Dear fellow Hanoverians:
The Town of Hanover Emergency Management Agency, Police,
Fire/Rescue/EMS and DPW crews have been actively involved in the
management of coordinated response to dozens of calls of trees down,
wires down and even calls of trees fallen into homes.
As of this time (5:45 p.m.) thankfully there have been no injuries
reported.
The Emergency Response Personnel from the Town have been organized
into strike teams to respond as a unified and comprehensive package
consisting of police officers, firefighters and DPW personnel and
equipment. This response methodology has worked well in rapid response
and clearance of dozens of calls.
We understand that many residents have incurred damage to their
property or have suffered the loss of trees on their property or are
without power. We have communicated each and every downed wire and
power outage report to National Grid that has been received since the
beginning of the storm.
The recovery from the storm is going to take time and we need to
emphasize the critical importance of assuming all wires are live and
to remain clear of them. Any roadways that are blocked are blocked
because they cannot be cleared because National Grid must first
respond to the site to render safe any and all wires.
Residents should be prepared for power service interruptions even
though the storm is nearly over. This is because National Grid may
have to shut power down for long periods to repair lines, transformers
and poles. Understand that this means you may have power shut down for
long periods of time for no apparent reason. Please be prepared for
this. The time is now to prepare for your lighting needs for tonight.
The number to report individual power outages at National Grid is
1-800-322-3223
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In additions to the manner in which you are receiving this message,
situational awareness updates for Hanover will be sent for
announcement on WATD FM Radio at 95.9. Special thanks to Kevin Short
of the Hanover Emergency Communications Center and HPD Chief Walter
Sweeney for sending along this message.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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