REPORT ON STORM PREPARATIONS
1-28-22
Below is a summary of our Departmental activities in preparation for the storm to begin Saturday morning and continue until late Saturday night.
Our staff began preparing on Tuesday for this event, we are ready to respond.
We are being advised to be most concerned with high tide on Saturday evening at 8:48 pm. We are likely to experience some minor to moderate flooding in northeast and north facing locations. Temporary road closures are likely.
Additionally, high winds will cause significant drifting of snow which will lead to some roadway closures and will prolong the clean-up activities.
If the forecast changes, we are prepared to adjust our plans to meet the conditions as necessary.
Chief Russo, our Emergency Management Director, will be actively managing the event response with Deputy Fire Chief Frazier. We are fortunate that Chief Russo and all our staff have many years of experience with these types of events.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
All departmental equipment is ready to be deployed as needed
Sufficient sand, salt and fuel stockpiled.
Staff and sub-contractors on-call and ready for the event.
We are prepared for several days of full scale operations
Straits Pond has been lowered in preparation for the storm
Dune openings have been fortified
FIRE DEPARTMENT
All staff and vehicles ready
Central and Greenhill Station operational and fully staffed
POLICE DEPARTMENT
All staff and vehicles ready
Winter Parking ban in place – Code Red Reminder to be issued
Bay Street to be made one way temporarily to aid in snow removal
We urge any resident that can park off-street to do so, it will help plowing operations
LIGHT DEPARTMENT
Two stand-by crews will be stationed in Town for the duration of the event to address any outages that may occur.
Generators are ready if the National Grid lines that feed the Town fail. Please remember the generators only work when the is a power loss to the entire Town.
If there are downed lines in Town which cause a loss or power to a neighborhood or a portion of the Town, repairs to those downed lines will be made as quickly as possible.
The generators will not power areas that lose power due downed lines in Town. The generators only work when there is a loss of power due to failure of the National Grid lines that feed the entire Town.
SEWER DEPARTMENT
Staff will be on-site for duration of the event
All pumps have been exercised and are ready if needed
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
Staff ready to open if necessary
COMMUNICATIONS
Code Red messages will be issued regarding Parking restrictions, and general advisory
This memo will be posted on Town Web Site, Cable TV, and the Emergency Management page and to the Hull Times.
Citizen information can be found at the following sites:
Town of Hull Web Site:
www.town.hull.ma.us
Facebook: Town of- Hull
Facebook: Hull Emergency Management
Hull Cable TV
On behalf of the members of the Selectboard and all Town employees we want to thank the residents of Hull in advance for their patience during the storm and while we clean-up in the aftermath of the storm.
Historically, Hull residents have shown a remarkable level of resilience and fortitude during storms. Please be assured that your public servants will do all we can to assist during the storm. Conditions are often dangerous and our ability to restore services can at times be complex and protracted; however, we will not stop until the job is done.
We are all proud to serve you. We recognize storm events are very disruptive and cause a great deal of concern. We appreciate your understanding, and we are confident that our 375 year tradition of Hull self-reliance and perseverance will continue for many years to come. Thank you.
Sincerely and on Behalf of All or Employees and the Town of Hull Selectboard
Phil Lemnios
Hull Town Manager