Ben Lomond Fire Protection District
Serving the San Lorenzo Valley & Santa Cruz County
The Ben Lomond Fire Department’s Annual Pancake Breakfast is just around the corner. Join us for our annual fundraiser on July 1, meet your neighbors, and support your local volunteer firefighters.
Besides pancakes – including chocolate chip and blueberry while they last! – enjoy a delicious variety of eggs, sausage, French toast and fruit (while they last), as well as coffee, orange juice, and water.
Imagine a pager beeping in the middle of the night, waking you from the depths of a dead sleep. There’s no option to simply ignore it or crawl back under the covers. Instead, you must immediately get dressed and mentally prepare yourself for the unknown.
When you return home, maybe you smell like smoke; perhaps you’ve just had to extricate an injured child from a crushed vehicle; or maybe you simply needed to assist a senior who slipped and fell.
Whether it’s still dark outside or the sun is starting to peek over the horizon – and regardless of your exhaustion – you need to decompress before you leave once again. But this time, you’ll head off to your regular day job; the one that pays the bills.
The Ben Lomond Volunteer Fire Department is the epitome of “it takes all kinds.” From construction workers and paramedics, to accountants and retirees, these are the trained volunteers who respond when you have an emergency.
And who better to protect our community than those who know it, love it, and live among its residents?
Though most of our on-call volunteers are scattered throughout the community, the fire station offers limited housing that some of the firefighters, like Hunter Anderson, are grateful for.
“I’m one of four firefighters that live at the station full time,” he said. “We have living quarters upstairs with four bedrooms, a bathroom, a rec room, and a gym.”
The Ben Lomond Volunteer Fire Department is requesting your participation in an important community project. We’re excited to announce the launch our new email newsletter to keep local residents updated on important information that affects our mountain community including events, and Department and area safety information. As volunteers who love & serve this community, we encourage you to sign up to receive the e-newsletter, follow us on Facebook – or both. Subscribe to our e-newsletter to receive information that impact all those who call Ben Lomond home.
The long awaited new engine has finally arrived and will replace Engine 2210. Engine 2213 is a Pierce PUC™, an industry-changing multi-purpose response vehicle.