West Contra Costa Fire Resilience Program
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Project Overview
Basics
Implementation
A two-part project involving community wildfire mitigation and prescribed burn implementation. Part one includes cost-share mechanical and hand fuel reduction to create defensible space around homes adjacent to Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area that experience very high fire hazard severity. Reduced fuels include dead and dying vegetation, ladder fuels, and highly flammable plants such as juniper and cypress. The program also includes education related to defensible space requirements and maintenance. Part two involves 20 acres of prescribed burn on private land for fuel reduction and invasive species control.
2024
2025
2025
1/29/2025
Project Attributes
Census Tract Income
None
Direct Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
EnviroScreen
None
Free and Reduced Lunch
None
Indirect Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
None
Tribal Engagement (True/False)
None
Tribal Engagement
None
Location
Additional project location at 37.996985, -122.202754
Organizations
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Contacts
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
| Agricultural Conservation Practice (ac.) | Conservation Practice : 595 - Integrated Pest Management Operation Type: Range/Pastureland | 20 acres |
| Fuels Reduction | CAL FIRE UNIT: Santa Clara Project Objective: Forest Resiliency Property Ownership: Private Treatment Type: Prescribed Burn | 20 acres |
| Fuels Reduction | CAL FIRE UNIT: Santa Clara Project Objective: Defensible Space Property Ownership: Private Treatment Type: Hand Thinning | 25 acres |
| Fuels Reduction | CAL FIRE UNIT: Santa Clara Project Objective: Defensible Space Property Ownership: Private Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning | 25 acres |
| People Participating in Activity | Constituent Type: Landowners Primary Service Type: Fire Safe/Firewise | 30 |
Reported Performance Measures
| People Participating in Activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Constituent Type | Primary Service Type | 2025 | Units |
| Landowners | Fire Safe/Firewise | 26 | number |
| Total | 26 | number | |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2024 | 2025 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coalitions and Collaborations Inc. (COCO) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Grand Total | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Note: | The project will accrue expenditures once the fuel reduction is completed. |
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Project Themes
Project Themes
Defensible space creation provides firefighters with well-defined areas to control potential fires from, increasing the ability of firefighters to reduce fire spread and severity. Prescribed burning increases carbon sequestration by reducing highly flammable invasive species, and reduces GHG emissions by reducing potential wildfire severity and spread.
Educational sessions regarding the importance of defensible space, local defensible space regulations, and how to maintain defensible space are provided to all residents in the community.
The project provides cost-share assistance toward hiring a fuel reduction contractor to create defensible space around structures, and provides assistance and instruction for residents to perform their own defensible space maintenance. The project also increases the capacity for private landowners to use prescribed burning as a fuel reduction and land management tool.
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