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BFPD Meeting August 6, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

BRICELAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Meeting Agenda August 6, 2025 3:30 pm Beginnings Octagon, Briceland Approve agenda Approve minutes of June 4, 2025 meeting Charge List report Resolution to approve COLA – vote to approve and sign Resolution to approve Charge … Continue reading

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Strike Team 2075C returns home after deployment to Shasta

Early Wednesday morning, July 16th, Humboldt County deployed five fire engines and a command vehicle to assist with firefighting efforts in Shasta County. BVFD Engine 5436 responded alongside our long-standing partners from Shelter Cove Fire Department and Arcata Fire. We’re … Continue reading

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Notice of Public Hearing

Briceland Fire Protection District Notice of Public Hearing The Briceland Fire Protection District will host a public meeting on Wednesday July 23, 2025 from 5 to 6 pm at the Briceland Fire Station to answer the District residents’ questions regarding … Continue reading

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Memorial for Chief Myers

On Saturday, June 21, the Briceland community gathered at the Octagon to honor and bid a formal farewell to former Fire Chief Gerald Myers—one of the founding members of what began as the Beginnings Volunteer Fire Company and later became … Continue reading

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Briceland Fire Protection District Meeting June 4, 2025

BRICELAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT The next meeting of Briceland Fire Protection District is on June 4, 2025 3:30 pm, at Briceland Fire Station. View the meeting agenda at the link below. BFPD agenda 6.4.25

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Home Hardening and Defensible Space; Critical to Community Wildfire Resilience

You may have heard about Defensible Space; the area directly around our home that should be managed to minimize the spread of fire from the wildland to structures. However, wind driven fires can bring blowing embers and falling fire brands … Continue reading

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Upcoming Southern Humboldt Wildland FFT2 Academy 2025

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BVFD Hosts Southern Humboldt FFT1 Academy

On April 5 and 6th, BVFD concluded the Southern Humboldt Firefighter Type 1 Academy with a S-211 (Portable Pumps and Water Use) course. Saturday, participants spent the day in our firehouse classroom reviewing the intricacies of 2- and 4-stroke motors, … Continue reading

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Briceland Fire’s CalOES Response to Storm Threats

While the storm winds gusted and the rivers crested, our crew was active and ready to respond to emergency calls for medical distress, trees down, high water hazards, fallen electrical lines, landslides, road slipouts, or, of course, fires!. Briceland Fire … Continue reading

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