|Captain Hale Fitzgerald, New Gloucester Fire Rescue Press Release|
Prepared by: Captain Hale
Fitzgerald
Number of Alarms: Multiple Still
Alarms
Incident Commander: Captain Hale
Fitzgerald, Lieutenant Chris Gill, and Lieutenant Eric Beaulieu
Incident Number: 20-NG0554 —
20-NG0578
Incident Date and Time: 12/5/20-12/6/20
Incident Location: Multiple
Number of NGFR Engines in response: 2
Other NGFR apparatus in response: 2
Number of NGFR personnel in response: 10
General Incident Description: On 12/5/20, a winter storm caused a considerable amount of power outages within the Town of New Gloucester along with a large amount of the state. At one point, approximately 2600 of 2900 CMP customers in town were without power. The majority of damage included trees that brought down wires. There were also reports of vehicles off the road, trees blocking the roadway, and cable lines down.
The busiest portion of the storm was from 2:30pm to 6:30pm, during which we handled 15 calls for service in a 4 hour period in difficult conditions. Though 25 calls were logged through the Cumberland County Regional Communications Center, New Gloucester firefighters helped many motorists who were stuck and cleared the roadways of many downed branches.
Special thanks to the professionalism of CCRCC handling multiple calls for many agencies.
Injuries: None
Factors: High Wind, Heavy Wet Snow, Cold Temperatures
Cause: Winter Storm
PSA: No line is safe to touch. If a powerline is down, please call 911 and we will respond. This way a call is generated and the appropriate resources will come to your aid. If a road is closed, please respect the signs as they are placed for your safety.
Engine 2 on Lewiston Road on scene of a wire down.
Hale Fitzgerald
Captain
New Gloucester Fire Rescue
611 Lewiston Road
New Gloucester, ME 04260
207-926-4142
