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Malibu Will Help Remove Residents' Fire Risk Trees

The City of Malibu is using a grant to provide residents free tree evaluations and removals to help reduce the risk of wildfire.

Malibu residents can have their trees evaluated and removed if they are a fire risk for free through December. The city is using grant money from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to fund this initiative.
Malibu residents can have their trees evaluated and removed if they are a fire risk for free through December. The city is using grant money from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy to fund this initiative. (Nicole Charky/Patch)

MALIBU, CA - Malibu, get your trees checked out for free to help prepare your home for the next wildfire.

The program, which launched on Nov. 9, will continue through December as part of a $324,000 grant from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, according to a news release from the city.

The city's Fire Safety Liaison and a contractor will assess and remove residents' trees that pose a high fire risk at no charge. The city has already seen a huge interest in the program, meaning every request won't be met.

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“Removing hazard trees are important ways to make homes and properties more resistant to future wildfires, and create defensible space to help firefighters while defending your home, and that helps make the whole community more fire-safe,” said Mayor Paul Grisanti in a news release. “Here in Malibu, we live with the constant threat of the next big wildfire, so it is up to us all as individuals and as a community to be more fire resistant and resilient.”

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