From: Boulder County Information <bouldercounty@nullpublic.govdelivery.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 4:27 PM
Subject: Boulder County Mental Health resources and Victim Support funds available to community members

(Boulder County, Colo. — March 23, 2021) — Boulder County recognizes that many of our community members may be personally connected to the people who were victims in yesterday’s Boulder shooting.   

The horrific attack on our neighbors, fallen BPD peace officer Eric Talley, and fellow community members is difficult for all of us. Feelings of stress, depression, or exhaustion are normal during times of crisis or trauma. Collective trauma for community members is difficult to cope with after a tragedy and may impact residents in different ways.

There are resources available in our community to help. Please utilize and share these resources with family and friends who might need some assistance during this difficult time: 

• Mental Health Partners: Clinicians are operating remotely at this time and offering mental health services to community members. Call (303) 443-8500 to schedule and appointment of visit the Walk-In clinic: 3180 Airport Road, Boulder 
• Colorado Crisis Services: Confidential crisis support, information and referrals are available 24/7. Call: 1-844-493-TALK (8255).
• Disaster Distress Helpline: Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746. The Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH) provides crisis counseling and support for anyone in the U.S. experiencing distress or other behavioral health concerns related to any natural or human-caused disaster, including public health emergencies. 
• Community Health Workers: Community Health Workers is a virtual team of Mental Health Partner’s providers who are available on Facebook to connect to the community. Community Health Workers are available to share resources, connect people to resources, and share helpful tips. The team’s expertise includes housing, veteran affairs, and Latinx communities. Connect to Community Health workers on Facebook or through the Mental Health Partners website.
• National Helpline:Treatment referrals and information is available 24/7 at 1-800-662-HELP. 
• Suicide Prevention: The Suicide Prevention Hotline has people available to provide free and confidential support 24 hours a day at 1-800-273-8355. See their website for additional supports. 
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals at 1-800-273-8255.
• Colorado Suicide Prevention: Need help now? Call 1-844-493-TALK (8255), text TALK to 38255, or access chat via coloradocrisisservices.org. Help and hope are available 24/7.

Preparedness Info from Pam Sherman pamsher123@nullgmail.com

Food and Water in an Emergency pamphlet (for an event that lasts up to two weeks):

https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/atg/PDF_s/Preparedness___Disaster_Recovery/Disaster_Preparedness/Food_Safety/Food_and_Water-English.revised_7-09.pdf

Government website on preparedness:   https://www.ready.gov/

Are You Ready? An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness:  https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/7877

 Boulder County Office of Emergency Management:     https://www.boulderoem.com/

Visit the Boulder Office of Emergency Management website for the most accurate and up-to-date information in an event: https://www.boulderoem.com/emergency-status/

For extensive Emergency Information, including road closures, weather, disaster preparedness, etc., go to the Office of Emergency Management at   www.boulderoem.com

BCSO’s response to a question about reverse 911 (Everbridge in Boulder County) and
anti-spam settings on landlines:

Everbridge does not have the functionality to get around Robo caller
or anti-spam software. It is simply waiting for voice
recognition before it starts delivering its message. If it was
faced with a “press 1” prompt it would just try to deliver its
voice message but never make it to the recipient. 

Michael Radden, ENP
Dispatch Supervisor
Boulder County Sheriff
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For a cell phone or for a landline, for Everbridge to work you must
register the phone with the Sheriff’s office:
www.boco911alert.com, 

For extensive emergency information, including road closures, weather, disaster preparedness, etc., go to the Office of Emergency Management at  boulderoem.com

Here’s info from an old post from 2012 – pertinent now

Here’s the link

http://www.kgnu.org/cgi-bin/moreinfo.py?Notice=1315194614

http://www.bouldercounty.org/pages/default.aspx

To add your cell phone or email address for emergency notification go to:

https://ww2.everbridge.net/citizen/EverbridgeGateway.action?body=home&gis_alias_id=160781

Amy E. Hardy

Saving Gold Hill: The Story of the Fourmile Canyon Fire

Here’s a very good video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WK9jWh90tQ put together by Arial Collins.

http://www.bouldercounty.org/lu/FourmileRebuild/pdf/FourmileFireRebuildFAQ.pdf

Notes on Community Meeting, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

Amy Hardy, our Chair of the Town Council, opened the meeting and expressed her pleasure to be finally meeting in Gold Hill again and to see the great turn out. (more…)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gold-Hill-Benefit-T-shirts-and-Posters/159551144065572

visit www.bouldercounty.org/fourmilefire

Assistance center
The assistance center, which provides counseling and support services to displaced residents, is located at Boulder County’s Sundquist Building, 3482 N. Broadway in Boulder. A call center is also operational there and can be contacted at 303-441-3560. The assistance center is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

The assistance center is offering the following services to victims of the fire:

Financial assistance
·         Food and basic needs assistance
·         Longer-term housing options for people who have lost their homes
·         Mental health
·         Insurance claim advice
·         Medical case management
·         Senior services for those age 60 and older

·         Coordination with local nonprofit organizations to provide clothing and other basic needs

For information on everything from maps to debris removal to revegetation of the forest, see  www.bouldercounty.org/fourmilefire/

These are from Kurtis Leverentz.

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Here is a link that the sheriff is using to locate people.  It is important that people let them know they are ok.

http://www.bouldercounty.org/newsroom/templates/bocodefault.aspx?articleid=2300&zoneid=1

Thanks to Hawk Vanek for this.

Amazing burn area images from Digital Globe

http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/27/Sample+Imagery+Gallery

Copyright 2010 Greg Cortopassi http://cortoimages.com

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Most home insurance kicks in as soon as you are evacuated.  So check your policy to see if you have this.  If so they will pay for living expenses, food and so forth.  Remember you are dealing with an insurance company so keep a record of your receipts.

A map of the fire and evacuation perimeters as of 12:30 p.m. today has been posted at the following URL: http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/files/Communication/fourmile/Four_Mile_Fire_Web_Perimeter_1230.pdf

Here’s a perimeter map, not nearly as detailed as one would want – http://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Fourmile_map_perimeter_Google_Earth_Map_0600_9-7-2010.jpg