. >> at its property in hidden hills, doug allard puts down straw, and bark to protect the creek that ran here under where a house once stood. >> now that the house is not there, we have a lot of the soil and the slopes on both sides of the creek to keep out of channel so we don't add pollutants into the water. >> a lot burned in one of the fires. he's first working on retaining burn material and protecting drain and erosion control. the dry spell allowed for continued work. >> we've been doing the same thing we've been doing the last few months, just a little bit more sense of urgency because of the pending rain. we're trying to contact as many people as we can. i've seen more of the nonprofits out doing the work. >> our concern is the rainfall rate and the winds right now. >> paul is assistant fire marshal in santa rosa. he says a lot of work has been done to prepare for winter storms. there is concern in the fountain grove area with the lack of vegetation. there are signs up about what's at stake. >> our streets department, the public crews will typically be out monitoring and will