has made a show of his plans to flout federal law surrounding immigration and energy policy.

What California needs is to not use this natural disaster for adversarial purposes, but rather to bring people together to solve this and help the region rebuild.

Put another way, both sides must depoliticize this tragedy. Newsom, while not at fault for the fires, needed to find a way to work with — rather than against — Trump even before this, but this is now of upmost importance.

To that end, here is what must happen.

In addition to ending the politicization of the aid, what is necessary — and doable — right now is an increase in federal efforts to bring more water, firefighters, and equipment to Southern California.

While there are very real limits on what can be done right now, given the state of the fires and weather conditions, that does not absolve Trump nor congressional Republicans from pushing through a disaster relief bill.

Typically, after natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, which rocked House Speaker Mike Johnson’s home state of Louisiana, presidents make a genuine effort to surge relief via supplemental spending bills, although it’s unlikely Trump will do so.

Indeed, House Republicans have dug in on Trump’s demands of conditioning aid to California, as KABC Channel 7 has reported.

Some House Republicans are attempting to join a relief package with the much larger legislation surrounding the nation’s debt limit.

Further, while the House bickers, the Republican-controlled Senate may take up a relief package as part of filibuster-proof reconciliation, per Sen. Lindsay Graham, although that could take months.

Not only would this threaten to exacerbate a disaster that has killed nearly 30 people, destroyed over 10,000 structures and will cost tens of billions, but it also threatens to split Republicans’ incredibly slim majority.

With just two seats to spare, there are nine Republicans from California who may be forced to decide whether to opt for party unity or do what must be done for their state.

These fractures are already beginning to show.

Rep. Ken Calvert of Riverside County recently called for federal aid to be expedited, without conditions. And Rep. Kevin Kiley, who represents a district near Sacramento, openly criticized Speaker Johnson, calling his conditioning of aid “not helpful.”

All of this leaves assistance in a limbo until Trump and Newsom find a way to cooperate.

To be clear, California must reform many of its policies in the wake of these fires, as there were multiple instances of hydrants running dry in the early days of the fires.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will also be forced to answer for cutting the fire department’s budget and ongoing concerns that she prioritized diversity over ability.

However, the time for those conversations must be after the fires have been fully contained or put out.

Ultimately — and tragically — it remains to be seen when federal aid will begin rolling in to California. Whether it comes during the fires to help limit the damage, or afterward when rebuilding begins, is also unknown.

The only thing that is certain right now is that California desperately needs aid, and even more so, needs its state and federal leaders to step up to the plate and work together.

Douglas Schoen is a longtime Democratic political consultant.