Residential Green Waste Disposal Event
The Solano Fire Safe Council is offering unincorporated Solano County residents two opportunities to participate in a free green waste disposal event.
Decreasing the fuel load around your home and property is an important step in keeping you and your community safe. One of the most important things you can do is maintain a defensible space around your home. This means clearing away dead brush and keeping the grass around your home short. This can help to slow the spread of a wildfire and give firefighters a better chance of protecting your home.
However, it is important to note that whether working to create defensible space around your home, just mowing the lawn, or pulling your truck and trailer over to the side of the road, if you live in a wildland area you need to use all equipment responsibly. Lawn mowers, weed-eaters, chain saws, grinders, welders, tractors, and trimmers can all spark a wildland fire.
This also means mowing before 10 a.m., but never when it’s windy or excessively dry. Lawn mowers are designed to mow lawns, not weeds or dry grass.
Rural (unincorporated) residents who wish to participate in the Solano Fire Safe Council’s upcoming no-cost green waste disposal events have two opportunities. The first is from 8 a.m. to noon this Saturday, August 3. A second event will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, August 10.
Disposal locations (for both weekend dates) will be offered throughout the county, and can be found below:
Vacaville Fire Protection District, Station 67
4135 Cantelow Road, Vacaville, CA 95688
Falls Elementary School
1634 Rockville Road, Fairfield, CA 94534
Montezuma Fire Protection District, Station 52
2151 Collinsville Road, Birds Landing, CA 94585
Suisun Fire Protection District
4965 Clayton Road, Fairfield, CA 94534
Recology Vallejo (for East Vallejo FPD)
2021 Broadway, Vallejo, CA 94589
Please direct questions to Wildfire@SolanoCounty.com. For more information about the Solano Fire Safe Council, please visit https://solanofsc.org/.
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Since 2003, Supervisor John M. Vasquez has had the privilege to represent the 4th Supervisorial District covering Northern Solano County. The district includes portions of Vacaville and Dixon. He can be reached at (707) 784-6129 or JMVasquez@SolanoCounty.com. |
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