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What the ember-resistant zone rules mean for this city, under its actual designation and its actual fire authority.
The local snapshot
Fillmore sits up the Santa Clara River valley from Santa Paula, citrus country against the Topatopa foothills. The city fire department is the AHJ inside city limits. VCFD Station 27 is real and nearby, but it covers unincorporated land and cooperates with the city; it is not Fillmore's municipal fire department. Like its downriver neighbor, the city is included here for verified fire history, and caveated because this site could not fully confirm the current Fire Hazard Severity tier this research pass.
The local record
The Thomas Fire's December 2017 run moved through the Santa Clara River valley corridor, and regional coverage places Fillmore among the communities affected as the fire spread from its ignition area. That verified regional history is why the city is on this site. The city's exact current FHSZ tier under the 2025 maps is the piece we have not confirmed, and this page deliberately doesn't assert it. The foothill edge above town is the geography most worth checking at the parcel level, which is why the parcel-level check matters.
Who enforces it
Fillmore has its own fire department. VCFD Station 27 (133 C St., Fillmore) serves unincorporated areas near Fillmore and the central Santa Clara Valley and is a cooperator with the city's fire department. Do not treat Fillmore city limits as VCFPD family. Statewide Zone 0 is Proposed — not in force. Existing defensible space still applies. The deadlines page names what is Required now versus Proposed — not in force; your jurisdiction sets the specifics, and this page names yours. For the requirements themselves, start with the regulations guide, fences and gates, and landscaping.
Questions
We haven't confirmed the city's current tier with full certainty, so we won't assert it. What's verified: Fillmore sits in the Thomas Fire's 2017 valley corridor. Fillmore Fire is the AHJ inside city limits; Station 27 covers unincorporated land nearby. The definitive answer for your property is a free parcel-level check.
Fillmore Fire Department inside city limits. VCFD Station 27 serves unincorporated areas near Fillmore and is a cooperator with the city's fire department. Ordinance 34 and VCFPD Zone 0 do not automatically apply inside Fillmore city limits.
Get the free parcel check. Statewide Zone 0 is Proposed — not in force. Existing defensible space still applies. The first five feet is Recommended now: fence line first, then the rest of the five-foot ring.
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