Slash
SLASH: Sustainable Lands and Safer Homes
What is Slash? Slash is debris, from nature, such as tree limbs, pruning's and pine cones.
Since 2022, JCD has partnered with Jefferson County to collect SLASH from residents at various sites across Jefferson County. The program takes place in mid/late May through October and gives residents and small contractors an affordable option for SLASH recycling in Jefferson County. The importance of mitigating and preparing your property, by removing the ignition a wildfire thrives upon, is essential in the process of home hardening and creating defensible spaces.
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The Slash Program, Defensible Space, & The Forest
In the face of increasing fire incidents, it is more crucial than ever to safeguard our homes and natural landscapes. The Slash Program provides a convenient and low-cost option to recycle your collected materials. By establishing and maintaining defensible space around your property, you can significantly reduce the risk of wildfire damage to your home.
What is defensible space? It is the area surrounding your home or property that is intentionally modified to create a buffer against approaching fires. This proactive measure helps create a safe zone, giving firefighters a fighting chance to protect your home and assets.
Creating defensible space entails removing flammable materials, such as dense vegetation, dead trees, and excess brush, while ensuring the proper spacing of trees and the use of fire-resistant plants.
The Slash Program is designed to make it easy, a close by and low cost option to recycle your SLASH!
Mitigating wildfire risks requires a collective effort. The Slash Program encourages community involvement by fostering collaboration between neighbors, local agencies, and JCD. Neighborhoods can come together to collectively address defensible space and wildfire mitigation, by pooling resources and knowledge, we improve the safety of our entire community, ensuring that no one faces the threat of wildfires alone.
Don't wait until it's too late. Act now by clearing slash off your property and dropping it off at a SLASH site near you. Together, we have the power to create a fire-resistant community and preserve the beauty of our natural landscapes for future generations.
