The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, acting in its capacity as the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors, has approved a plan for Con Fire to apply for up to $5 million in state grants to create a large firebreak project in central county.

Known as the CCCFPD Lafayette/Walnut Creek Shaded Fuel Break, the project would extend efforts by the Moraga-Orinda Fire District to protect county residents from wildfire threats from the south.

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