Santa Clara Fire Safe Council

Hazardous fuel reduction program: we managed wildfire risk mitigation projects to reduce the amount of dead and overgrown vegetation around homes and roads, in order to protect critical infrastructure, businesses, communities, and residences. Roadside projects that provide Safe conditions for evacuation, fuel breaks in landscapes where wildfires can be contained, snap projects to provide defensible space to needy residents and chipping projects to clear vegetation.

Community outreach, education, and information services program: we provided youth education to children through 12 smokey bear story time programs, and adult education through tabling and education booth programs at 10 community events. We provided 7 workshops on evacuation preparation and defensible space. We provided training for our staff to perform home ignition zone assessments based on nfpa standards. We supported our wildfire tracking camera system with reliability monitoring services.

Planning program: we participated in the county-wide community wildfire prevention plan. We developed priority wildfire prevention project lists, and specific treatment plans for projects. We added data to our gis mapping system to provide geographic information and maps for our wildfire mitigation program planners and partners.