Coarsegold Resource Conservation District is releasing a request for Proposals for the Eastern Madera Fire Prevention Assistance Program, Round II. This program aims to improve the safety of homeowners within established Firewise communities as a part of their annual work to maintain their Firewise status in the NFPA program.
The contracted work will consist of chipping brush piles collected by homeowners from within their 100” defensible space. These piles will be products of thinning and brushing of ladder fuels, limbing up healthy trees, removal of standing and downed dead vegetation, and breaking up the canopy to create a shaded fuel break within 100’ of participating homes. Homeowners will deposit this material at the edge of the road for the contractor to chip and remove. There will also be work in selected communities to brush and chip along roadsides to ensure safe egress in the event of fire in the area.
Link to EMC Fire Prevention Assistance Program Round II RFP 9-4-2024
Please visit our website at https://crcd.org/news/ for a copy of the Request for proposal or reach out to coarsegoldrcd@gmail.com.
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Services will be provided based upon funding availability and when work is being completed in your designated community. Funding for this project provided by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire Prevention Grants Program as part of the California Climate Investments Program. More information on CAL FIRE’S Fire Prevention Grant Program please visit: https://www.fire.ca.gov/grants/wildfire-prevention-grants/
Eastern Madera Fire Prevention Assistance, is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment– particularly in disadvantaged communities. The Cap-and-Trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. California Climate Investments projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. At least 35 percent of these investments are located within and benefiting residents of disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, and low-income households across California. For more information, visit the California Climate Investments website at: www.caclimateinvestments.ca.gov.
Jon Cottington
Executive Director
Coarsegold Resource Conservation District
559-760-6019