Community Chipping Events
All around the county community Fire Safe Councils are hosting free Community Chipping Events throughout the year. Residents can take cleared vegetation left over from creating their defensible space to central location in their community to be chipped for free. Check the map below to see where and when upcoming Community Chipping Events are happening.
Guidelines
- Brush that has been cleared or stacked with heavy equipment will not be chipped.
- Debris MUST originate from your defensible space zone.
- Material including, but not limited to, palm, succulents, and poison oak will not be chipped.
- Old, matted stickers and/or lumber are not eligible for chipping.
- Brush must be free of mud, rocks, and other debris.
- Maximum ten-inch diameter on cut limbs.
- Material must be brought to a central location for chipping services.
Please Note
- Community Chipping Events are offered in targeted communities and are subject to availability of funding. Communities may be added or removed without notice.
- Community Chipping events are hosted by community Fire Safe Councils, and administered in partnership by the Fire Safe Council of San Diego County, CAL FIRE/San Diego County Fire, San Diego City Fire-Rescue, local fire protection districts, and the Resource Conservation District. Funding is provided by Regional Resilience Grant Program through the Governor’s Office of Land Use & Climate Innovation unless otherwise stated on the map.
- In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.