River Park Defensible Space Program

How it works

Washoe County Emergency Management selected the River Park neighborhood in West Reno for a mitigation program aimed at creating defensible space for homeowners. The county said the effort was delivered through partnerships with multiple agencies and included a series of neighborhood project phases.

What the money covers

This was not a cash grant or rebate. The program provided services and materials at no cost to the homeowner, including:

• Defensible-space inspections
• Vegetation removal and green waste collection
• Interior fire safety inspections
• Smoke alarm replacement
• Preparedness information and planning
• Reduced-cost or no-cost plants for revegetation
• Revegetation support and delivery of supplies

The page also notes that green waste bins were supplied during the vegetation removal weekend for homeowners who chose not to participate in program phases.

Amounts and matching

There was no homeowner payment, match, or reimbursement amount listed. The official page states the program was at no cost to the homeowner.

How to apply

Homeowners could opt into some, all, or none of the program phases through an online form. The signup period was listed as open from the program launch until 5:00 PM on September 3, 2025.

Timing and deadlines

The page lists these completed project phases and dates:

• Door hangers and mailers: August 19-25, 2025
• Community meeting: August 30, 2025
• Homeowner opt-in response period: now through 5:00 PM September 3, 2025
• Defensible-space inspections: September 5-7, 2025
• Vegetation removal / green waste collection / interior fire safety inspections / smoke alarm replacement / preparedness information and planning: September 19-21, 2025
• Homeowner plant pick-up: September 21, 2025 through October 15, 2025
• Revegetation: September 29, 2025
• Feedback period: October 2, 2025 through 5:00 PM October 16, 2025

The county states the program concluded on October 16, 2025.