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Free wood chipping and information on
community fire breaks are provided by Council members for the communities
of Loch Lomond, Cobb, Anderson Springs, Middletown, and Hidden Valley
Lake.
To participate in our chipping program, please complete, sign, and submit
a Request for Chipping and Right of Entry
Permit form to your neighborhood coordinator, or mail it directly
to the South Lake Fire Safe Council, P.O. Box 1773, Middletown, CA 95461. Forms will be provided at our Community
Education Meetings, or upon request by contacting the Fire Safe Council.
For information on Chipper Days
within your area, contact the Fire Safe Council at (707) 987-2857 or by E-mail.
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Stack brush over standing
vegetation or roadway |
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Stack brush over 6 feet
high |
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Drag brush through mud
(dirt and gravel may damage chipper blades) |
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Bulldozed or
machine-stacked piles cannot be processed. |
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Place poison oak or scotch
broom in chipper pile (this will cause new invasions) |
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Stand near the chipper
outflow |
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Piles cross-stacked or
stacked so dense and compacted that the material cannot be
pulled free to run through the chipper will not be
processed. |
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Do not submit this form
until the material is stacked and ready for inspection. |
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| DO |
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Remove brush 10 feet back
from the road, if possible |
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The material must be
stacked adjacent to roads and accessible to our
contractor’s equipment without having to be moved. |
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The material must be free
of rocks, dirt, berry vines, poison oak, tree stumps or
construction material of any type. |
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Brush, tree limbs, and
trees smaller than six inches (6”) must be stacked
neatly and evenly with the butt ends all facing the road.
Piles cannot exceed five feet (5’) in height. |
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Keep mud off brush (be
careful when the ground is wet) |
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Use material larger than
three inches in diameter for firewood |
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Material must be cut to
manageable twelve foot (12’) lengths maximum. |
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Let the chipper crew know
if you want the chips broadcast or pile for later use |
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Use eye and ear protection
while in the vicinity of the chipper |
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