The Fire Safe Community Fund was created by a voter approved tax override. This override was passed by the voter’s of the Tahoe Douglas Fire District during the November 2008 General Election. Funds from the Fire Safe Community Fund are used solely to fund the Fire District’s Fuels Management Activities.

The Fire District’s Fuels Management activities include: defensible space evaluations, curbside chipping, tree removal permits, fuels reduction projects, Compost Your Combustibles, and the staffing of the Zephyr Fire Crew.

The Zephyr Fire Crew is a hand crew which implements fuel reduction projects, conducts prescribed fires and serves as a valuable initial attack resource for wildland fires.

2009 marked the first season of the Fire Safe Community Fund. With the funds made available through the Fire Safe Community Fund, the Fuels Management Division was able to complete over 200 defensible space evaluations, 200 tree removal permits, provide curbside chipping to over 100 homeowners, complete fuels reduction projects on over 250 acres around our neighborhoods, and recycle over 300 tons of pine needles and woody biomass through the Compost Your Combustibles program.

For a presentation  on the 2009 Season please follow this link:

http://www.zephyrfiresafe.org/docs/2009%20Fuels%20Management%20Program.pdf