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Public Safety First Aid (PSFA) Academy in Briceland
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Official Opening of the Tim Olsen Memorial Fire Station
In the early summer Briceland Fire plans to celebrate with an open house for the public. There are still many details to be finished at our new station, but we are grateful to have the basic facilities ready for our crew and equipment as well as for hosting training events for first responders from all across Southern Humboldt county. If you would like to contribute to the final completion of the Tim Olsen Memorial Fire Station, please consider purchasing a brick for our patio with this “BricksRUs” link.
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Southern Humboldt fire service members celebrate life of Nancy Peregrine, former Whale Gulch VFC Chief
Nancy was involved in firefighting since the early ‘70s. Throughout her life she contributed approximately 49 years of service to her community as a fire fighter. In addition to direct firefighting she wore many hats including medical aid, communications, grant writing, training, and coordinating. She was involved in starting the Whale Gulch Volunteer Fire Company, was the chief for many years and an active member until the last few years of her life. Nancy was often first on scene so she turned her Toyota 4-Runner into a mini fire engine; equipped with medical equipment, a back board, oxygen, as well as a 50 gallon water tank, a pump, and a few hundred feet of fire hose. She was always prepared for an emergency. She was a first responder, an EMT, and was a CPR instructor through the Garberville Hospital.
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Briceland Fire assists with Operation “Hay Drop”
Briceland Volunteer Fire recently helped organize a multi-agency effort, dubbed “Operation Hay Drop” to bring food to cattle that were in danger of starving due to the extraordinary amounts of higher elevation snowfall in our area. Cal OES, CalFire HUU, CalGuard and the Humboldt Sheriffs dept. coordinated with local first responders and ranchers to make this mission possible. The story was picked up by several nationwide media sources including this article in the SF Chronicle.
Mutual Aid like this brings different agencies together in times of emergency, with each department bringing their own expertise, knowledge and resources to get the job done together.
You can see for yourself the CalGuard hay drop from their aircraft.
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New Addresses in Elk Ridge and Seely Creek Neighborhoods
Residents of Elk Ridge and Seely Creek are currently receiving notification letters from Humboldt County Planning and Building Department informing them of new address assignments, old address deletions, and new road names in some instances.
This project was initiated by Briceland Fire, with a generous grant from the California Fire Foundation in 2021, to improve emergency response by eliminating sources of confusion for responders when they navigate to emergency calls on our rural roads. Address numbers will now correspond to mileage from the beginning of the road. In some instances conflicting road names are also being corrected and new road names are being assigned. Briceland Fire has purchased road name signs that have been/are being installed. These corrections of road names and sequential addressing help responders gain a sense of the location of the emergency based purely on the address number, and this will reduce response times for emergency services.
Another round of letters from the County correcting addresses will take place for the Blue Slide Creek and Crooked Prairie road networks soon, as well as corrections for Miller Creek Road, Shop Road, and James Creek/Barley Hill Road after that.
Address numbers should be posted at the location your driveway leaves the named roadway. You can post additional signs, if needed, at forks on your driveway and/or at the residence. Signs should be able to be easily seen, even at night.
Briceland Volunteer Fire Department has placed a bulk order for 6″x18″x.06″ aluminum signs with reflective vinyl coating in green and 4″ white numbers. These will be available, for $15 each, by the end of February at the fire station and at special events. Your specific address numbers will be added when you pick them up.
Thank you to everyone for assisting during this process.

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BRICELAND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
Notice of Vacancy
The BFPD announces the vacancies of 2 seats on the district board, effective January 2, 2023.
Applicants need to be a registered voter within the Briceland Fire Protection District.
We will begin filling these positions on January 18, 2023.
The BFPD is a special district established by the district’s voters in 2012 to provide support of the Briceland Volunteer Fire Department through land parcel taxation. A Board of 5 duly elected/appointed members meets ~5 times per year. These 2 seats are for 2-year terms, ending December 2, 2025.
If interested and for more information, please reply ASAP to:
Kathy Weber kw@asis.com 707-986-7705
And please plan to attend the next regularly scheduled meeting on January 11, 2023 and 3:30 pm at the Briceland Fire Station.
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Briceland Fire Protection District
Meeting Agenda January 11, 2023 3:30 pm at BVFD Fire Station
New Board Members
- Swearing in of Iona Dillon-Briefer and Diane Richardson
- Announce vacancies for two board seats
Approve Agenda
Approve Minutes of Last Meeting
Elect Officers for 2023
BVFD Report: Aurora Studebaker, BVFD Fire Chief
Fiscal Report: Joan Courtois, BFPD Financial Agent
Warrants to Release Funds to BVFD and TRFPD – VOTE to approve and Sign
Resolution to Waive Requirement to Maintain Website – VOTE to approve and Sign
Establish Working Groups:
- ‘Road Name Sign’ committee
- ‘Charge List’ committee
- ‘Fire Hazard Reduction Tax Exemption’ committee
Review Meeting Schedule for 2023 / Confirm next meeting date
Complete and sign annually required forms:
- ‘Roster of Public Officials’
- ‘Authorized Signers’
- ‘Form 700’
Public Comment
Adjourn
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