2010 proved to be a very successful year of growth for the "On Demand" neighborhood chipping program. In its 5th season, The Big Bear Lake Fire Department, Big Bear City Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire Department combined their resources to offer chipping for the entire Big Bear Valley. Over 4,200 requests for chipping were received and over 1,000 tons of vegetation were removed. The majority of chipping requests were picked up within two weeks of the requests. In addition, Bear Valley residents actively participated in the program by logging 7,171 hours from creating defensible space on www.thinisin.org . The logging of these hours helps to maintain the grant funding responsible for the availability of the chipping program the following year. The 2011 Valley Wide Chipping Program ran from June 1st to October 31st.

2009 was a banner year for participation in the neighborhood chipping program.  Approximately 1,900 property owners participated in the chipping program.  One million pounds of vegetation were chipped.  The program was “On Demand”. 

The City had expanded its curbside chipping efforts into an on-request basis type of program. To request a pick-up of vegetation cleared from your property, residents called the Chipper Request Line.

In 2007, the Neighborhood Chipping Program was expanded to include the entire Community of Big Bear Lake. It is estimated that over 1,009 tons of woody biomass from overgrown vegetation, dead branches stems and limbs and small trees trunks were collected curbside. Since 2006, a total of 1,059 acres on private properties have conducted some type of fuel reduction to help reduce the risk of fire to their neighborhood.