• Residents can chip up their vegetation curbside.
• The program is offered six weeks a year, program dates will be released in Spring of 2026. 

Important: Residents must sign up by the Friday before the week of chipping to participate. For example, residents must sign up by Friday, April 4th to participate in chipping the week of April 7th.

Chipper Days helps residents create defensible space around their homes, reducing wildfire risk.

It also eliminates yard waste buildup, preventing potential fire hazards.

Please spread the word about the Chipper Days program to your neighbors and Firewise group members.

Encourage residents to sign up early for the chipping events they'd like to participate in.

Residents can sign up for the Chipper Days program and find more details here.

• Piles must be placed on the curb (typically where garbage cans go) by 8am on Monday morning of the chipping week and will be picked up by 5pm that Friday.

• Material more than 8 inches in diameter cannot be chipped.

• The pile size cannot exceed 20 feet x 4 feet x 4 feet. Piles with unpermitted items or exceeding the size limit may be left behind and will become the resident's responsibility to remove.

• The pile must be within 5 feet of a place where the truck can access it.

• Do not place piles where they are blocking a roadway or driveway or within 10 feet of a utility pole or fire hydrant.

• Trash, poison oak, blackberry brambles, oleander.

• Construction materials, lumber, wood containing nails or other metal.

• Regular yard waste, leaves, lawn clippings.

• Bamboo roots, roots with dirt, rocks, or gravel.

• Bagged or tied material of any kind.

Residents can email chipper@marinwildfire.org with any questions.