Planning For Fire Season

It is hard to plan for fire season with the chilly, wet weather we have been having. However, before we know it our warm, hot, windy weather will be back and it always pays to be prepared. As an added service to those homeowners who are within the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District we have a defensible space chipping program to help you do just that.

Each year, in the spring, we rotate though the district with our crews to chip any brush that homeowners may have cut in order to meet the City's defensible space requirements. As an added planning and preparation tool, we have set the schedule for the upcoming 2011 chipping program. We often get questions about the timing of our crews. So folks, here it is...lets get ready!!!

Lower Riviera                               March 7th
Sycamore Canyon/Las Alturas      March 14
Eucalyptus Hill                              March 21
Las Tunas                                    March 28
San Roque/Ontare                       April 11
Las Canoas                                 April 25
Sheffield/Parma                           May 9
Westmont/Circle                         May 23
Coyote Road                              May 31
West Mountain                           June 13

Half Way There

This week marks the half way point in our annual Vegetation Road Clearance program. We have successfully cleared 9.4 miles of road throughout the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District over the past 5 weeks.

Take a look at some of our work as you drive down Santa Teresita, Mountain Drive, El Cielito, Rockwood, West Mountain, Las Canoas, Northridge and Santa Teresita to name a few. Again, we appreciate all of the homeowner feedback, participation and ongoing cooperation with the project. You are helping us provide a more fire safe neighborhood for your families.


Crews checking for 13'6" vertical clearance along W Mountain Drive last week.