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Sunday, October 02, 2016

Storm Wreaking Havoc In Salisbury 9-29-16

The Salisbury Fire Department has received several calls in the last hour of people stranded in their cars due to the road being flooded, people stuck in elevators and also electrical hazards due to the flooding. 

Area fire departments are responding for lightning strikes that have caused fires.

Delmarva power has approximately 450 residences in the Salisbury area without power.  Estimated time of restoration is currently listed at 4am.

Police agencies have also responded to several alarms. 

Please be careful if you must go out or are out in this storm.  

click 'READ MORE' below to see the list of calls the SFD have responded to in the last few hours and they are still getting calls!


3:30am Stations 2, 16, 1 and 74 have been dispatched to Westchester Street for a working garage fire. 

3:32am Station 6 is responding to the PNC bank at Civic Ave to assist someone trapped in a vehicle due to high water

3:38
Station 3 going to Canal Park drive to assist someone trapped in a vehicle due to high water. 

3:39
Station 5 responding to the area of Brew River for citizen assist.  

3:40 Station 7 being called to cover the call at the PNC bank at Civic Ave.............call canceled. 

3:45 Station 5 called to the area of The County House for citizen assist. Trapped in a vehicle due to high water

3:50 Station 3 responded to Canal Park Drive for flooding in a basement.  

4:59am  Choptank electric is reporting 727 members without power in the Salisbury area. A crew is en route to the outage. If you need to report an outage please call our Outage Reporting Number at 1.800.410.4790. 
 

  1. Units responding to a report of a Service Call on Canal Park Dr in Salisbury
  2. Units responding to a report of a Emergency on Westchester St in Salisbury
  3. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on Willow St in Salisbury
  4. Units responding to a report of a Flood With Electrical Hazards on Loch Raven Rd in Salisbury
  5. Units responding to a report of a Electrical on Winterborn Lane in Salisbury
  6. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on Halsey Dr in Salisbury
  7. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on East Main St in Salisbury
  8. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on College Lane And Beaglin Park Dr in Salisbury
  9. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on Crestwood Circle in Salisbury
  10. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on Long Ave And Glen Ave in Salisbury
  11. Units responding to a report of a Emergency on Jefferson St in Salisbury
  12. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on East Church St And Davis St in Salisbury
  13. Units responding to a report of a Flood With Electrical Hazards on Foggy Bottom Dr in Salisbury
  14. Units responding to a report of a Automatic Alarm on Civic Ave in Salisbury
  15. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on Lake St in Salisbury
  16. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on West Salisbury Pkwy And Cypress St in Salisbury
  17. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on East Church St And Wailes St in Salisbury
  18. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on South Blvd in Salisbury
  19. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on Civic Ave And Belmont Ave in Salisbury
  20. Units responding to a report of a Flood With Electrical Hazards on Camden Ave in Salisbury
  21. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on May Dr And South Division St in Salisbury
  22. Units responding to a report of a Citizen Assist on Riverside Rd And South Blvd in Salisbury
  23. Units responding to a report of a Electrical on Brooklyn Ave in Salisbury
  24. Units responding to a report of a Electrical on East Church St in Salisbury
  25. Units responding to a report of a Structure Fire on Zion Church Rd in Parsonsburg
  26. Units responding to a report of a Elevator Rescue on Riverside Dr in Salisbury
  27. Units responding to a report of a Automatic Alarm on South Salisbury Blvd in Salisbury
  28. Units responding to a report of a Automatic Alarm on Onley Rd in Salisbury

15 comments:

KCSr said...

Joe, as you know I work at night. It is Really dangerous to drive and the roads are flooded here in Salisbury. Ken

Anonymous said...

Why is it so hard for people to understand not to drive through deep water?

Anonymous said...

A shout out to Delmarva Power guys. Our power went out at midnight and I watched them out in the deluge working to restore it. Thanks! I do not know how the do it between the rain and lightening strikes!

Anonymous said...

Civic and Belmont ALWAYS floods. The east side street were rivers. My back yard is now a pond.

Anonymous said...

I think that is great how the fire dept helps out with flooded basements. I honestly did not think that was done anymore.

Anonymous said...

You would understand if you saw there paycheck! You would be doing the same things...

Anonymous said...

7:37 from what I saw and have seen in the past, they deserve it.
I have seen them in the most horrible storms out there trying to turn our power back on.
For some reason our neighborhood always ends up in the dark.
E Side, Sby.

Anonymous said...

Wonder if RT13 and Baltimore Ave is flooded,have seen water 3' deep there before.

Anonymous said...

Oh now we're happy to have the fire department help us when we need them, but if they take the fire truck to get Rita's "FIRE THEM ALL"

Anonymous said...

so much for the new bridge that kept Nanticoke rd closed for months. it had at least 4in of water flowing g across it this morning

Anonymous said...

What do they do with a flooded basement?

Anonymous said...

859, where I am from, the volunteer companies will pump it out for you. However I am from the land of basements and most have sump pumps, but sometimes, the pumps would fail due to power outages etc. It is a kind thing to do.

Anonymous said...

8:59
Usually they get called for a flooded basement. What usually is the case is it is an electrical hazard to have all that water where there is electric. What they usually do is turn off the electric. Sometimes they will pump it out however I doubt last night they had time to do anything and it would have just flooded again today.

Anonymous said...

Fire Dept only responds when an electrical hazard is present with a flooded basement. They can pump it out and get the electric turned off.

Anonymous said...

I would say they earned their wages that night.