What is the Yuba Watershed Protection and Fire Safe Council Program?
The Yuba Watershed Protection and Fire Safe Council fire awareness program is designed to educate the residents of Yuba County on the dangers wildland fires pose to them and their communities. The program also provides specific steps each person can take to protect themselves, their family and their neighbors should a wildfire occur. 2. Why are you doing this program now? The National Fire Protection Association estimates and the devastation caused by the Williams and Pendola Fires locally, and the Cedar Fire in San Diego County (all cited HERE) have demonstrated the necessity, and provided the motivation, to take steps to mitigate and prevent destructive, uncontrolled wildfire. Yuba County is especially vulnerable to fire given its vast wildland areas, large amounts of fire-prone vegetation and windswept terrain. It’s just a matter of time before Yuba County has another major wildfire. 3. How does the chipping program work? As part of creating a 100 foot defensible fire zone around ho
