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Wildfire fears: Woodside fire district calls meetings
Original post made on Nov 14, 2017
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a resident of Woodside: Woodside Heights
on Nov 14, 2017 at 1:46 pm
The Napa Fires should be telling our Town Councilors that it is time to change the rules related to tree removal. There is absolutely no reason to have 100's of massive trees that will crown in a fire similar to the Napa fires.
Let homeowners remove overgrown trees without incident, without permits, and without delays from the Town or Town Council, and knock off the fines for tree removal. Yes we love our Woodside neighborhoods, and the lush foliage, but this area is clearly in danger of becoming a serious fire hazard. Homeowners should remove Pine trees, eucalyptus, Acacia, and oaks.
a resident of Woodside: Woodside Heights
on Nov 14, 2017 at 1:56 pm
It is time to allow residents to remove trees that homeowners believe are overgrown, and those that show opportunity for Crowning in a fire. Knock off the Tree removal fines. Allow homeowners to remove however many trees they feel should be removed to provide a safe environment that will allow plenty of defensible space. That means Homeowners, not Council members, should have the ability to remove whatever trees they choose to remove without any permits, including Oaks, Eucaplytus, Acacia, Pine, or any other trees. This area is so overgrown, that should a fire start in Woodside, we may indeed see the same disaster that we all saw in Napa.
I know we all love our beautiful Woodside, but it won't be beautiful, if it all burns down.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 14, 2017 at 2:37 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
As an experienced wildland fire professional I am deeply concerned that our entire area, with its heavy (and beautiful) fuel/vegetation load and with the significant use of flammable construction materials is as significant risk of exactly the type of devastation that occurred in Santa Rosa.
We need better preparation, planning, alerting systems, voluntary and mandatory fire safety/fuel load reduction/removal zones, voluntary and mandatory removal of flammable construction materials and well defined, tested and signed evacuation routes.
Here is an absolute must read - Does California need to rethink urban fire risk after wine country tragedy?:
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