SCCFD Officer Name & Title (print)
Santa Clara County Fire Department
408.378.4010 • [email protected]
Proudly serving Campbell, Cupertino,
Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos,
Monte Sereno, Saratoga, & unincorporated
communities within Santa Clara County
FIRE PREVENTION–WHITE OWNER/RESIDENT–MANILA CARDSTOCK
ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DESIGNATED FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES
OF THE WUI MUST COMPLY WITH THE ENFORCED SAFETY REGULATIONS PRIOR TO JUNE 1st EVERY YEAR. A RE-INSPECTION WILL OCCUR ON OR AFTER 15 DAYS OF THIS INSPECTION NOTICE. IF, AT THAT TIME, THE REQUIRED
CLEARANCE OF FLAMMABLE VEGETATION HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED,
A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WILL BE ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND REFERRED TO THE LOCAL JURISDICTION FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
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ADDRESS:___________________________________________
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Property Owner and/or Community Resident:
The Santa Clara County Fire Department (SCCFD) is
conducting property inspections in your neighborhood. Your property is not in compliance with the enforced Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) safety regulations checked below:
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Create 30 feet of defensible space around your home.
To accomplish this, clear all flammable vegetation a
minimum of 30 feet (or to the property line) around
structures.
Create 100 feet of defensible space around your home.
To accomplish this, create a green zone by clearing all flammable vegetation 30 feet around structures and
create a reduced fuel zone for the remaining 70 feet or to your property line.
Remove pine needles, leaves, and other dead vegetation
from roofs, eaves and rain gutters.
Trim tree limbs 10 feet from chimneys and stove pipes;
remove dead limbs that hang over rooftops.
Remove all non-fire resistive vegetation a minimum of
10 feet on each side of a fire apparatus access road
or driveway.
Cover chimney outlets or flues with a 1/2” mesh spark
arrester.
Post a clearly visible house address, using at least 4” high numbers, for easy identification.
Your Efforts Help to Build Wildfire Resilient Communities!
ADDITIONAL SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS
• Create and maintain a 0 to 5 feet noncombustible zone (Zone 1) around all structures, including decks.
• Clear 10 feet around and 15 feet above fuels (e.g., woodpiles, lumber, scrap, etc.) Move woodpiles as far away as possible from all structures.
• Clear vegetation and other combustible materials from underneath decks. Enclose elevated decks with fire-resistive materials.
• Trees 18 feet or taller should be limbed up 6 feet from the ground. Provide additional vertical clearance when trees have vegetation beneath them.
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
Santa Clara County Fire Department
www.SCCFD.org/rsg • 408.378.4010
Offers community education and risk reduction programs, including fire safety, injury prevention, disaster and wildfire preparedness
Santa Clara County FireSafe Council
www.SCCFireSafe.org • 408.975.9591
Protects and educates communities at risk from wildfire through fuel reduction programs, outreach and community planning efforts
Santa Clara County Weed Abatement Program
WeedAbatement.SCCgov.org • 408.282.3145
Provides community education and hazard abatement
services to protect communities from fire hazards
www.nfpa.org/wildfire
FM #1409 / Revised 2022