Residents and Property Owners Urged to Take Action to Prepare for Fire Season

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District reminds all residents and property owners that the summer fire season is fast approaching. Four small vegetation fires already occurred last week. 

The most important person in protecting a house from wildfire is not a firefighter, but the property owner. It is the action taken by the owner before the wildfire occurs that is most critical. 

Steps need to be taken now to abate dry weeds, dead grasses, combustible rubbish and other combustible vegetation in order to protect your home, make your community safe from wildfire and comply with the fire district’s exterior hazard control and weed abatement ordinance. 

Initial mailing of compliance notices were sent to property owners in the Antioch, Pittsburg and Bay Point areas on May 2.  Notices will be sent to all other portions of the fire district on May 16.

Property owners in receipt of a compliance notice are encouraged to abate the hazards as soon as practical.  Full compliance is expected 30 days after the date on the notice. Enforcement inspections will begin June 2  in the Antioch, Pittsburg and Bay Point areas and June 16 for all other areas in the district.

Residents and property owners can call the Exterior Hazard Control Unit at 925-941-3300 for clarification or questions and to report a nuisance parcel.

Wildfire prevention and protection begins with each property owner. Take steps now to ensure your property is free of any combustible rubbish, weeds or other vegetation that presents a fire hazard.

More information on our standards, enforcement programs and educational material is available on the fire district website, www.cccfpd.org/exteriorhazards.html.