2012 -2013
No-Cost Chipping Service for
Fuel (Vegetation) Reduction

This program offers a No-Cost Chipping Service for fuel reduction to qualified residents (see list below of communities).

Guidelines to know before requesting a chipping form:

• no ground-clearing disturbance permitted while removing tree limbs/brush
• chipping crew is not responsible for moving brush beyond a 5' distance from the chipper
• no palm, cactus, poison oak, or ice plant will be chipped
• brush must be free of mud, rocks, and other debris
• maximum six-inch diameter on cut limbs
• piles no more than six feet high, and within five feet of road edge, and with cut ends facing road
• piles must be fully accessible for chipping equipment and crew
• chipped material to be left on-site in the area, not hauled away
• brush or limbs that have been mechanically removed will not be chipped
• brush or limbs that have been cleared or stacked with a tractor will not be chipped
• contractors are provided with a weekly schedule; final scheduling decisions are made by the contractor based on location

CHIPPING FORMS AND FLYER:

1. Call the Fire Safe Council at 619-562-0096 to request a form and confirm you live in a qualifying chipping area.
2. Forms and a list of qualifying chipping areas can also be found on our website at www.firesafesdcounty.org.
3. Mail chipping request form to 11769 Waterhill Road Lakeside, CA 92040 or fax to 619-562-4799.
4. Material will not be chipped until a request form has been received, and material is stacked and ready.
5. Chipping service is offered on a first-come, first-serve basis, one day of service per property, and in qualifying
   areas only.
6. Chipping service is dependent upon funding availability.

Before Chipping	After Chipping

Click here for No-Cost Chipping information flyer

Click here for PDF Chipping Request Form

Click here for Word Chipping Request Form

Please mail form to the attention of:
Fire Safe Program Coordinator
Fire Safe Council of San Diego County
11769 Waterhill Road – Lakeside CA 92040

Forms can be faxed to: (619) 562-4799

Note: Chipping Services are offered in targeted communities and are subject to availability of funding. Communities may be added or removed without notice.
 

“The No-Cost Chipping Service is administered by the Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County, an equal opportunity provider.  Funding provided by a National Fire Plan grant from the Cooperative Fire Program of the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Pacific Southwest Region, through the California Fire Safe Council.”

The No-Cost Chipping Program for fuel reduction is offered to qualified residents in the following areas:
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• Banner
• Barona Mesa
• Black Canyon
• Boulder Creek
• Boulevard
• Campo
• Chihuahua Valley
• Corte Madera
• Deerhorn Valley
• Descanso
• Dulzura
• Fallbrook
• Greater Julian
• Harmony Grove
• Jacumba
• Jamul
• Lake Morena
• Lawsons Valley
• Lyons Valley
• Mesa Grande
• Pala
• Pauma
• San Pasqual
• San Diego Country Estates
• Santa Ysabel
• Sherilton Valley
• Sunshine Summit
• Valley Center
• Warner Springs
• Wynola

Greater Alpine Fire Safe Council
Available to residents in the Greater Alpine Community
 http://greateralpinefsc.org/6.html

The FSCSDC accepts donations for services rendered to help support the continuation of this service.  Donation form may be found by clicking this link to our donation page.

Please make checks payable to Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego and mail to 11769 Waterhill Road – Lakeside CA 92040

Guidelines for thinning existing vegetation and maintaining different vegetation densities can be found by linking to our defensible space page here.