01/02/2013 Ofc Rumery-Taylor
0700- Shift Change w/Ofc Richardson
0800- met ferry-PFD shift change
0900- patrolled Island
0945- met ferry
1100- met ferry-patrolled Island
1125- 911 hangup call from 19 Brook Ln-mistake by homeowner
1230- met ferry-sign for deer hunting put out
1245- spoke with Peaks Island resident re: request for "couch surfing" by
Andrei Schneller-P&P contacted to check terms of Schneller's Probation
1430- met ferry-patrolled Island
1530- met ferry
1645- met ferry
1750- met ferry
1930- met ferry-patrolled Island
2025- DPW picked up hunters to go meet 2030 ferry-patrolled Island
2130- met ferry-patrolled Island
2245- met ferry
Will you consider adopting a hydrant?
Here on Peaks it is one Police
Officer and one Fire Fighter who clear out all the hydrants.
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER 6)- We all know how awful
shoveling is after a big storm, but imagine having to shovel over 100 fire
hydrants with just two other people.
That's what members of the Portland Fire Department are
faced with each storm. The city has about 1,600 hydrants they're responsible for
digging out, which means each fire truck or ambulance with a crew of just three
is assigned about 120 hydrants each.
It can take the department up to 3 days after a storm to
clear all of the hydrants, especially if plows are out for a few days blocking a
once-cleared hydrants back in again.
There is a program called "Adopt A Hydrant" in which
towns and cities ask their residents to clear out the hydrant near them. That
helps these crews that are out doing back-breaking work while still responding
to rescue and fire calls.
There's no need to sign up for a hydrant, but
departments ask if you do clear one, to shovel at least 3 feet of space all
around it to allow plenty of space for a hose to be attached without
kinking.
