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County staff review wildfire prevention programs, outline grant-funded projects and communication gaps
Summary
Emergency services and fire-prevention partners updated supervisors on ongoing and planned wildfire prevention work, including CAL FIRE grants, county-earmarked funds, green-waste chipping events and a pilot seasonal firefighter program. Staff emphasized coordination needs for prescribed burns and outreach.
Solano County emergency-management staff on May 13 briefed the Board of Supervisors on the status of wildfire-prevention and resilience programs, describing a mix of grant-funded projects, local earmark spending and community outreach efforts and noting gaps in coordinated advance notice for prescribed burns.
Robin Raines, Solano County emergency services manager, said the county has continued activity across several funding streams awarded since 2019 and noted completed and ongoing projects. Staff highlighted a CAL FIRE community prevention grant that supported the county’s first countywide Community Wildfire Protection Plan and related outreach; staff said that CAL FIRE funds supported a roughly $1 million project matched in part by about…
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