Firewise Program

To maintain our Firewise designation, we annually need to report the hours (or dollars spent) removing green waste, and provide educational content on a Wildfire related topic.  There are some important updates to review below, especially the attached directions on how to maximize the free green waste removal programs available to us for 2025. 

  

Maximizing Our Free Resources

The Firewise program has grown rapidly in recent years.  This is great news as the more our neighboring communities do to reduce wildfire hazard, the more it benefits us as well.  But that rapid growth presents challenges, as the grant used to fund the free dumpsters for green waste removal is being stretched further than ever before, and may limit availability more than in the past.  To maximize dumpster availability for 2025, we are being asked by partner organizations to make more use of the free Chipping Program for our branches and larger sticks, focusing dumpster usage on needles, cones, and smaller tree debris.  See the attached PDF for directions and all of the resources you’ll need to make use of the Chipping Program in conjunction with our dumpster weekends, as well as some important rules and reminders for dumpster usage. 

Community Work Weekends

We will again target 3 events to aid homeowners in removing their green waste ineligible for chipping, with delivery dates and locations to be sent the week before each event:

  1. Memorial Day Weekend  (May 23-26)

  2. Father’s Day Weekend  (June 13-15)

  3. Mid-July Weekend  (July 18-20)

Please make sure to log your clean up info using the following form. This is important for getting the Firewise Certification and getting support for the dumpsters.

Educational Topic for 2025

This year’s topic is being developed with a goal to distribute prior to the annual roundup meeting in early July.  We’ll send a separate email with details once it is prepared.

  

Firewise Certificate - 2024/2025 Certificate

We are certified throughout 2025 (despite the ribbon citing 2024… see the fine print), and this year’s efforts will support renewal through 2026.  You can download a copy of the certificate, good through 2025, to pass along to your insurance agent if you have not yet done so.