Woodland Hills 2025 Chipper Days
Dear Residents,
We are pleased to announce that the “Chipper Crews” will return to Woodland Hills on Monday, May 19th, 2025, through Thursday, May 29th,2025. Please have your piles stacked before May 19th.
You can visit the city’s website for links to information on creating a defensible space around your home, https://www.woodlandhills-ut.gov/pages/public-safety, the State’s web site (https://ffsl.utah.gov/fire/wildfire-community-preparedness/homeowner-education/), or feel free to email the Woodland Hills Fire Department at [email protected].
Also, a few items to follow to help our crews be more efficient:
1. When stacking trees and brush, ensure the large diameter end faces the street. If they are placed both ways, the piles are very hard to separate.
2. Stacks should be no higher than 3 feet tall and only one row deep.
3. No construction materials.
4. No stumps.
5. Once the chipping crew has passed your home, please do not place any additional material at the side of the road.
6. If you want to keep the chips, please lay a tarp on the ground next to the tree/brush pile near the edge of your property but not in roadside ditches. The tarp should be at the end of the pile in the direction of traffic flow so crews can pull past the pile. If a tarp is not down, the chips may be spread through the front part of the yard.
7. This is for mitigation and not to clear your lot.
We appreciate your support of this program. We are making a huge difference.
Please be aware of the following:
None of your pile(s) should be on the pavement so vehicles can easily maneuver throughout the City.
When chipping is complete, the lot/homeowners must clean up the chipped pile(s). Don’t forget to clean your ditch and culvert of trash and debris.
Your chipping pile needs to be stacked before the morning of Monday, May 19th since they’ll only be making one pass through the city.
Please go to the City’s website to record your time spent clearing your lot, https://www.woodlandhills-ut.gov/pages/public-safety
This is a continued effort to make Woodland Hills a “Safer Place to Live.” With the help of every citizen, we will make it happen. Thank you for your continued support.
Please remember to CALL 911 if you see or smell any smoke.
Ted Mickelsen, Fire Chief
