Safer West County CAL FIRE Defensible Space Project

West County getting Critical Help with its Defensible Space

Safer West County and Fire Safe Sonoma have partnered to support west county communities in creating and maintaining defensible space. The grant includes the purchase of chippers leased to local fire departments in:

• Camp Meeker,
• Forestville,
• Monte Rio, and
• Occidental.

The goal is to help residents do more fuel reduction work without the cost of renting chippers or hiring companies to do the chipping or burning materials.

To learn more, please visit: https://saferwestcounty.org/grants/

This project is funded by a grant from CAL FIRE’s Fire Prevention Grant Program. This project is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.