Sonoma County, local fire districts to begin defensible space inspections in May

Inspectors from Permit Sonoma’s Fire Prevention Division and some local fire protection districts will be conducting hazardous vegetation and combustible materials inspections this spring on 3,500 properties that are at high risk for wildfire.

Sonoma County’s Fire Code allows for inspection and abatement of hazardous vegetation and combustible materials on unincorporated parcels of five acres or less, Permit Sonoma spokeswoman Maggie Fleming said in a statement.