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Fire Safe Council seeks county help to expand chipper program and create more Firewise communities
Summary
The San Benito Fire Safe Council briefed supervisors on its restart of a chipper program in Aromas, its $170,000 grant activity, and outreach to form more Firewise communities. The council asked the county for assistance with publicity, recruitment and coordination with CSAs and HOAs.
The San Benito Fire Safe Council presented to the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 28 and asked for help expanding community wildfire resilience programs, including the county’s chipper and shaded‑fuel projects and a push to create more Firewise communities.
Rick Mazzarella, chair of the Fire Safe Council, said the group secured roughly $170,000 in grants to restart a chipper program in Aromas and fund shaded‑fuel work in…
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