Vegetation can act as fuel during a fire which can cause it to spread even quicker.

The San Luis Obispo County Fire Safe Council in partnership with local fire departments and the California Climate Investments Program will host free chipping events across the county. This was made possible through a grant from the California Climate Initiative.

Greg Alex, Community Consultant for the Fire Safe Council said that the event draws a lot of people, currently having 50 people in Cambria and 70 in Los Osos for their sign up.

In order to qualify people need to live in the very high, high or moderate zones of the fire hazard severity zone. You can go to see if your home qualifies.

People can then sign up online through the Fire Safe SLO . Those sign ups will last for the duration of the progra

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