Shasta County Fire is launching a Defensible Space Assistance Program in response to the new Shasta County Defensible Space Ordinance No. SCC 2025-03 to increase public safety against wildfire. Project work will consist of vegetation reduction activities on up to 100 acres. Work will occur on properties with an accumulation of combustible vegetation belonging to Shasta County residents requiring physical or monetary assistance to remove hazardous fuels. Defensible space work will include, but is not limited to: ladder fuel reduction, brush removal, hazard tree removal, fine fuels removal, leaf litter clean up and thinning of fuels along property boundaries. Treatments will be implemented by use of qualified defensible space contractors using handheld equipment or machinery like chainsaws, mowers, chippers, and masticators.  The project aims to benefit low-income, disabled, elderly, and veteran rural property owners living in the WUI and high to very high fire hazard severity zones.