Napa County jumpstarts fire season preparation with $6.4M
Napa County has allocated $6.4 million to jump start fire prevention efforts aimed at protecting vulnerable communities.
NAPA, Calif. - Napa County has allocated $6.4 million to jump start fire prevention efforts aimed at protecting vulnerable communities.
On Wednesday, fuel reduction crews were clearing hazardous vegetation from the Circle Oaks neighborhood near Atlas Peak. Heavy brush surrounds roughly 200 homes in the subdivision. Napa County Fire Chief Geoff Belyea said the crews created a shaded fuel break to help firefighters should a fire break out in the coming months.
"We're leaving the bulk of the mature trees and we're taking all the fuels out around them… so it makes the fire behavior less intense," Belyea said.