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Following is an Email from Commissioner Burdick and from Fire Captain Borroto. You may want to consider posting this on your bulletin boards:
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5:14 PM (45 minutes ago)
to Paulette
Dear Friends,
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Hopefully Hurricane Isaac will bypass us, but I wanted to share the below information with you just in case.
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In addition to the information from Capt. Borroto, I wanted to clarify what will happen if the winds exceed 45 mph. In the past, Fire Rescue would stop dispatching emergency vehicles countywide when the winds exceeded 45 mph at PBIA. Given how large our county is and the specific weather information now available at each Fire Station, emergency vehicles will be dispatched on a case by case basis depending on the conditions in each area. Emergency vehicles will be dispatched when weather permits even if other areas of the county are still experiencing severe weather conditions.
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Please share this information with your respective communities.
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If you have any questions, please give me or my aide, Peyton McArthur, a call.
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Be safe,
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Paulette Burdick
County Commissioner
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District Two
(561) 355-2202 office
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From: Albert Borroto
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:29 PM
To: Peyton McArthur
Subject: Fire Rescue Response Guidelines during storms
Mr. McArthur,
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The following guidelines are used by Fire Rescue in making the determination as to when our emergency responses are modified:
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Winds sustained up to 35 mph
-Modify our response to non emergent calls for assistance on a call by call basis
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Winds sustained up to 45 mph
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Respond to immediate life threatening calls only
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As sustained wind conditions increase Fire Rescue response begins to be based on local weather condition reports received from Command staff in the field.
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Captain Albert Borroto, RN, EMT-P
Public Information Officer
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue
561-616-7077
fax- 561-616-7085
email: aborroto@pbcgov.org
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Dave Israel
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