If your home, apartment, or business has suffered flood damage, immediately call the agent or company who handles your flood insurance policy. The agent will then submit a loss form to the National Flood Insurance Program. An adjuster will be assigned to inspect your property as soon as possible. PRIOR TO ENTERING A BUILDING, check… Continue Reading
Safety is the most important consideration. Since floodwaters can rise very rapidly, you should be prepared to evacuate before the water level reaches your property. Keep the following in mind: Have a Battery-Powered radio tuned to a local station and follow emergency instructions. Be prepared to evacuate if necessary. Stay away from all flood control… Continue Reading
Yard Clean up – Make a general inspection of your entire yard area for dead trees or dead limbs, yard debris, outdoor furniture, or other objects that could be blown by storm winds. An afternoon spent tidying up the yard and either storing furniture and other loose items indoors or securing them can prevent a… Continue Reading
Make an itemized list of personal property, which includes clothing, furnishings and valuables. Take photographs of your home, both inside and out, and store in a safe place. This will help an insurance adjuster to settle any claims and to help prove uninsured losses. Keep you insurance policies and a list of personal property in… Continue Reading
The Boulder Creek Fire Protection District has declared two parcels, which lie in the San Lorenzo River, along Irwin Way in Boulder Creek, as surplus property. If you are interested in purchasing the parcels click to view the Notice of Surplus Property Sale. Any questions can be directed to the District Office at 831-338-7222 or… Continue Reading
Boulder Creek Fire Protection District is inviting bids for upgrading the fire station for Voluntary Seismic and ADA Upgrades. This will hopefully allow the station to remain functional during a seismic event and allow better access for the public. Click on the following documents for information: Request For Proposal Engineers Estimate * Addendum #1 Addendum… Continue Reading
In March of 2014 the San Lorenzo Valley Rotary Club, in conjunction with the Boulder Creek Fire Protection, provided San Lorenzo Valley High School students with a means to obtain community service hours. Over the last 14 months the Rotary Interact students, with supervision of San Lorenzo Valley Rotarians, completed the painting of over 400… Continue Reading
Many of you may have noticed our website has been non-existent for several months. In May of 2014 the District office was flooded by a sprinkler pipe, which failed in the attic. Our entire server system was destroyed and we lost a great deal of electronic information which also included our website. We are slowly… Continue Reading
Can Emergency Responders find your home or driveway quickly and easily, day or night? The Boulder Creek Fire Protection District has excellent maps that show parcels, streets and addresses of the entire fire district. These maps however, don’t always show driveways, and unless your home sits right on the road, it can be very difficult to… Continue Reading
Just a reminder if you encounter wires that are down please keeps your distance from them. Even if wires are not arcing and sparking they could be live and kill you instantly. Our personnel never approach or touch wires down and treat them all as live. Frequently we are not able to stay at the… Continue Reading