Friday, October 26, 2012
Horsham Township plans to open its community center to house people displaced from Hurricane Sandy - should the tropical storm impact our area.
Even before the first hurricane-driven rainfall hits Horsham, the township's highway department was busy cleaning storm drains and inlets and placing barricades at "known flood locations," according to Gary Bissig, Horsham's emergency management deputy coordinator. As residents wait and wonder what will ultimately come of Hurricane Sandy - which is being dubbed as "Frankenstorm" - Bissig said he and the rest of the township's emergency management team is moving forward on a response plan. The Horsham Township Community Center would be used as a "warming center" to house those displaced for up to a day. Beyond that, Bissig said individuals would be transferred to one of three shelters that would be established throughout Montgomery County…
Forecasters are predicting that the Carribean-born storm will not hit our area, but local emergency management personnel are preparing just in case.
Just over a year after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee ravaged Hatboro with flooding and property damage, emergency management personnel are keeping a watchful eye just in case Hurricane Sandy wreaks havoc. Hatboro Assistant Borough Secretary Diane Hegele told Patch that public works employees were busily cleaning out storm drains of property owners in flood-prone areas Friday. That work would likely continue over the week, she said. The borough's emergency management team - headed by Borough Manager and Public Works Director Fred Zollers - would be meeting over the weekend, Hegele said. Based on what Montgomery County recommends at that time, an emergency center could be opened. As always, the borough is asking anyone who lives …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The district’s seven schools will conduct various mock exercises to test readiness, communication.
Against the backdrop of recent school shootings in France and Ohio, Hatboro-Horsham officials are bringing a mock scenario to Keith Valley Middle School to test the school’s handling of a crisis situation. Led by the district’s Director of Safety, Jeff Tomlinson, a retired FBI agent, the drill will play out along with several others at all of the district schools on March 29. “When you see what happened (Monday) at a school in France and across the country, Keith Valley Middle School is ready for this drill,” Tomlinson told the school board during its meeting Monday. “We’re going to see how this building and Keith Valley responds.” The “intruder” for the 9 a.m. drill later this month is a Hatboro police officer who will make his way to …
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2:18 pm on Saturday, October 27, 2012
"Auotmated" is misspelled. I don't think that is a big deal. But overall this website is rundown and junky. If the borough is paying someone to maintain it that person should be replaced. if an employee is doing the work they need to find another employee to do this work because the one now doesn't have an eye for detail. This whole website is a sloppy mess. more ›