A newly assembled wildfire prevention team is strategically roaming neighborhoods in the North Bay.
The Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority is a unified front of 17 member agencies and is focused on minimizing fire risk.
Inspectors were targeting homes that featured overgrown vegetation on the hillside leading up to the property. Since the occupants were away, the crew could only complete a partial inspection. "There is a lot of grasses and weeds that need to be managed," Tanenberg said. "There is a lot of vegetation that is poorly maintained that we noted and getting up closer to the house, there are other things on the hillside that need to be maintained and taken out."
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