fire prevention
Overgrown Vegetation and Weed Concerns
Overgrown Vegetation and Weed Concerns
Use the Washoe Regional Mapping System to find Fire Risk Rating
Follow link and under the Planning & Development tab click on Fire Risk Rating
Find fire risk ratingAny property located in a WUI designated Low Hazard area will not be investigated.
TMFPD has restrictions on what it is allowed to enforce which includes: undeveloped parcels with naturally occurring vegetation, developed parcels with naturally occurring vegetation that is not encroaching on an area requiring Defensible Space, the area of concern must be visible from a public way, the form and concern cannot be anonymous, TMFPD will only address dead vegetation- which does not include sagebrush. An adjoining property does not have to remove vegetation to accommodate the distance requirement for any neighboring property.