Golden Gate Fire Department

 

 

 
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Recommendations, Regulations, and Permit Applications

Helpful information for fire-proofing your home and property

Firewise landscaping recommendations

 This document will help you plan or improve the fire-resistance of your property. 

Firewise construction checklist

 Helpful information for those constructing or renovating a home in the Golden Gate area.

Preparing a Home for Wildland Fire Season Checklist.

 Trees and foliage grow!  This page reminds you to check for "fuel" that may have crept up to your house.
Golden Gate Fire Protection District Fire Protection Plan The Fire Protection Plan is currently being revised. Please consult the GGFPD Board of Directors for the most up-to-date plan prior to beginning new construction or additions, thank you. 

Dry Hydrant Manual

 We don't have city water out here!  This is a guide for developing alternative water sources for rural fire protection.  This will help you and your contractor meet the requirements of the Uniform Fire Code.

Emergency Access and Water Supply

 This document provides guidelines that will help you ensure adequate water supply and access for emergency vehicles.

Anchor Point Community Analysis and Protection Plan

Golden Gate Fire Protection District Fire Hazard Ratings by Community

 Of the sixteen communities in Golden Gate Fire Protection District, three were found to represent an extreme hazard.  See how your neighborhood rates and what you can do to mitigate your risks. 

Wildland Urban Interface Community Wildfire Protection Plan

 This analysis provides a comprehensive, scientifically based assessment of the wildfire hazards and risks within the Golden Gate Fire Protection District.

Golden Gate Fire Protection District Wildfire Hazard Analysis Methodology

 This document describes the methodology used to estimate the physical hazard fuels weather and topography represent to values-at-risk in the study area.

Permit applications

Burn permit application process

 Before setting a controlled burn on your property, you must obtain a burn permit from the county.  In order to get this permit, you must first have us inspect the proposed burn site.  There is a $50 fee associated with our inspection.  

Driveway permit application

Under construction - please contact a board member for up to date information .

 The Golden Gate Fire Protection District (GGFPD) is required to approve new and modified access to each site within the District.  Please review the information that follows for more information on obtaining a driveway inspection.

Procedure for obtaining driveway inspection

Download the Plan Review/Permit Application Form

The Golden Gate Fire Protection District (GGFPD) is required to approve new and modified access to each site within the District.

If you plan to modify or add access to your site by road or driveway, please review the "Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Driveway and Private Road Standards".

After reviewing these documents please submit a stamped architectural drawing from your building engineer, along with a Plan Review/Permit Application and the permit fee for review by the GGFPD. If the building site meets the county standards for driveways and private roads, the Golden Gate Fire Protection District will approve the plans and agree to provide fire protection to the site.

Please complete a Plan Review/Permit Application Form and deliver it with the permit fee to the Golden Gate Fire Protection District.

Additionally, please consider the following recommendations:

  • As with other building sites throughout the GGFPD, we recommend that the owners and their contractors consider installing a water tank or cistern at or near the building sites. This is in consideration of travel distances and times for our fire equipment to reach the sites, and the general need for emergency water supplies at sites throughout the district. If the owners decide to install a water tank or cistern, we ask that they integrate the installation with a grading plan to afford road access to the water source by GGFPD equipment. We also ask that the owners and their contractors consult with GGFPD on fitting the installation with plumbing leading to a hydrant or other port to which the GGFPD equipment can be attached for pumping water. 

  • As with other building sites throughout the GGFPD, we recommend that the property owners and their contractors consider tree and brush removal programs to establish defensible perimeters against wildfire hazards around their building sites. Such activity is not related directly to the grading plan, but might be a consideration with respect to grading, especially at or near the building sites. 

Wildfire protection:

  1. Surround house with a six feet wide surface of gravel with a geofabric to prevent weed growth.

  2. Remove trees within 75 feet of the main house.

  3. Remove shrubs and tall vegetation surrounding the house within the 75 feet. Encourage low growing grasses such as blue grama and buffalo grass.

  4. Trim all branches from lower 10 feet of tree trunks in a protective zone (width varies)

  5. Install a 10,000-gallon cistern tank with a dry hydrant within 150 feet of the house. The tank can be filled with rain runoff from the roof of the house, but domestic wastewater cannot be used.

For more information visit Jefferson County Emergency Management.

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