Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Commissioners have established a new Fourmile Canyon Fire recovery center to provide continued support to residents who lost a home or a structure in the September wildfire.

The recovery center will focus on serving residents with questions and issues around rebuilding, debris removal, erosion control, revegetation, transportation (roads and potential flooding), wildfire mitigation, and others as they arise. It will be staffed by a single point of contact to help coordinate rebuilding efforts, but can also refer clients to other services as needed.

“In all of our meetings and discussions with county residents in the Fourmile Canyon Fire area, we heard a strong request for one point of contact to help coordinate post-fire rebuilding efforts,” said Commissioner Ben Pearlman, speaking on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners. “Our goal in establishing this new service is to be able to personally and effectively continue serving the needs of everyone who lost a home or personal property in the fire.”

The county commissioners have designated Land Use Department staff member and Fourmile Canyon Fire community liaison Garry Sanfaçon to lead the effort. Sanfaçon is putting together an outreach and assessment team who will be responsible for the overall coordination of post-fire rebuilding efforts and serve as the county’s principal point of contact for property owners and renters, contractors, fire districts, members of the public, county staff and other agencies.

Sanfaçon and his team are already working on a plan to contact every household that suffered a property loss to discuss their individual needs for rebuilding. “I’m eager to continue working with residents to better understand what’s needed, what’s working and what’s not working in the areas impacted by the fire,” said Sanfaçon, in his new position as the Fourmile Fire Recovery Manager. “My role is to listen, to get out and meet with people on their own terms, and to ensure the county’s recovery response is coordinated and effective.”

Sanfaçon can be reached at 720-564-2642 or gsanfaçon@bouldercounty.org. The recovery center is located in the Land Use Department, Courthouse Annex, 2045 13th Street (corner of Spruce Street) in Boulder.

Requests for individual and family support services, such as financial, housing, health, and mental health counseling, can still be made directly to the Fourmile Fire Assistance Center at 3482 N. Broadway (at Iris) in Boulder, or by calling 303-441-3560. Hours of operation for the assistance center are 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
SOURCE: BOULDER COUNTY NEWS RELEASE