Hazardous Fuels Chipping Services for Anchorage Fire Department

The Municipality of Anchorage, through its Fire Department's Wildfire Division, is requesting proposals for hazardous fuels chipping services. This service is intended to support a community-based hazardous fuels reduction program aimed at mitigating wildfire risk in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) areas. The program allows residents to place woody vegetation curbside for collection, processing, and disposal, thereby reducing structural ignitability by removing excess vegetation and ladder fuels. This project is grant-funded for 2026 only. The scope of work involves providing labor, equipment, hauling, and disposal for curbside chipping of woody vegetation and slash. The contractor will be responsible for removing and hauling all chipped material to an approved disposal facility, providing traffic control, maintaining safe work zones, and submitting daily production reports. Acceptable materials for chipping include tree branches, brush, woody vegetation, small trees, and logs up to 16 inches in diameter and 8 feet in length. Piles should not exceed 10ft x 10ft x 4ft and must be placed in accessible locations such as residential driveways or along roadway shoulders without obstructing roadways, sidewalks, fire hydrants, mailboxes, or utilities. The program requires approximately thirty-six (36) operational chipping days to be completed within a ninety (90) day performance period. The minimum required production rate is 25 piles per operational day, with a target of 50-100 piles per day when site conditions allow. Contractors are encouraged to provide sufficient staffing, equipment, and hauling capacity to exceed the minimum production requirement. The contractor must make a good faith effort to process all qualifying piles within the designated service area and cannot selectively process only smaller or easier piles. Equipment must be capable of processing material up to 16 inches in diameter and 8 feet in length, and include sufficient hauling capacity to prevent backlog. Daily reporting will include the number of piles processed, locations serviced, estimated volume of material processed, disposal site location, and any skipped piles with reasons.