Our Mission: Mobilizing the people of Santa Clara County to protect their homes, communities and environment from wildfires.
The Santa Clara County FireSafe Council (SCCFSC) is a local 501(c)3 non-profit organization that shares a common, vested interest in preventing and reducing losses from wildfires. We are mobilizing our community to protect their environment through education and hazardous fuel reduction. We manage wildfire risk mitigation projects to reduce the amount of dead and overgrown vegetation around homes and roads in order to protect critical infrastructure, businesses, communities and residences. We are not a county organization and our programs rely on grant funding and contributions from the community.
Chief Executive Officer
Seth Schalet
Board of Directors
James L. Wollbrinck, Erika Ameri, Dede Smullen, Jared Lewis, Shana Nelson, Paul Hansen, Derek Neumann, Rob Rennie, Kevin Conant
Media Releases
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Announces Partnership with Allied Disaster Defense for Home Hardening and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Services – November 27, 2023
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council and Frontline Wildfire Defense Partner to Protect Homes, Businesses, and Communities from Wildfire – November 15, 2023
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Announces Partnership with Allied Disaster Defense for Home Hardening and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Services – October 9, 2023
- San Jose Water Compay and Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Partner on Wildfire Sensor Network – July 25, 2023
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Expands Wildfire Mitigation Network Partnership with Fire Aside – July 17, 2023
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Enhances Early Wildfire Detection Portfolio with Dryad Networks SILVANET Platform – July 5, 2023
- Santa Clara FireSafe Council Partners with N5 Sensors, Inc. – June 21, 2023
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Announces Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) 2023 Draft Update Public Comment Period June 19 Through July 2, 2023 – June 5, 2023
- Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collaborative Awarded $6,336,790 In New CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant Funding – May 2, 2023
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Awarded County Coordinator Grant – January 20, 2023
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council leads collaboration with County wildfire officials to update important wildfire preparedness document – November 10, 2022
- Santa Clara County FireSafe Council Awarded CAL FIRE High Priority Fire Prevention Grant – October 7, 2022
- Upper Highway 9 roadside vegetation work begins November 1, 2021 – October 29, 2021
- Los Gatos Creek Watershed Collabora1ve awarded $7,500,000 CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant – June 24, 2021
SCCFSC in the News
- Santa Clara County supervisors approve 5-year, $1.25 million wildfire mitigation contract – The Mercury News – June 6, 2023
- More grant money means expanded fire mitigation in Los Gatos Creek Watershed – The Mercury News – May 10, 2023
- Santa Clara County groups band together to combat wildfires – The Mercury News – January 29, 2023
- Forest health, safety project aims to reduce wildfire risk in Los Gatos Creek Watershed – The Mercury News – January 8, 2023
Funding:
SCCFSC receives donations from local partners and private residents of Santa Clara County in addition to funding from state and federal grants.
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SCCFSC Contact Info:
info@sccfiresafe.org
408-975-9591
Santa Clara County FireSafe Council
14380 Saratoga Ave.
Saratoga, CA 95070-5953