April 2025 Newsletter

Fire Hazard Severity Zones Update

Chipper & Fuels Program Updates

Our Chipper Program provides chipping services for neighborhoods and individual homeowners in Ventura County free of charge. These vegetation management programs reduce the flammable fuel load and increase weed abatement activities in communities that border the wildland-urban interface threat zones.


VRFSC offers two types of Chipper Events:


Curbside Chipper Days consist of individual residents doing their own yardwork and setting all their ready-to-chip vegetation into a neatly formed stack at the end of their driveway. On the days of the event, a crew will drive by with a chipper and chip their vegetation.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: It is resident's responsibility to sign up through our reservation link, pile properly BEFORE the event start date, and that if the event is two days and we finish all sign ups on the first day, there will be no second day.


Drop-off Chipper Events consist of VRFSC establishing a drop-off location and set time where residents can bring their cut vegetation for chipping on-site.

Curbside Chipper Events



MAY 30

Oak Park

(Community-Wide)


MAKE YOUR CURBSIDE CHIPPER RESERVATION HERE

Drop-Off Chipper Events


APRIL 19 - PIRU, CA

508 Main St, Piru, CA, 93040


MAY 3 - Ventu Park

1509 Susan Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320


MAKE YOUR DROP-OFF RESERVATION HERE

Learn More About the Chipping Program Here

Firewise USA® Program Updates

Next Workshop: Zone 0 Updates & Clarification

April 18, 1:00PM (ZOOM)


This month we'll be hearing from Max Young, VRFSC's Head of Wildfire Safety to discuss all of the messaging that you are reading from local officials as well as media outlets about the Fire Hazard Severity Zone updates and any info related to Zone 0.



REGISTER HERE

Check out past workshops on ourYouTube Channel

Start a Firewise Community in your neighborhood!

The Firewise USA® program, run by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and reviewed by CALFIRE, helps communities enhance fire safety in wildfire-prone areas. With 2000+ recognized communities nationwide, the decade long program has proven multiple instances of structure loss during a wildfire event.


VRFSC, in collaboration with the Ventura County Fire Department, aids communities in becoming Firewise Sites. To earn recognition as a Firewise site, interested communities must complete six steps:

Learn more about the program here

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