Flooding frequently occurs throughout the county during and after periods of heavy rainfall. Therefore, everyone with homes at risk should take precautions before the rainy season and be prepared for the worst. Whereas the County does not provide free sand and sandbags as preventative or precautionary measures, it does preposition sand and sand bags at various locations in order to be prepared for emergencies, as they occur. City residents should contact their city offices to learn of any city-operated locations where sand and sandbags may be procured. In addition to Home Depot, sand and gravel businesses, etc, the following fire stations and Department of Public Works (DPW) Corporation yards (Corp yard) in the unincorporated County normally have sand and sand bags to be distributed, as available, for emergencies occurring in the unincorporated area:
Placer County Fire (PCF) Station 100, Dry Creek, 8350 Cook Riolo Road, Roseville;
PCF Station 182, Atwood Road, 11645 Atwood Road, Auburn;
PCF Station 70, Lincoln, 301 Oak Tree Lane, Lincoln;
PCF Station 75, Paige, 5584 Nicolaus Road, Paige;
PCF Station 74, Thermalands, 8500 North Forbes Road, Lincoln;
PCF Station 78, Sheridan, 4952 Riosa Road, Sheridan;
PCF Station 182, Ophir, 9405 Wise Road, Ophir;
Loomis Fire Station 1, 5840 Horseshoe Bar Road, Loomis;
Penryn Fire Station 1, 7206 Church Street, Penryn;
Placer Hills Fire Station 1, 16999 Placer Hills Road, Meadow Vista;
South Placer Fire Station 1, 6900 Eureka Road, Granite Bay;
CAL FIRE Station 33, 33752 Alta Forestry Road, Alta;
DPW Corp Yard, 2501 North Lake Blvd, Burton Creek;
North Tahoe Fire: Station 53, 4225 West Lake Blvd, Homewood;
Station 52, 288 North Shore Blvd, Kings Beach (Intersection of Hwys 267 & 28);
Old Squaw Valley Fire Station, 1810 Squaw Valley Rd (at west end of valley near lifts);
Northstar Community Services District Corp Yard, 50 Trimont Lane (off Northstar Blvd);
Truckee Fire Station 92, 11473 Donner Pass Road, Truckee; and
Higgins Fire Station, 10106 Combie Road, Auburn.