Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council Brush Drop Off Results

The weather is cooling down, it's cloudy this morning, and there is a chance of showers in the forecast for tomorrow.

But, we know that the fall Santa Ana wind season is coming, raising the threat of wildland fire in the Carbon Canyon area, including the possible shutting down of power by Southern California Edison.

When hot, heavy winds blow, temperatures rise, and humidity plummets, these are the conditions that are most worrisome for a blaze, so these are prime reasons why, every fall, the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council hosts a brush drop-off from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. so that residents of the Chino Hills portion of Carbon Canyon can clear their properties of flammable plant material and bring these to the spot on Canon Lane, near Fire Station 4.

Local residents unload brush into a roll-off bin during last weekend's brush drop off service coordinated by the Carbon Canyon with the City of Chino Hills paying for roll-off bins supplied by Chino Hills (Republic) Disposal.

There a trio of Council volunteers assisted in off-loading, piling and packing brush and other matter into a pair of large roll-off bins supplied by Chino Hills (Republic) Disposal, thanks to the support of the City of Chino Hills, which pays for the bins.

It was pretty busy in the early hours of the event and the first bin was filled within 1 1/2 hours.  Normally, a second bin is on stand-by and then brought in at 9:30, but two bins were dropped off, so we were able to move right on to loading the second bin with less delay than normal.

The second bin wasn't quite full, but, by the time 1 p.m. rolled around, there was an estimated 5,000 pounds of plant material dropped off.  This is a modest contribution to reducing flammable material susceptible to burning in a wildland fire, but every little bit helps.

The first and full roll-off bin being taken away and the second being readied.  Roughly 5,000 pounds of flammable plant material was dropped off during the morning.

The next brush drop off will be in late April or thereabouts, so we hope that residents of the Chino Hills side of the Canyon will take advantage of this service and utilize it in the spring.