Magdalena-Eastbrook Evacuation Route Maintenance Project – Completed November 2024
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The Magdalena-Eastbrook Road Evacuation Route Project treated portions of Magdalena Avenue, Camino Hermoso Drive, West Loyola Drive, Rolly Road, Kenbar Road, Sunhills Drive, and Eastbrook Avenue.
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Arastradero Road Evacuation Route Maintenance Project – Completed October 2024
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The Arastradero Road Evacuation Route Maintenance Project treated portions of Arastradero Road within the Los Altos Hills County Fire District, including Los Altos Hills and Portola Valley. This area was previously treated in fall 2022.
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Altamont Evacuation Route Maintenance Project – Completed September 2024
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The Altamont Evacuation Route Project treated Altamont Road, which was previously treated in May 2022.
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La Paloma Area Evacuation Route Project – Completed June 2024
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The La Paloma Road evacuation route project treated three roads along the evacuation route: Purissima Road, La Paloma Road, and Westwind Way.
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Elena-Fremont Evacuation Route Project – Completed May 2024
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The Elena-Fremont Evacuation Route Project treated portions of five roadways: Elena Road, La Barranca Road, Purissima Road, Concepcion Road and Fremont Road.
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Black Mountain-Purissima Evacuation Route Project – Completed March 2024
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The Black Mountain Road – Purissima Road Evacuation Route Project in Los Altos Hills, California, provides an important route of egress route for a significant portion of the Western area of the Los Altos Hills Community in the event of a wildfire evacuation. To secure the integrity of this route, Los Altos Hills County Fire District and Santa Clara County FireSafe Council propose a roadside treatment of hazardous fuels.
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Robleda-Burke Evacuation Route Project – Completed November 2023
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Robleda Road in Los Altos Hills, California, provides a significant route of egress/ingress for the central portion of the Los Altos Hills Community in the event of a wildfire. The 3.5 stretch of California Interstate 280, from the Moody Road/El Monte Road interchange to the Page Mill Road Interchange, Robleda Road is one of only three underpasses utilized to escape towards the east and reach Foothill Expressway.
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Magdalena-Summerhill Evacuation Route Project – Completed October 2023
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Magdalena and Summerhill Avenues in Los Altos Hills, California, provide a significant route for evacuation for the southern portion of Los Altos Hills Community and for Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District users in the event of a fire. The Magdalena Avenue portion of the project will provide a continuation of the evacuation route along Ravensbury Avenue, which leads away from Rancho San Antonio Park, while the Summerhill Avenue portion of this project will help ensure an alternate route to Interstate 280 in the event the interstate access directly on Magdalena Avenue is inaccessible.
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Mora Ravensbury Evacuation Route Project – Completed August 2023
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Mora Drive and Ravensbury Avenue in Los Altos Hills, California, provide two significant routes of thoroughfare/ingress for the Los Altos Hills Community. These roads exist as an egress and ingress in the event of a fire. To secure the integrity of these egress/ingress routes’ integrity, Los Altos Hills County Fire District and Santa Clara County FireSafe Council propose a roadside treatment of fuels.
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Page Mill Road Maintenance Project – Completed June 2023
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LAHCFD partnered with Santa Clara County FireSafe Council (SCC FSC) on this project, which reduced the amount of hazardous fire vegetation, such as brush, grasses, tree limbs, and dead, dying, and diseased vegetation along Page Mill Road. The treatment route began at Arastradero Road and concluded at the entrance of the Foothills Nature Preserve; it was approximately 6.5 miles long and cleaned up and trimmed vegetation up to about 50 feet from the centerline of the road.
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Goat Grazing at Byrne Preserve – May 2023
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The LAHCFD uses goats as an alternative form of vegetation mitigation and fire fuel management in the difficult-to-reach terrain of Byrne Open Space Preserve. The arrival of the goats is a tradition that marks the bucolic arrival of spring in the Hills. The goats graze on low-hanging branches, brush, and flashy fire fuels of Byrne Preserve.
- Celebrate the arrival of Spring and the Goats at our goat grazing “Flash Mob” event. We’ll have coffee and pastries, and education about vegetation mitigation (details to be shared via social media)
- For general information on the goat program, read some of LAHCFD’s Goat Grazing Articles
Arastradero Road Evacuation Route Project – Completed December 2022
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Arastradero Road represents a significant thoroughfare for the Los Altos Hills Community and exists as an egress option in case of fire. The project route began at the intersection Arastradero Road, Page Mill Road, and the I-280 park-and-ride, heading southeast towards Fremont Road. The route was approximately 2-miles long, with treatment on both sides of the road, resulting in 4-miles of treatment. The goals were to reduce roadside fuels to improve the safety of this evacuation route, improve visibility and travel safety, and to reduce the risk of roadside fire ignition.
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Altamont Road Evacuation Route and Road Hardening Project – completed May 2022
Altamont Road connects to previous Evacuation Route Projects along Page Mill Road and Moody/El Monte Roads. It provides residents and travelers with two ways out along the adjourning key roads that are evacuation-route-prepared because of the removal of hazardous vegetation along the roadways. This 2.2-mile project is the primary egress option for residents along Altamont Road while serving as an alternate evacuation route for Page Mill and Moody/El Monte Roads communities.
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Moody/El Monte Roads Evacuation Route and Road Hardening Project – completed November 2021
Moody and El Monte Roads represent a significant thoroughfare for the Los Altos Hills Community and serve as a continuous path from Page Mill Road to Highway 280. To secure the integrity of these roads for ingress and egress in an emergency, we worked with Santa Clara County FireSafe Council to treat roadside fire fuels. Treatment included trimming woody vegetation, pruning trees, clearing dead materials, and clearing hazard trees that may fall onto roads and block the routes. This 3.5-mile project improved visibility and travel safety while reducing the risk of roadside fire ignition.
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- Moody/El Monte Roads Evacuation Route Project Page
- Moody/El Monte Roads Evacuation Route Project FAQs
- Los Altos Town Crier Article – Work Planned to Shore Up Los Altos Hills Fire Evacuation Route – July 21, 2021
Page Mill Road Escape Route and Shaded Fuel Break Project – Phase I and Phase II – completed Spring and Fall 2020
The Page Mill Road Escape Route and Shaded Fuel Break Project was the first of its kind for the Fire District. The two-phased route stretches approximately 2.2-miles along Page Mill Road, from the intersection of Page Mill Road and Country Way to the edge of 11100 Page Mill Road. The majority of the work for this project included roadside mowing, brush clearing, and pruning of trees.
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