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The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District will get $2 million in state funding that was recently earmarked to fund fire reduction efforts in and around Mount Diablo State Park.
Fire Chief Jonas Aguiar called the San Ramon Valley one of the most fire-prone areas in the region, with extensive open space, steep terrain, and limited roads. He said in a statement the funding would be directed towards badly needed strategies that create breaks in the vegetation and landscape that fuel fires and facilitate their spread.
“Wildfire preparedness is a year-round effort, and this funding lets us take meaningful steps on the ground before the next fire season, not after,” Aguiar said. “Fuel breaks and defensible space work directly to protect the neighborhoods our firefighters are sworn to defend.”
The money was allocated from the state’s general fund in response to a request by SRVFPD through Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda).
The work will involve constructing and maintaining fire breaks and open space projects aimed at mitigating a fire’s ability to spread, according to the SRVFPD’s statement.
The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District covers the communities of Alamo, Blackhawk, Tassajara, Diablo, and the southern area of Morgan Territory, as well as the town of Danville, and the city of San Ramon.
