Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council Brush Drop Off Tomorrow

Tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council, in partnership with Waste Management and the City of Chino Hills is holding one of twice annual Brush Drop Off events on Canon Lane, north of Carbon Canyon Road and just past Fire Station 64.

Carbon Canyon residents are encouraged to bring cut brush for deposit in roll-off bins provided by the disposal company and Fire Safe Council members will be on hand to assist.  The National Weather Service forecasts a slight chance, some 20%, of showers after 11 a.m., but if you get out early to cut or bring your brush over, you can avoid the wet weather, if any.

 

Last Saturday's Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council Brush Drop Off Another Success

Last Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council, in partnership with the City of Chino Hills and Waste Management, held its second Brush Drop Off event of the year on Canon Lane near Fire Station 4, as part of its efforts to mitigate wildfire risk.

A quartet of Council volunteers assisted a steady flow of Canyon residents in off-loading material into a pair of roll-off bins supplied by Waste Management, with the better part of both filled.  Anything that can be done to reduce flammable material helps to reduce the potential damage in case of a wildfire in the Canyon, so it is very fulfilling to see the amount of brush carted away at the end of the event.

There was also an extra bonus this time as a sidewalk was cleared of plant material that grew over it, as if the Council volunteers didn't have enough to do, so this was all cut back, the sidewalk swept clean and the material added to that brought by local residents.

The weather has been cool and pleasant lately, but we know the hot, dry Santa Ana winds are coming and the conditions will be ripe for more wildfires.  After the horrific January blazes at Pacific Palisades and Altadena, it is increasingly obvious that there is no fire season and that the threat is basically year-round, so anything we can do to decrease the risk of damage is important.  

This is why the twice-annual Brush Drop Off is a vital part of what the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council does.

Rain Doesn't Dampen Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council Brush Drop-Off

It was an unusually cool and wet day with occasional heavy rain amid morning showers on Saturday morning, but the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council Brush Drop-Off brushed off the raindrops and didn't let the precipitation (welcome as it was by at least some of us) dampen our enthusiasm or spirits, as Canyon residents brought their cut brush, tree limbs and more and four Council officers helped unload thousands of pounds of plant material.

Volunteers and residents filled a large roll-off bin and about half or so of another between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. with locals coming from several neighborhoods within the Canyon to deposit their brush before Chino Hills Fire District inspections take place starting next week. Obviously, with summer coming soon, followed by fall in which the Santa Ana winds generally set in, this is the time to get an early start on brush removal.

Thanks again to the City of Chino Hills and Waste Management, along with local residents, for helping the Council to meet its mission of reducing the wildfire threat in Carbon Canyon! The Fire Safe Council will hold another Brush Drop-Off day in the fall, likely at the end of September or beginning of October, so, if you missed this opportunity, be sure to mark your calendar for the next one.

Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council Brush Drop-Off A Success

 The morning began relatively cool, though it heated up a good deal later, but the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council's Brush Drop Off was an unqualified success.

Council volunteers assisted Canyon residents with unloading brush and other plant material during the course of nearly five hours, filling two roll-off bins containing thousands of pounds of debris.

Thanks to those residents, Council volunteers and the City of Chino Hills and Waste Management for providing the bins.  This event helps to reduce wildfire risk in the Canyon, especially in a year with well over 1 million acres burned in California and a La Niña weather system upon us.

Brush Drop Off A Force for Good in Carbon Canyon

Yesterday morning, the Carbon Canyon Fire Safe Council, in conjunction with its partners, the City of Chino Hills and Waste Management, held its annual spring Brush Drop Off near Fire Station 64 on Canon Lane, as the Council continues its efforts, over nearly a quarter century, to mitigate wildfire risk in a variety of ways, including his important program.

It was a cool and damp morning, great, however, for residents on the Chino Hills side of the Canyon to cut down brush, trees and other plant material that provide ready fuel for wildfires and bring them to the site where a pair of roll-off bins were available.  A trio of Council volunteers assisted residents in placing the plant material in the bins, which the disposal company provided courtesy of the City.  This May the 4th was truly a force for good in the Canyon.

With all the rain producing all of the brush, it is vital that we do whatever we can to keep the level of material as low as possible, especially as warmer, drier weather will quickly dry it out and raise the risk of wildfire damage, though we, of course, hope that we will avoid this for another year!  Thanks to the City, Waste Management and the Council for their collaborative efforts on this critical endeavor and a second Brush Drop Off will likely be held this fall.