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May 2-8 Is Wildfire Awareness Week: “Wildfire Is Coming… Is Your Home Ready?”

This photo was taken in Green Valley Lake during the 2007 fires, four of which prompted evacuations in the mountain communities. Per a declaration from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, this week is...

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Local Fire Agencies Partner to Offer Free, Curbside Chipping Program;...

Big Bear Valley, CA — The free neighborhood chipping program returns to the Big Bear Valley in June and what’s new and exciting about this year’s effort is that all three local fire agencies—Big Bear...

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Local Forest Care Program Eases Requirements, Reimburses Homeowners 75% for...

Big Bear Valley, CA — ’Tis the season to clear defensible space, to ensure that your home, our community and the surrounding forest are fire-safe for the summer season. As emphasized by Big Bear Lake...

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On-Demand Chipping Program for Big Bear Valley Is Chipping Away at Requests;...

Dead vegetation makes for a huge pile of mulch. Big Bear Valley, CA — The Valley-wide chipping program, still offered free of charge but now offered on-demand, has been underway since the beginning of...

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District Ranger Tangenberg Plans for Additional Fuels Reduction on Forest;...

District Ranger for the San Bernardino National Forest's Mountaintop District Scott Tangenberg Big Bear Valley, CA/San Bernardino National Forest — District Ranger Scott Tangenberg has been overseeing...

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8th Annual Xeriscape Garden Tour is Saturday, July 24th

Big Bear Valley, July 20, 2010, 12:07pm – The Sierra Club hosts the 8th annual Xeriscape Garden Tour this Saturday, July 24th featuring seven homes where the owners have created beautiful landscaped...

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David Yegge Awarded With Firewise Leadership Award

Big Bear, Ca, March 28, 2011, 4:00pm - David Yegge, Fire Fuels Program Supervisor for the Big Bear Lake Fire Protection District, has been selected as a state winner for the 2010 National Fire...

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Free On Demand Curbside Chipper Program

Big Bear Valley, CA, May 20, 2011, noon - Mother Nature provided some natural tree pruning again this year with the heavy snowfall during the winter months.  As you work around your mountain home this...

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Chipper Program Continues To Create Defensible Space

Big Bear, Ca, November 16, 2011, 12:00pm - Many residents within the Big Bear Valley have once again created defensible space on their property, and utilized the free curbside chipper program put on by...

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Defensible space: Chipping ends, clean-up still encouraged

Big Bear City, CA, April 26, 2013 – Since the Curbside Vegetation Chipping Program debuted in 2005 to help create defensible space on private property, several thousand tons of vegetation have been...

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Fire Department Reminds Residents to Take Precautions Now

San Bernardino National Forest, CA, August 16, 2013 — By early April, California was already showing signs of having one of the most active fire seasons in history. In our county in particular, low...

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Firefighters Focus on Prevention

Big Bear City, CA, June 4, 2014 – The San Bernardino County Fire Department’s Residential Assessment Program is back for a second year. In the coming weeks, firefighters will be going door-to-door...

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Replace the Shake: New Funds Available To Bring Roofs Into Compliance

Big Bear Lake, CA, September 26, 2014 - We hear a lot about maintaining “defensible space” around our mountain homes for fire protection–and rightly so–but it’s only part of the picture. Besides the...

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BBFD Curbside Chipping Program is a Great Success

Big Bear, CA, October 23, 2015 – The Big Bear Fire Department would like thank the entire Big Bear Valley for their efforts keeping our community healthy by creating defensible space utilizing the...

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