“There are no curbs in Paradise.” That was just one setback for the City crew used to zeroing in right away on water meters they had come to work on, said Rich Gonzales. Gonzales led the second team of SFPUC plumbers to the burnt-out foothill town the week of June 10 on mutual aid to…
Category: Mutual Assistance
SFPUC Plumbers Return Home from Paradise, Water Quality Team Deploys on Sunday
A team of twelve SFPUC plumbers are returning home after a week in Paradise. The SFPUC responded to a mutual aid request from the Paradise Irrigation District to help rebuild its water system. While in Paradise, SFPUC plumbers helped get a piece of the downed water system working again for the small number of people…
SFPUC Returns to Paradise to Help Rebuild the Community
A team of 12 SFPUC plumbers are headed up to Paradise for the first week of June. They will be there to help get a piece of the downed water system working again for the small number of people who’ve managed to stay at home in the small foothill town burned out by the November…
Project Manager Responded and Headed Toward the Flames
First responders don’t always wear uniforms. Sometimes these heroes don hard hats, tyvek protective suits and N100 masks. One of these heroes was Murat Bozkurt, a project manager with the Project Management Bureau, who got the call late evening on November 16. Murat said goodbye to his wife and six month old daughter, packed his…