Please click here to register After a hiatus due to COVID-19, we are pleased to announce the return of GSRMA’s Annual Conference. Our 16th Annual Conference will be held on Thursday, October 20th and Friday, October 21st at Rolling Hills Resort in Corning, CA. The event will feature several great [...]
As we approach June, it seems Summer days are arriving sooner and sooner each year. This year, we have already seen temperatures above 100F in the valley. It is with this in mind, we remind and implore our districts to make sure they are implementing an effective Heat Illness Prevention Program. [...]
CLICK HERE TO APPLY California Fire Foundation currently has grant funding opportunities available up to $15,000. Any CA-based fire department, firefighter association, fire safe councils, and community-based organizations (CERT/NERT or safety focused organizations) are welcome to apply. Funding can be used for: Personal Protective Equipment Specialized Firefighting Equipment Mitigation & Fuels [...]
At their May board meeting the GSRMA Board analyzed GSRMA’s 22/23 Actuarial studies for both the Liability and WC programs. They then applied the current funding levels of the pool against the Capitol Target Reserve policy to determine if there were funds available for a dividend. Based on the Board policy [...]
On April 21st, Cal/OSHA approved their third revision to the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The changes outlined in this revision will be in effect from May 6, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Some notable changes to the ETS include: Updates to Isolation and Quarantine requirements, including a helpful, "What Employers [...]
California Association of Public Cemeteries (CAPC) was an event to remember this year! Hosted in Seaside, CA, it was obvious that managers, trustees, and staff were excited to get together and mingle again in between some great training sessions. GSRMA Staff, myself included, were all very happy to get back [...]
GSRMA lost one of our longtime members and friends recently. On March 11th, Patrick Michael Elliot, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Patrick, known to all as Pat, was a longtime funeral director in San Luis Obispo County. Pat’s familiarity with local cemetery districts lead to him becoming [...]
CDPH has recently updated their masking requirements. Starting March 1st, 2022, the requirement that unvaccinated individuals mask in indoor public settings will move to a strong recommendation that all persons, regardless of vaccine status, continue indoor masking. Their are several high-risk areas where masking will continue to be required, regardless of [...]
Recently, GSRMA's Risk Management Accreditation Program (RMAP) was featured in the Del Norte Triplicate, a local newspaper serving Del Norte and surrounding counties. The article talked about how the City of Crescent City was using funding received from participating in the RMAP to cut down 22 trees that are posing [...]