Crime & Safety
How Forks Fire Dept. Handled Hurricane Sandy
Forks Township Fire Department's October report shows busy two days dealing with Hurricane Sandy.
It was a busy few days for the Forks Township Fire Department handling Hurricane Sandy.
Over the course of two days -- Oct. 29-30 -- the fire department responded to two dwelling fires, three transformer/substation issues, six downed trees and 11 downed wires.
Fire Chief Charles Chapman said the fire department basically handled one month of calls in 24 hours due to the storm.
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The bulk of those storm calls took place on Oct. 29.
Starting at 4:16 p.m. that day, the fire department handled 16 storm calls that ran through 11:17 p.m. Those calls involved about 52 manpower hours.
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On Oct. 30, the fire department responded to five wires down, a downed tree and a dwelling fire.
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