Santa Clara County Fire Department leaders sit down with the Saratoga City Council at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, for a joint session on the department's work in the city, and the slide deck posted with the agenda gives a look at how last year's wildfire inspections went.
The session is in the Linda Callon Conference Room at City Hall, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., an hour before the council's regular 7 p.m. meeting. It is also on Zoom. The agenda lists it as an update only, with no vote.
Defensible-space inspections
According to the presentation, 3,257 parcels require inspections under the department's wildland urban interface program, which checks properties in fire-prone areas. Engine crews were assigned 1,040 first inspections, and the department reports all of them were completed.
Crews found 12 properties out of compliance. The slides say none remain out of compliance and none were referred to the city's code enforcement staff.
The department also lists 1,297 of 1,467 assigned hydrant inspections as done, and says it is on track to finish all of them by the end of the calendar year. Of 64 state-mandated inspections assigned, 60, or 94%, were completed.
Education and wildfire planning
Fire staff ran 72 community education programs in the 2025-26 fiscal year, reaching 7,241 Saratoga residents, the deck says. Residents can request a program or service through the department's website.