• SNOWSTORM ALERT – 1/26/15

  • January 26, 2015

    Due to the forecasted blizzard for our community beginning this evening and continuing into Tuesday evening, all residents should begin emergency preparations for the expected heavy snowfalls of over 2ft., severe winds with gusts of up to 60 mph.

    We are requesting all residents voluntarily avoid parking in the roadway. The Town’s ordinance prohibits parking on the even side of the roadway during and for 24 hours after the snowfall is in effect. Please comply with this ordinance as it will greatly enhance the Department of Public Works ability to clear roadways efficiently. Violators of the ordinance could face up to a $90 fine and have their vehicle towed at their expense.

    It is also a violation of town ordinance to deposit snow from private driveways into the roadway and homeowners are responsible for violations committed by their private plowing contractors.

    Additionally, the Branford Fire Department warns to avoid carbon monoxide (CO) backing up into buildings. Please take the time to clear snow from the area where furnaces, hot water heaters, clothes dryers and other appliances vent outside the building. Should your Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarm activate please evacuate the building and call 911.

    If you lose power, please take the usual precautions when using generators. Do not use any outdoor heating or cooking devices indoors. Never leave candles unattended and make sure that they are extinguished before going to bed.

    Due to poor road conditions during the storm, please be prepared to Shelter in Place until roadways are open. If sheltering is required due to extended power outages the town will activate an emergency shelter at the Branford Community House located at 46 Church Street. Contact 203-315-3909 for pre-recorded information and to determine if the shelter is open.

    The town’s Transfer Station located at 747 East Main Street will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 27th and 28th. and trash pick-up is suspended for those days as well.

    Please be assured that all of the town departments are fully prepared in anticipation of this storm.

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    Any further inquires can be addressed to:
    Captain Geoffrey Morgan, Patrol Commander / P.I.O.