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Firefighter Tree Service

4.7 (291 reviews)
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Tree care services

Tree cabling or bracing

Disease management - trees

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Insect management - trees

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Pete F.

We had two redwood trees come crashing onto our house during the March 2023 'bomb cyclone' event, punching a hole through our roof. Dennis and his team had served us well 3 times before this, removing a large spruce and pruning our live oaks and valley oak, so I knew who to call. Dennis came out within 2 hours, and Miguel and his 7-man team were on site the very next morning. They skillfully removed the redwoods, piece-by-piece, without damaging the house further. (Remarkably, they did so without the use of a crane or other heavy equipment!) Additionally, they removed a birch tree that had been damaged badly by the redwoods. The team completed the job in a single day, chipping or hauling the debris and cleaning up nicely. Our insurance agent was amazed at their very reasonable price, calling it the lowest he'd seen in the area for this type of work. I could not recommend them more highly.

Raised the level on a 70+ foot Cyprus and cleared brush down below.
Michael M.

UPDATED! I wanted to add to my original review of Dennis, Miguel, and Fire Fighters Tree Services. I called them back in for another job today (Feb. 24, 2023) and they did ANOTHER TERRIFIC JOB!! They were in and out, on a sizable front and back yard job, in under 3 hours. Miguel had his team humming. Everything was planned well and executed to perfection. Dennis was again quick to answer the call for quote and gave me a tremendous price. This team is great. I can't recommend these guys any higher! If YELP had more stars, this team would get the max. Use them.

Monterey Pine stump.
Linda M.

Fire Fighter Tree Service, with Dennis Santora at the helm, did an exemplary job with the removal of our ancient Monterey Pines. We interviewed several other tree services, who either gave us outrageous bids or failed to follow through with estimates. Dennis removed two huge pines (one was 75") and, as a courtesy, threw in for free the removal of a podocarpus and the topping off of a tall birch tree. He also told us we did not need a crane, which was required by other services, and he was right . . . he arrived at 8:00 am with ten talented workers and, by day's end, all three trees were removed and clean-up performed. We have more trees to remove and we have devised a three-year plan. Without a doubt, Dennis is our tree man, forever and ever!

Wood-chipper in action (not crazy loud)
Elizabeth N.

I've used firefighter tree services 3x within the span of 6 years. They always beat everyone's quote and Dennis is always a pleasant to work with. I was reluctant to call him since he's based in redwood city and I'm in San Jose but he even offered to come within an hour of my call. I overslept when he came next day at 9am and he didn't get upset with me. Turned out his other client also overslept and he just laughed it off. His crews of 6 are always professional. They will have a climber cutting off branches and have a catcher in the ground to redirect the falling branch so it won't hit your plants/roof. They cleaned up the yards nicely once they finish their job. I will look no further in the future and just contact firefighter tree services in the future. Maybe I should've just scheduled my 3-year appointment today

Top is before, bottom is after. Super fast, cleaned up everything afterwards, and couldn't be happier! Great job!
Mandi F.

You know when grown ups say, 'dont pay that much for that, I have a guy that'll do it for half that price...' Well I just started my own list cuz now I just got me a "tree guy". Sunday morning our giant yucca palm, this beautiful tree that's been steadily growing into the neighbor's fence, finally took part of it down. With part of the fence leveled, and because the tree (and our neighboring trees) would be coming down later this summer anyways when we build our addition, we knew we had to get it out of there. Also, our neighbor was NOT happy. Not knowing where to start, I yelped a few tree removal businesses, Firefighter Tree Service being one of them. Dennis was super fast to respond, super fast to drive up from San Jose - from another job - to assess the situation, and was so humble, nice and gave us a really really reasonable quote. Half the price of what other places were quoting us. He also said he'd take down the other trees we were in the process of removing too... At no additional cost. He took the trees down super fast the next morning. And when his crew arrived to haul it all out later that day, they were super fast and efficient. They ended up having to remove parts of two of our fences to get machinery in and out (which they obviously replaced afterwards), so not only did I discover I have a "tree guy", I now have a "fence guy" too if I need it. Tree removal is not a sexy part of owning a home, especially under emergency situations, but Dennis and his crew at Firefighter Tree Service did an amazing job, at an amazing price, and I couldn't say enough nice things about them! 10 stars all around! PS. He also totally calmed down my neighbor so that's a big bonus right there!

2 hundred year old oak tree
Laura D.

Fast and efficient, if you are looking for great tree work at a reasonable price look no further. Our two-hundred-year-old oak tree fell down during the rains of December 2021, and they were excellent at extracting it without damaging anything. We've used them twice since then, both for tree work as well as poison oak removal, and have been very satisfied with the great team and the price!

Oak trees
Peter F.

Dennis and his team have been to our house 4-5 times and have always delivered excellent work and good value. They've worked on our beautiful oaks, always climbing them *without cleats* and trimming with an eye toward the health as well as the appearance of the trees. I recommend them highly.

Back yard cedar, before trimming.

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