Beckwourth Peak Fire Protection District, (BPFPD or FPD) will provide service to Eastern Plumas County to areas currently served by the City of Portola, Beckwourth FPD, Gold Mountain Community Services District (CSD) and Sierra Valley FPD. The FPD will also serve areas that are currently outside of any local jurisdictional boundary assigned to provide services.
Beckwourth Peak FPD will respond to fires, medical distress calls, vehicle accidents, hazardous material spills and the many other calls received.
The FPD will be managed by an elected five-member Board of Directors who are registered voters within the service area of BPFPD.
The new FPD will establish a consistent, long-term community-based and locally controlled revenue source to support the sustainable delivery of provided services.
*The new FPD does not include areas currently served by Eastern Plumas Rural FPD.
Beckwourth Peak Fire Protection District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Beckwourth Peak Fire Protection District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Beckwourth Peak Fire Protection District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Beckwourth Peak Fire Protection District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
