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Defensible Space

Did you receive a "green-card" defensible space checklist in the mail? If so, please submit your checklist online today!

Questions? Call our Wildfire Hazard Reduction Program to schedule a free site visit, or request and extension.

In January 2005 California revised the state law that requires homeowners to create a firebreak, known as "Defensible Space" around their homes. The law now requires property owners to extend Defensible Space clearance around homes and structures from 30 feet to 100 feet.

Proper clearance to 100 feet dramatically increases the chance of your house surviving a wildfire. This defensible space also provides for firefighter safety when protecting homes during a wildland fire.

Frequently Asked Questions

Click Here for the Defensible Space FAQs...

Preparing your home

Read our complete guide to preparing your home and landscaping to survive a wildfire.

Defensible Space Brochure

Defensible Space Can Protect Your Home From Wildfire!

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Contact

Residential Wildfire Hazard Reduction Program

Program Coordinator
Todd Lando
Email
(415) 473-2207
Fax (415) 499-4256

P.R.C. 4290 & 4291

Sections 4290 and 4291 of the California Public Resources Code are the laws that require property owners in California to establish "Defensible Space." Read the full text of the law here...

Interactive I-Zone Map

Marin County Urban-Wildland Interface Zone Interactive Map

Homeowner Documents

MCFD Defensible Space Requirements Mailer

MCFD Defensible Space Flyer

List of Parcels within the Wildland-Urban Interface - MCFD's Jurisdiction

Cal-Fire Defensible Space Checklist

Guidelines for Creating Defensible Space from Cal-Fire

Homeowner Defensible Space Guide

Fire Prevention Links

Marin County Urban-Wildland Interface Zone Interactive Map

UC Berkeley Homeowner's Defensible Space/Structure Survivability Assessment tool

FireSafe Marin

California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection (CAL-FIRE)

Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map for Marin County

Fire-Safe Tree Selection Tool

Link to Knox Box-Fire Department Key Boxes

Office of the State Fire Marshal

California Fire Chiefs Association-Fire Prevention Officers Section

National Fire Protection Association

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Ken Massucco,
Fire Chief
(415) 499-6717

Rich Lopez,
Deputy Chief
(415) 499-6717

Battalion Chiefs
(415) 499-6717
Fax (415) 507-2969

Jason Weber, Training
(415) 499-3742

Mike Giannini, EMS
(415) 507-2595

Scott Alber,
Fire Marshal
(415) 499-6566
Fax (415) 499-4246

Kent Julin,
Forester
(415) 499-3759
Fax (415) 499-4246

Tim Walsh,
Fire Crew
(415) 717-1521

Phoenicia Thomas, Finance
(415) 507-2631

Kellie Moore, Finance
(415) 507-2731

Headquarters: P.O. Box 518 | 33 Castle Rock Road | Woodacre, CA 94973 | Tel: (415) 499-6717 Fax: (415) 499-7820

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