No-cost chipping service available for homeowners

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – Residents in many wildfire-prone communities throughout San Diego County, including Fallbrook, can take advantage of a free chipping service to reduce fire hazard around their homes. Funding for this program is provided by a National Fire Plan grant from the Cooperative Fire Program of the U.S. Forest Service through the California Fire Safe Council.

California residents in wildfire-prone areas are required to have a minimum of 100-feet of defensible space around their homes. A key component of creating defensible space includes thinning vegetation, often called fuel reducti...