Truckee Meadows Fire Announces Green Waste Collection Days

Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District’s Autumn Green Waste Collection Days will occur in November.

Reno, Nev. October 7, 2019 – Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District’s Autumn Green Waste Collection Days will take place, weather permitting, on the following dates, times:

-Friday, November 8, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

-Saturday, November 9, from 8 a.m. to Noon

-Friday, November 15, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

-Saturday, November 16, from 8 a.m. to Noon

Green waste collection will occur at the following two Truckee Meadows Fire Stations, all four days:

NORTH LOCATION: Silver Lake Volunteer Fire Station 430, 11525 Red Rock Road, Stead

SOUTH LOCATION: East Washoe Lake Fire Station 32, 1240 E. Lake Boulevard, Washoe Valley

Now that autumn has arrived, the Fire District strongly encourages residents to create defensible space.  Conditions remain dry, and green waste collection is a safe way to discard vegetation.  TMFPD’s Green Waste Collection Days offer the best alternative to create defensible space.  Green waste collection allows residents to dispose of their dry and dead vegetation, shrubs, tree branches, and other wildland fuels in an effort to encourage the creation of defensible space to protect homes and property from wildfires.  This is a free event sponsored by the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District for all Washoe County residents.

Defensible space is the buffer you create between a building on your property and the grass, trees, shrubs, or any wildland area that surround it. This space is needed to slow or stop the spread of wildfire and it protects homes and property from catching fire, either from direct flame contact or radiant heat. Defensible space is also essential for the protection of the firefighters defending your home.

Washoe County residents should take action and create this space by pruning or cutting back trees branches and shrubs and remove dead grass and weeds.  In addition, green waste is reduced to compost and helps air quality levels as an alternative to burning.

Items we will NOT accept include household garbage and trash, lumber, hazardous materials, and grass clippings.  ONLY natural vegetation, please. 

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