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Cellular on Patrol
Contact info:
D. Panter
Team Captain
Westcreek COP
274-5599
Click here to download “Ready, Set, Go” a wildfire action plan and checklist from the Texas Forest Service. Use this to prepare your family and home for a fire emergency!
The following is a list of things our homeowners in Westcreek can do to help prevent and mitigate a woods fire. The following information is from the Texas Forestry Service.
Things You Can Do To Protect Your Home:
- Move your firewood pile out to your home’s defensible space.
- Perform a FIREWISE assessment of your home.
- Clean your roof and gutters of leaves and pine needles.
- Clear the view of your house number so it can be easily seen from the street.
- Put a hose on a rack and attach it to an outside faucet.
- Trim all tree branches if they overhang your house.
- Trim all tree branches from within 20′ of all chimneys.
- Maintain a green lawn for 30′ around your home.
- Plan and discuss an escape plan with your family, have practice drills, and include your pets.
- Get involved with your community’s disaster mitigation plans.
- Check your fire extinguishers. Are they still charged? Are they easy to get to in an emergency? Does everyone in the family know where they are and how to use them?
- Clear deadwood and dense flammable vegetation from your home’s defensible space.
- Review your homeowner’s insurance policy for adequate coverage.
- Talk to your children about not starting fires or playing with matches.
- If you have a burn barrel that you use for burning trash, STOP!
- Compost leaves in the fall, don’t burn them.
- Always have a shovel on hand and hook up the garden hose BEFORE you start a fire.
- Be a Fire wise advocate.
- Bexar County Emergency Management: http://www.co.bexar.tx.us/bcfmo/
- Juvenile Curfew: http://www.co.bexar.tx.us/JUVENILE_CURFEW.pdf
- Texas Department of Public Safety: This site has a link to the Texas Sex Offender Registry. www.txdps.state.tx.us
- Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. www.bexar.org/bcsheriff
- National Crime Prevention Council. www.ncpc.org
- National Neighborhood Watch Institute. www.nnwi.org
- Texas Forest Institute: Urban WIldland Interface. Click for website
- Holiday Vacation Safety Checklist (.pdf)
Villages of Westcreek Cellular on Patrol Program
Crimes or Incidents as reported to the Association offices
| DATE/INCIDENT | VILLAGE | INCIDENT AND LOCATION |
|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | ||
| 22 | Sports Park | Vandalism to the light switch on the basketball court |
| 24 | Oaks – Johnstown Dr. | Several vehicles egged. |
| 27 | Summit – Creek Bow | Daytime burglary of a residence. |
| 27 | Point – Carmel Oaks | Daytime burglary of a residence. |
If you have not done so yet, please go to the front page of our web site and submit your email address and you will also be able to receive Crime Alerts via email. It is important that we all know what is going on in our community and when we see something to report it to the Sheriff’s Department right away.
