06/25/2026
🔥🌿 Wildfire Safety Reminder: Focus on Vegetation Touching Structures 🌿🔥
We would like to provide some clarification regarding recent w**d abatement and defensible space messaging.
While maintaining defensible space and controlling w**ds are both important components of wildfire prevention, the City’s current enforcement efforts are primarily focused on vegetation that creates a direct fire risk to homes and structures. This includes:
✅ Tree branches touching or overhanging roofs
✅ Vegetation contacting homes, garages, sheds, and other structures
✅ Dead or dying vegetation adjacent to structures
✅ Conditions that create a "fuel ladder," allowing fire to move from the ground into trees and potentially onto a structure
When vegetation is in direct contact with a building or roofline, it can provide a pathway for fire to spread rapidly to the structure during a wildfire event.
Property owners are encouraged to:
• Remove vegetation touching structures or rooflines
• Trim tree branches away from roofs, eaves, and chimneys
• Remove dead or highly combustible vegetation near buildings
• Maintain defensible space around homes and other structures
The City of Lakeport continues its w**d abatement and fire prevention efforts throughout the community. We appreciate the many residents who are proactively maintaining their properties and helping reduce wildfire risk.
Working together, we can help protect homes, families, and neighborhoods from wildfire. 🚒🏡
