Boulder Creek CERT

08/04/2024

Time to listen to the full double album.

06/19/2023

To everyone living in SLV Mountains:

Yesterday evening Joe Christy talking to a CAL FIRE Prevention Officer and he asked to help get the word out that yesterday, Saturday, June 17, there were three fires in Santa Cruz County that required aircraft to control, and to relay that CAL FIRE has a strict zero tolerance policy for open burning in place until the Fire Season is declared over.

Stay safe,
Joe Christy

Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz County

[email protected]

06/10/2023

Santa Cruz Community and CERT:

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Is beautiful Santa Cruz your home?

Learning FEMA based survival skills for disasters of CZU Lightning Fires, Atmospheric River Floods, Power Outages, while helping our home, is essential to CERT, Community Emergency Response Team.

You are invited to join "What, Why, Who is CERT ?" on Wednesday 6/21 7pm-8pm, presented by Mary Edmund, Executive Director of Santa Cruz County CERT Auxiliary since 2014.

Mary's last Active Duty was a US Army Colonel, at the Pentagon for military health care and military field medicine consultation with NATO countries.

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NOTE: If you are interested in a new Ham (Amateur Radio Technician License) class, click this link: https://rebrand.ly/hamclass

Susan Marx

La Selva Beach CERT Leader

[email protected]

Give us your email and we'll let you know when a new class is sceduled. Please click on the "Sign Up" button then the "Save and Continue" below. Thank you!

01/29/2023

UPDATE: Victim Identification

The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Rowan Parham of Soquel. Our hearts and condolences are with Rowan’s family and friends during this incredibly tragic time.

UPDATE: Homicide suspect arrested.

Detectives worked through the night and brought the suspect into custody this afternoon. Due to the suspect being a juvenile, additional information will not be released.

Identification of the 18-year-old male victim is pending notification of family.

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION

Last night around 10:00pm deputies responded to multiple reports of a shooting at a party on the 1000 Blk of Brimblecom Rd in the Boulder Creek area. When deputies arrived on scene they located one victim suffering from a gunshot wound. Life saving measures were taken, but the victim succumbed to their injuries. The suspect is still outstanding and detectives are actively working on the case.

This is still an ongoing investigation. We will release additional information when the investigation allows.

10/11/2022

New CERT Class in Ben Lomond Highlands Park starting October 20th, sign up soon!

12/27/2021

Let's talk about winter storm preparedness. Ready.gov has a stock list of items to have on hand in your vehicle in the event of emergencies--what items would you recommend your neighbors keep in their trunks? https://www.ready.gov/car

Get tips on how to prepare your car for an emergency and car safety. Plan long trips carefully and listen to the radio or television for up-to-date weather forecasts and road conditions. In bad weather drive only if absolutely necessary. Emergency Kit for the Car In case you are stranded, keep an em...

04/17/2021

Boulder Creek Cert is listed as one of the charities for community consideration! Get that repeater!

https://www.facebook.com/236846259775245/posts/3754730277986808/?d=n

We did it! Thanks to all your votes, we won this year's Golden State Fire Apparatus Fire Truck Face-Off contest. As the winners, we receive $1000 to donate to the charity or non-profit organization of our choice. We believe since we owe our win to all you who voted, you should get a say in which

12/15/2020

Have you wanted to join Boulder Creek CERT?

Our local CERT team encourages our community members to get involved, as their ranks have dwindled due to being unable to hold in person trainings this year because of Covid restrictions.

The University of Utah has come up with a hybrid course that has been adopted by Santa Cruz County CERT. This course consists of 12 hours of online training then 2 in-person trainings with plenty of distancing and sanitizer.

Please email [email protected] if you are interested in the training and to schedule the in-person training. Also fill out the Contact Us form for Santa Cruz County CERT at the following link: https://santacruzcountycert.org/contact-us/
Here is the link to the online training: https://cert.hazready.com/CourseCatalog?friendlyId=DP000047