Fire Season Preps: Weed Abatement Deadline Arrives In Contra Costa County

CBS San Francisco

May 31, 2022

Tuesday is the deadline day for weed abatement in Contra Costa County. With abatement efforts, fire departments say all property owners have a safer fire season.

Pete Ferraro owns AAA Tractor Services in the East Bay, For three months out of the year, he tackles 300 accounts. He's been doing this for 30 years and knows the importance of minimizing fire hazards.

"We do anything from the backyard to the back 40," said Ferraro. "Now this year was a really odd year because January-March you got no rain at all then April we got rain which is usually when we start working."

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