Pinebrook Master Association

Controlled burning begins Friday, March 28th The Pinebrook Master Association (PMA) has contracted with prescribed burning specialists and foresters at Alpine Forestry to burn the piles created last season as the PMA Fire Safety Committee worked nearly 50 acres of open space with funds from the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative. Alpine Forestry will begin burning Friday, March 28th in upper Pinebrook above and below Canyon Drive as shown on the map below. Please contact the Pinebrook Fire Safety Committee at pinebrookfiresafety@gmail.com for more information.

December 13, 2024 – Burn crews will be working along Pineridge Drive today, burning brush piles created from earlier fuels reduction work in Pinebrook Home Owners Association (PHOA) open space. Please contact the Pinebrook Fire Safety Committee at pinebrookfiresafety@gmail.com for more information

October 30, 2024 – The Pinebrook Master Association (PMA) and the Pinebrook Homeowners Association (PHOA) are performing controlled pile-burning in the community open space. Work is to occur below Pine Ridge Way and Pine Ridge and Canyon Drives. This work, undertaken by local forestry expert Alpine Forestry, occurs when an approved “burn window” is opened by state and local authorities. We can expect future controlled burns to be planned as conditions allow this fall/winter and next spring. The areas where burning is planned on PHOA open space are marked in gold on the map below. Please contact the Pinebrook Fire… Read More »

Work to continue thru the end of October Thanks to more Utah State grant funds, Pinebrook will continue to manage fire fuel in its open space starting today, October 11th. Forestry crews will begin thinning and piling north and west of Sun Peak, above and below the loop of Canyon Drive, and above Pine Ridge Drive above the mailboxes.

Great benefit of collective efforts and long-term commitment The BBC recently published a fabulous article sharing the story of a California town’s preparation which helped it survived a wildfire. It’s a good read and strongly supports the work Pinebrook has been doing for the past six years, and intends to continue in perpetuity. Read it here: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240909-how-montecito-california-fire-proofed-and-defended-itself-against-a-mega-wildfire

Park City, Utah – Effective July 11, 2024, any open fires, including fireworks, are prohibited within Park City limits.   At their regular meeting on July 11, the Park City Council, in consultation with the City’s Fire Marshall, Park City Fire Department, Park City Police, and the City’s Emergency Manager, voted to enact a prohibition on open fires including fireworks, campfires, slash piles, and wood-burning fire pits. Use of propane or charcoal briquet grills, and previously permitted and approved firepits are not impacted. “Fire conditions in our community have necessitated that we take this action to prevent wildfires,” said City Fire… Read More »

Green Waste Only; No Dumpsters Dumpster Days was conceived as a bonus service for Pinebrook residents. It was historically a joint Pinebrook Master Association and Pinebrook Homeowners Association initiative.  Unfortunately, in recent years the hazards and costs — and visual blight — eclipsed the benefits. The event became a draw for an ever-larger volume of residents from well beyond Pinebrook. It became a magnet for dumpster diving with even small children climbing into the dumpsters walking through broken shards of glass and shrapnel. People were depositing furniture and other discards all over the parking lot when the containers reached their… Read More »

Pinebrook has again been awarded grant funds from the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI) which are available to Pinebrook residents now through June 15, 2024. This grant provides partial reimbursement to Pinebrook property owner for costs incurred creating defensible space around Pinebrook residences using Firewise Landscaping concepts.  $50,000 in total funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis and must be used by June 15, 2024.  A maximum grant award of $6,000 per property is available and awards will range from 25% to 75% of the cost of each project.  Completion of an application will notify the Pinebrook Fire Safety Committee (PFSC) of a homeowner’s interest in… Read More »

Nov 20 – After successful burning yesterday along Two Mile Creek below Ecker Hill in Unit 4 and above iDare Trail and around Lower Meeks Trail in Unit 5, work will continue today, November 20, in Unit 3 above and behind Ecker Hill Middle School. Nov 18 – Crews will continue burning tomorrow, November 19, in Unit 5 above the iDare Trail and around Lower Meeks Trails, and in Unit 6 farther up and away from the Stone Steps Trail. Too, burning will begin in Unit 4 along Two Mile Creek below Ecker Hill. Nov 16 – While crews are… Read More »