Here at CalCas, we’re not just concerned with your auto insurance or home policy, we’re also concerned with your overall financial health and safety! That’s why we partner with great companies like Identity Theft 911 to provide you with tools and information to protect your identity.
Tax time is a high time for scammers and scoundrels to strike. We have a great guide that covers 14 things you should do to protect your identity during tax season. If you want to download it – simply head over to our Facebook Page, make sure you’re a Fan, and download the full report. This is information we’re offering to Facebook fans only, as a way of saying thanks for connecting with us!
At CalCas – we truly enjoy putting together programs that allow us to offer help to firefighters, educators, nurses, and peace officers. One such program was the “Help your Fire Station” contest we ran earlier this year.
In January, Mike Stopa, a firefighter and EMT (and also the VP of the Medina Township Firefighters Association) won $500 that his station will use to replenish their fire prevention materials.
For more information, you can read the newspaper article here. To keep up to date with upcoming contests, be sure to join us on Facebook or Twitter.
We’ve had a few posts concerning Impact Teen Drivers and our joint mission to educate teens on the dangers of distracted driving. To go along with that, we wanted to share this PSA from NASCAR Champion Eric Holmes discussing the dangers of distracted driving more in depth.
In many areas, a major safety concern is the ongoing threat of earthquakes. While they can’t be avoided, it is possible to take steps to mitigate the damage from these occurrences.
As part of our commitment to educators, I want to share an interesting webinar offered by the Applied Technology Council. This webinar will provide more information on steps that can be taken to improve the earthquake safety of schools. It may be a little too scientific for some, but I thought it would be of interest to some folks out there!
Here’s more info:
Numerous school buildings located in multiple States and U.S. territories are vulnerable to earthquake losses and damage. This includes potential:
• Death and injury of students, teachers, and staff
• Damage to or collapse of buildings
• Damage and loss of furnishings, equipment, and building contents
• Disruption of educational programs and school operations
• Inability of the community to use schools as temporary shelters
At this webinar, you will learn the following:
• How to assess and analyze your earthquake risks
• How to develop an actionable plan to reduce and manage earthquake risks
• How to initiate an earthquake risk reduction plan for existing school buildings that were not designed and constructed to meet modern building codes
• How to secure “non-structural” elements of the school facility
• How to apply “incremental seismic rehabilitation” to protect buildings and ensure occupant safety
• Why “incremental seismic rehabilitation” is an affordable alternative for school safety
We’ve got a winner! Melanie Guilbeau, who’s a critical care trauma nurse in Walnut Creek, CA is the winner of our $200 Valentine’s Day gift card. While we ran the contest straight through to the big day, we’re hoping Melanie can use the card for something great!
We heard a lot of good options on our Facebook Page – and we’re hoping Melanie will come by and tell us how she spent hers!
Tax time is a high time for scammers and scoundrels to strike. We have a great guide that covers 14 things you should do to protect your identity during tax season. If you want to download it – simply head over to our Facebook Page, make sure you’re a Fan, and download the full report. This is information we’re offering to Facebook fans only, as a way of saying thanks for connecting with us!