• Safety: Residents/children/pets shall be kept clear of all equipment and crews.
• Property/Piles must be Accessible: Gates shall be open and/or codes provided to Contractors for easy access to piles. Piles must be along an accessible roadway.
• Chips will be broadcast on the property: We do not haul away or scatter the chips.
• Piles must be placed together: Do not add more onto your prepared piles after submitting your application.
• RED FLAG Days: Contractors will not work on Red Flag warning days.
• Cancellations: If the Contractor cannot get ahold of you, cannot find the piles, or cannot access the piles you’ve prepared, your ticket will be canceled.
• Right of Entry/Scheduling: By signing the application, you have agreed to allow the Contractor to access your property when they’re available. The Contractor will inform you of their availability to service your property. You do not have to be home for services to be rendered.
• Post Defensible Space Request? Select “Post-Defensible Space Request” at the top of the application. Then select “Defensible Space Crew” under “Who stacked the piles?”
• Community Events: Reach out to your local Fire Safe Council to inquire about scheduled Community Chipping Events you could participate in.
• We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. Mutual respect between residents and all associates contracted with the EDCFSC is essential. Please file all complaints with our Program Coordinator at grantadmin@edcfiresafe.org

Your piles should look like the one in the picture to the left. Improperly stacked or located piles will result in application denial and loss of chipping time. Please ensure your piles are ready to be serviced or your request will be canceled.

• Pile Placement: Piles need to be adjacent to a driveway, road or street in front of your property. Piles placed in fields will not be chipped unless you and the Contractor agree on private access. 
• Piles MUST be placed together: Piles need to be in the same area for ease of chipping. Multiple piles spread out around your property will be denied.
• Cut Ends Facing Out: Cut ends need to be facing the same direction and towards the driveway, road or street. It is easier and more efficient to chip the piles if they are wider and spread out rather than taller.
• Brush Only: Keep all piles free of rocks, dirt, wire, lumber, spiny plants, poison oak, blackberries and bamboo. The chipper cannot chip piles of pine needles or leaves. You can dispose of this material in green waste carts available from El Dorado Disposal or in your local Fire Safe Council’s Green Waste Dumpsters when they are available.
• Timing: Freshly cut vegetation will chip better than old dried out branches and shrubs.
• Limitations: Chippers can handle material up to 7″ in diameter. The Chippers will not chip individual branches such as small raking’s, old-decayed wood or root balls.
• Accessibility: Place piles in an area that will be out of your way, where there is access for the equipment to turn around, and where you don’t mind leaving chips behind.
• Location: Do not place piles along busy, heavily traveled roadways, where signage or additional crews would be required by County or State Code for safety.