Availability of Federal or State Funding for the Fawn Fire Clean Up

UPDATE: As of 12/14, Federal/State money is now available for homeowners affected by the Fawn Fire. Learn more at the link below!

Federal/State Money Available for Fawn Fire Cleanup

It’s still not clear if state or federal money will be available for homeowners who lost homes in the Fawn Fire. We still believe there’s a decent chance funding will become available because there are rumors of a federal contract coming for the work. We haven’t seen that in writing, although we’re working on federal contracts currently on other fires across the state. We’ve advised many of you to wait if you don’t have insurance coverage at all or if your insurance coverage is low. 

Here’s what you can do if you want to get the process started: spend as little money as possible, and participate in the state or federally funded option if it becomes available:

Prior to hauling away ash and debris to a local landfill, the County requires property owners to have an asbestos survey done on the structures lost in the wildfire, submit a demolition permit application to Shasta County – and a National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) notification in some instances –  you can then obtain your $2,000 disposal voucher to West Central Landfill for disposal, and ultimately dispose of all ash, debris and any contaminated soil from your property. 

This is work our firm does. It costs roughly $2,000 to complete the asbestos surveys, prepare the applications and notifications, map the property and prepare a total package for submittal. The work can be done at any time and it takes roughly 10 days for our office to schedule and complete the work. Homeowners have the option of moving forward with this work, paying for services, and then ideally by the end of December a final decision will have been issued on state or federally funded options you can choose from.