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FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS
The County of San Luis Obispo is divided into 5
battalions. Each battalion is administered by a Battalion
Chief. Each Battalion Chief was asked to identify assets
that would be at risk during a large scale Incident due to the
following factors:
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• Fuel loading |
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Emergency Response |
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• Topography |
• Access |
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• Weather |
• Signage |
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Structural Ignitability |
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Water Supply |
The
identified assets were then grouped geographically into
target areas. These target
areas were then prioritized. The final product is a
detailed map and list of areas that will be used to focus
fire prevention activities and fuel treatments.
Battalion 1
Battalion 2
Battalion 3
Battalion 4
Battalion 6
Mapping
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In each
Battalion Pre-Attack Mapping
projects combine with the California Fire Hazard Severity
Zoning (FHSZ), Community and Cooperators input, all
were used to prioritize the treatments below. If
the project, listed below is in progress or
planning phase, that indicates that no work has
started on the ground. Before any work can be
started, we must insure that the environmental
documentation has been completed and approved. |
Fuel
Treatment Methods
Through experience CAL
FIRE has determined that three treatment methods stand out
as being the most effective, environmentally friendly.
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Chipping - Areas in each Battalion
are identified that have high vulnerability to
catastrophic wildland fire loss. Home owners are
united and educated through the establishment of a
Fire Safe Council Focus Group. Home owners
volunteer labor time to clear flammable brush and
ladder fuels beyond the 100' the PRC 4291
requirement. Both the
San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council ,
our local Air Pollution Control District and the
California Conservation Corp. collaborate to
reduce risk and make a difference.
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Prescribed Burning
- Areas in each Battalion are identified that
would have the most benefit of using controlled
fires to create anchor points and a natural
barrier of a larger event.
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Shaded and Non-Shaded
Fuel Break
- We are using natural barriers and topography to
determine areas in the County that can serve as a
primary or secondary fire control line. These line
use roads, rivers and topography to compartmentize
the target areas of each Battalion. CAL FIRE uses
both mechanical and goat scaping to accomplish
these fuel breaks. |
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Battalion 1 Target Areas (listed in order of priority)
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1)
Santa Rita WUI
2)
Morro Toro WUI
3)
Cambria
WUI
4)
North
Ranch / Northern Diablo
5)
Hearst
Castle
6)
Communication Sites
7)
Los Padres FS Botanical Gardens
8)
Bishop
Peak
Recreational Site
9)
San
Luis Mountain
Recreational Site
10)
Laguna West WUI
11)
Morro Bay WUI
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12)
Los Osos WUI
13)
Montana
De Oro State Park Campground
14)
Whale Rock Reservoir
15)
Cayucos WUI
16)
Perfumo Canyon WUI
17)
San Simeon State Park
18)
Ragged Point WUI
19)
San Luis V.O.R.
20)
El Chorro Regional Park
21)
San Simeon Acres WUI
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Cambria
WUI
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Cambria
has been identified as a community at risk and a top
target area within Battalion 1.
CAL FIRE
/County Fire Staff in cooperation with the Cambria
FireSafe Council Focus Group, Cambria CSD and other
effected stakeholders will be conducting a Community
Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP). A component of this plan
will be an action plan to address issues identified during
the community risk assessment.
Cambria currently has a fuel treatment plan in
place. In 2006, the East/West Fuel Break was completed.
This fuel break was constructed using hand removal of
fuels and chipping. This plan will be reevaluated during
the CWPP.
ACTIVE |
BRIDGE STREET SHADED FUEL BREAK
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Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a cooperative event with
CAL FIRE.
This fuel reduction project will serve the residents of
Cambria as a shaded fuel break for the communities
eastern exposure to a large fire event. This fuel reduction consists of removing brush, limbing trees
6-8 feet above the ground, and piling and removal of material.
This project was designed to provide an escape route for
residents and a potential control line.
PLANNING
Presentation to Cambria Forest Committee
03/19/2010
Click here (29 meg ppt) |
CAMBRIA ANNUAL CHIPPING EVENT
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The San
Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council,
with the assistance of Cambria Fire Protection
District and the US Forest Service, is conducting
the annual
FREE chipping event to be held in the
community of Cambria
COMPLETED |
TORO
CREEK SAFETY ZONE PROJECT
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Funding provided by
CAL
FIRE / County Fire.
The project consists of developing approximately six 1.5
acres fuel treatment zones located along Toro Creek area.
The fuel reduction zones would provide residents,
recreationalist and emergency response personnel safety
with zones for safe refuge during a wildland fire. Fuel
reduction will involve utilizing
CAL FIRE /
Cuesta Camp Crews to remove ground fuels and prune trees
up to 6-8 feet. Brush will be piled and removed.
MAINTENCE |
LOS OSOS CWPP FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT
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Funding provided by the San Luis
Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. This is a joint
CAL FIRE,
Los Osos CSD and Los Osos Fire Safe Council Focus Group.
The project includes removing vegetation from residents
property boundaries out to 100 feet on Los Osos CSD
property. Fuel reduction will involve utilizing hand crews
to remove ground fuels and prune trees up to 6-8 feet.
Brush will be piled and chipped.
PLANNING
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NORTH RANCH COMPLEX / COON CREEK MASTICATION
PROJECT
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Funding provided through a
cooperative funding from CAL FIRE, the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council and the Hazard Fuel Treatment Grant Funding .
This fuel reduction project will be in the Coon
Creek Drainage. Fuel reduction through the use
of mastication will serve as the eastern
anchor point. removing brush, limbing trees
6-8 feet above the ground, followed by prescribed burning in
the southern area of Montana De Oro State Park.
This project is designed to provide an potential control line
and anchor point in the event of a large fire
in the area.
IN PROGRESS |
NORTH RANCH COMPLEX /
Diablo Canyon Prescribed Burn
Battalion 2 Target Areas (listed in
order of priority)
SUEY CREEK WUI
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PLANNING AND MAPPING
Suey
Creek
has been identified as a community at risk and a top
target area within Battalion 2. Funding is need to
complete this plan. This areas is also being
studied in the upcoming countywide CWPP.
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NIPOMO
CHIPPING EVENT
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Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo
County Fire Safe Council
and the
San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District.
This is a cooperative event with the Nipomo CSD, San
Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District, and
CAL FIRE / County Fire.
Residents provide the labor by
trimming and piling brush and then their green
waste is used for landscaping rather than burning,
preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held
throughout the Nipomo area with the chipping labor
provided by the California Conservation Corp.
COMPLETE
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East Arroyo Grande
Chipping Event
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Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo
County Fire Safe Council
and the
San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control District.
This is a
cooperative
event with the assistance of
CAL FIRE / County Fire,
and the California Conservation Corp.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Edna
Valley area with the
chipping labor provided by the California Conservation
Corp.
COMPLETE 2010
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RANCHITA
ESTATES WUI FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT
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Funding provided by the United States Forest Service with
assistance of
CAL FIRE
/ County Fire.
This fuel reduction zone project is for the Ranchita
Estates. Fuel reduction consists of removing brush,
limbing trees 6-8 feet above the ground, and piling and
burning or chipping of material. This project was designed
to provide an escape route for residents and potential
control lines.
COMPLETED
2010 |
Maddux/Mankins/Hermerck prescribed burn
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This is a cooperative funded project between
CAL FIRE /County Fire,
San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and a
private land owner. This project involves utilizing
prescribed burning to treat decadent brush for range
improvement and public safety. This project is adjacent to
the Ranchita Estates WUI area that has been identified as
a target area under our risk assessment. This project will
provide a fuel break between the communities and the
wildlands. This project is in maintenance phase.
PLANNING |
Porter prescribed
burn
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This is a cooperative funded project
between
CAL FIRE /County Fire,
San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and a
private land owner. The project involves utilizing
prescribed burning to treat approximately 1200 acres of
brush. This fuel treatment project has range improvement
benefits as well as protecting wildland urban interface
assets at risk.
COMPLETED 2009 |
Battalion 3 Target Areas (listed in
order of priority)
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1)
West
Atascadero WUI
2)
South Templeton/Santa
Rita WUI
3)
Asuncion
WUI
4)
PG&E High Power Line NW of
Atascadero
5)
South
Shore Village
6)
Rancho Delargo WUI
7)
Cal Shasta Boat Club WUI
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8)
Tri Counties Boat Club WUI
9)
Running Deer Ranch WUI
10)
Oak Shores WUI
11)
Christmas Cove WUI
12)
Heritage Ranch WUI
13)
Rural West Paso Robles WUI
14)
Oak
Shores
Campground
15)
Bryson\Hesperia WUI
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West Atascadero WUI
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West Atascadero
has been identified as primary target area.
To reduce the
risk to residents within this wildland urban
intermix area, Pre-Attack Planning was used to
give the priority and overview of the issues to be
overcome during wildland fire in this area. |
West Atascadero
Fuel Break
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This
project is a cooperative effort between
CAL FIRE /
County Fire,
and private landowners.
CAL FIRE /County
Fire personnel are working
with private landowners, conducting an initial environmental
review and evaluating resource needs.
PLANNING |
Templeton Fuel reduction Projects
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Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo
County
Fire Safe Council.
This project is in cooperation with the
Templeton Fire Protection District, and
CAL FIRE /
County
Fire. Fuel reduction
consists of removing brush, limbing trees 6-8 feet above the
ground, and piling and removal of material the
CAL FIRE Cuesta
Camp. This project was designed to provide an escape route for
residents and a potential control line.
COMPLETED |
Meridian / Whitley Gardens Chipping
Event
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Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a
cooperative
event with the assistance of
CAL FIRE / County Fire,
and the California Conservation Corp.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Meridian / Whitley Gardens area with the chipping labor
provided by the California Conservation Corp.
ACTIVE
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Shandon Chipping event
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Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a
cooperative
event with the assistance of
CAL FIRE / County Fire,
and the California Conservation Corp.
Residents
provide the labor by trimming and piling brush and then
their green waste is used for landscaping rather than
burning, preserving our air quality.
This
chipping event is held throughout the
Shandon Community area with the chipping labor provided by
the California Conservation Corp.
ACTIVE
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Bonnheim prescribed burn
This is a cooperative project between
CAL FIRE /County Fire,
San Luis Obispo County Range Improvement Association and a
private land owner. This project involves utilizing prescribed
burning to treat decadent brush for range improvement and
public safety.
Battalion 4 Target Areas (listed in
order of priority)
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1)
Parkhill WUI
2)
Santa Margarita Lake Recreational
Area
3)
Salinas
River
Drainage WUI
4)
Pozo WUI
5)
Mount Lowe WUI
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6)
Black Mountain WUI
7)
Wilson Corner WUI
8)
Garden Farms WUI
9)
Tassajara
WUI
10)
Upper Highway 229
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PARKHILL WUI
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Parkhill
has been identified as primary target area.
To reduce the
risk to residents within this wildland urban intermix area,
Pre-Attack Planning was used to give the priority and
overview of the issues to be overcome during wildland
fire in this area.
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TASSAJARA
CREEK RD
FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a cooperative event with
CAL FIRE /
Cuesta Camp Crews.
This fuel reduction project will be on both sides of Tassajara Creek Rd out to approximately 25
feet. Fuel reduction consists of removing brush, limbing trees
6-8 feet above the ground, and piling and removal of material.
This project was designed to provide an escape route for
residents and a potential control line.
SEEKING
FUNDING
Creston Chipping event
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The San Luis Obispo County Community
Fire Safe Council, with the assistance of CAL FIRE/San Luis
Obispo County Fire and the US Forest Service, is conducting
the annual FREE
chipping event to be held in the county areas in the community
of Creston TBA |
Calf
Canyon
and Behlman Truck Trails
Funding provided by the
San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council.
This is a cooperative event with
CAL FIRE /
Cuesta Camp Crews.
Both of these truck trails are located within the Parkhill WUI
as identified under or assets at risk assessment.
CAL FIRE /County Fire
has been maintaining these roads for firefighting assess and
control lines. Maintenance includes road grading and brush
removal. Access roads have been successfully used for control
lines on major fires in the past including the 2003 Highway 58
Fire.
SEEKING
FUNDING
Battalion 6 Target Areas (listed in
order of priority)
AVILA
PRE-PLAN
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Avila Pre-Attack Plan
has been identified as the primary target area.
To reduce the
risk to residents within this wildland urban intermix area,
Pre-Attack Planning was used to give the priority and
overview of the issues to be overcome during wildland
fire in this area.
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SEE CANYON WUI
Phase 1 and Phase 2
BLACK WALNUT
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The San
Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council, with
the assistance of CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire
and the US Forest Service, is conducting this Shaded
Fuel Break. This project will assist residents in the
area by providing a Safe Refuge Area and reducing the
flammable fuel load along the only evacuation route
for the residents in this area. Additionally, this
project will assist firefighters to establish control
lines to contain a wildland fire in the area North of
the Community of Avila
IN PROGRESS |
MEADOWBROOK
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The San
Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council, with
the assistance of CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire
and the US Forest Service, is conducting this Shaded
Fuel Break. This project will assist residents in the
area by reducing the flammable fuel load along the
only evacuation route for the residents in this area.
Additionally, this project will assist firefighters to
establish control lines to contain a wildland fire in
the area North of the Community of Avila IN
PROGRESS |
PIPPEN LANE
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The San Luis Obispo County
Community Fire Safe Council, with the assistance of
CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire and the US Forest
Service, is conducting this Shaded Fuel Break. This
project will assist residents in the area by providing
a Safe Refuge Area and reducing the flammable fuel
load along the only evacuation route for the residents
in this area. Additionally, this project will assist
firefighters to establish control lines to contain a
wildland fire in the area North of the Community of
Avila IN
PROGRESS |
SEE CANYON - Lower
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The San
Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council, with
the assistance of CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire
and the US Forest Service, is conducting this Shaded
Fuel Break. This project will assist residents in the
area by reducing the flammable fuel load along the
only evacuation route for the residents in this area.
Additionally, this project will assist firefighters to
establish control lines to contain a wildland fire in
the area North of the Community of Avila. IN
PROGRESS |
SEE CANYON - Middle
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The San
Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council, with
the assistance of CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire
and the US Forest Service, is conducting this Shaded
Fuel Break. This project will assist residents in the
area by reducing the flammable fuel load along the
only evacuation route for the residents in this area.
Additionally, this project will assist firefighters to
establish control lines to contain a wildland fire in
the area North of the Community of Avila. COMPLETED |
SEE CANYON - Upper
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The San
Luis Obispo County Community Fire Safe Council, with
the assistance of CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire
and the US Forest Service, is conducting this Shaded
Fuel Break. This project will assist residents in the
area by reducing the flammable fuel load along the
only evacuation route for the residents in this area.
Additionally, this project will assist firefighters to
establish control lines to contain a wildland fire in
the area North of the Community of Avila. IN
PROGRESS |
DAVIS CANYON WUI
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The San Luis Obispo County
Community Fire Safe Council, with the assistance of
CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire and the US Forest
Service, is conducting this Shaded Fuel Break. This
project will assist residents in the area by reducing
the flammable fuel load along the only evacuation
route for the residents in this area. Additionally,
this project will assist firefighters to establish
control lines to contain a wildland fire in the area
North of the Community of Avila PLANNING |
Squire/Barron
Canyon Fuel Reduction Projects
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. The Squire/Barron Canyon areas have been
identified as target area.
CAL FIRE /
County Fire Staff in cooperation with the Squire/Barron Canyon
FireSafe Council Focus Group will be integrating past
preplanning and fuel treatment plans into a Community Wildfire
Protection Plan (CWPP). In 2004 CAL FIRE /County Fire Staff in
cooperation with the focus group prepared a pre-attack plan,
an evacuation plan and fuel treatment plan. These documents
will be integrated into the CWPP format. The Squire/Barron
Focus Group applied for grant funding in 2008 to fund a fuel
break, road access fuel removal and open space fuel reduction
project utilizing goats. Grant funding was unsuccessful. CAL
FIRE /County Fire Staff along with the San Luis Obispo County
Community FireSafe Council will continue research funding
opportunities to initiate these projects.
COMPLETED
LIGHT HOUSE ROAD
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The San Luis Obispo County
Community Fire Safe Council, with the assistance of
CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo County Fire and the US
Forest Service, is conducting this Shaded Fuel
Break. This project will assist residents in the
area by reducing the flammable fuel load along the
only evacuation route for the residents in this
area. Additionally, this project will assist
firefighters to establish control lines to contain a
wildland fire in the area East of the Community of
Avila COMPLETED |
Avila
Valley
Hazard Tree Removal
Funding provided by the San Luis Obispo County
Fire
Safe Council. This project is located in the San Luis Bay
Estates which is within the Avila Beach Community Services
District. The San Luis Estates Focus group is a member of the
San Luis Obispo County Community FireSafe Council. The focus
group recently applied and has received tentative approval for
a hazard tree removal project. This project involves chipping
of dead tree material and trimming of trees to reduce the fire
hazard adjacent to structures. If grant funding materializes
in late October, work will take place in winter through spring
2010.
SEEKING FUNDING
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