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Moraga fire officials outline fuel‑reduction projects and explain new "Zone 0" rules
Summary
Moraga‑Orinda Fire District leaders described fuel‑break and prescribed‑burn work, a targeted inspection schedule and the state’s incoming “Zone 0” requirements, which define a five‑foot noncombustible area around homes and take effect Jan. 1, 2026 for properties in very high fire hazard zones.
Fire officials and town leaders on Wednesday described ongoing fuel‑reduction work, inspection priorities and the state’s new “Zone 0” requirement as part of an evening community meeting on emergency preparedness at Saint Mary’s College.
Fire Chief Jeff Isaacs said the Moraga‑Orinda Fire District (MOFD) has been maintaining two major projects that are intended to slow wildfire spread into town: the North Orinda shaded fuel break, completed in 2020, and the Tunnel/East Bay Hills fuel break, which runs from the Wilder community through the college toward Lafayette. "A fuel break is not going to stop a fire," Isaacs said. "A fuel break is something that we use to disrupt the fire pathway and to slow that fire down so we can get in there and take offensive or defensive actions."
Isaacs listed other district priorities this year: inspection of evacuation routes, continued availability of the district’s residential chipping program,…
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