Below you will find local wildfire preparedness programs, grants and resources to help you make home / property improvements and reduce wildfire risk in your community. Scroll down to access grants and resources for Placer County.
Refer back to the “Get Started” page for statewide California information on brush clearing and other requirements and risk reduction resources for improving your home’s chances of surviving a wildfire and increasing your and your community’s eligibility for insurance discounts and renewal rewards.
| Placer County Chipper Program | The Placer County Resource Conservation District offers Vegetation Chipping services at $80 per hour or free for low income households or those with a disabled/handicap vehicle placard.
Contact chipper@placerrcd.org or call (530) 390-6680 to learn more. |
| Placer County Resource Conservation District Fire Safety Technical Assistance Program | This program provides help with finding potential cost-share opportunities and technical assistance with mitigation actions including defensible space, home hardening, fuels reduction and management, prescribed burning, and timber harvest.
Contact cordi@placerrcd.org or call (530) 390-6680 to learn more |
| Firewise Trailer Education Program | This program provides a rentable trailer that includes equipment, tools, and other information as a way to help landowners achieve defensible space and stay safe. It includes weed wrenches, a weed eater, leaf blower, pruners, loppers, shovels, brooms, rakes, electric chainsaws, and Firewise education material.
Contact george@placerrcd.org or call (530) 390-6680 to learn more |
| Defensible Space Fuels Reduction Program | This program exists to assist vulnerable residents in creating defensible space around their homes and properties. The program offers financial assistance of up to $5,000 per property to eligible property owners in Placer County who are low-income and elderly or disabled
Contact emaxwell@placer.ca.gov or call (530)-745-3062 to learn more. |
| Truckee Fire District Green Waste Dumpster Rebate Program | This program provides up to $75 off on a 6 yard green waste dumpster rental to remove green waste and create defensible space for Truckee residents.
Call (530) 582-7888 to learn more. |
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Fire Safe Alliance Placer County
Contact: Luana Dowling |
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Foresthill/Iowa Hill FSC
Contact: Gary Kirk |
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Greater Auburn Area FSC
Contact: Kevin Hanley |
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North Auburn/Ophir FSC
Contact: Harley Don |
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Placer Sierra FSC
Contact: Don Belden |
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Alpine Meadows FSC
Contact: John Moise |
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Greater Lincoln Area FSC
Contact: George Alves |
Fire departments and government agencies in your area may be offering wildfire risk reduction programs and help.
Placer County Office of Emergency Services
Phone: (530) 886-5300
Email: placeroes@placer.ca.gov
968 Richardson Drive
Auburn, CA 95603
