“Introducing your Station 1 storm coverage crew. Please be smart and safe today,” from Acushnet Fire & EMS. Photos from the Acushnet Fire & EMS Facebook page.
Acushnet first responders were kept pretty busy during the last big storm that hit this Tuesday. The third nor’easter in two weeks was one of the largest March storms ever, dumping about a foot of snow in every town in Southeastern Mass. North and west of Boston, some places received more than two feet of snow.
A large tree gets toppled by the storm onto a house on Tuesday, 3/13/18 after coming down in the storm. Photo from Acushnet Fire & EMS Facebook page.
A tree damages a garage and house on Third Avenue in Acushnet on 3/13/18 after coming down in the storm. Photo from Acushnet Fir & EMS Facebook Page.
Boston and nearly every municipality on the Cape had a verifiable blizzard, meaning at least three hours of large amounts of snow or blowing snow, sustained winds of more than 35 miles per hour, and visibility less than 1/4 mile.
The storm caused delays for the ambulance, too, making a 30-minute ride out of a ride that is usually less than 10 minutes.
Acushnet Fire & EMS also responded to two incidents involving carbon monoxide.
“One incident resulted in a person being transported to the hospital, the other did not. In one incident the CO alarm alerted the occupants, in the other they did not… Please, check your CO alarms. If you don’t have one call us. And please keep generators as far away from your home as possible,” they wrote on Facebook.
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