1925 Howard St. Anderson, CA 96007
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Weed Abatement

Weed Abatement

The Anderson Fire Protection District would like to remind each property owner that it is imperative that you provide a defensible space of at least 100 feet around your home and the structures on your property. This means that dry grass and brush should be cut back at least 100 feet from your home. This will provide a buffer if a wildland fire should occur in your area. It also gives firefighters a much better chance of saving your home.

Starting in the first part of April each year, the Fire Marshal conducts a District-wide survey to determine which properties will need abatement. Once the survey is finished, notices are sent to the registered property owners to abate the hazards. Routinely, we also receive complaints about properties with tall grass and weeds. The complaints are received and inspections are conducted by the Fire Marshal to evaluate the hazards.   Properties posing a significant fire hazard are required to be abated. This is an important program which has the potential to prevent fire loss to structures and property.

Late fall and early spring are a great time to reduce the threat of wildland fire by removing your downed fuel.  The cooler weather also provides better conditions to safely burn the downed vegetation.  Citizens within the Anderson Fire Protection District are required to have a burn permit. Burn permits and regulations are available at the fire department at no cost.  What is commonly referred to as “Burn Season” normally begins on November 1^st and ends on April 30^th; although it does not often occur, those dates are subject to change depending on seasonal conditions. 

We would like to reassure the citizens that the Anderson Fire Protection District is doing all it can to minimize the fire hazards within our community.  We also are encouraging you to do the same by providing yourselves and firefighters with the state-required defensible space. A defensible space is the area between your home and the vegetation that provides the firefighters a place to fight and/or stop the fire from spreading further.