❄️ Historic Winter Storm Update: Brick Township’s Response & Recovery ❄️
Residents of Brick Township,
As the cleanup is just about wrapped up, we want to give a final storm update and provide some essential information:
Updates:
📣 School Update: All Brick Township schools will open 2 hours late tomorrow due to lingering winter conditions. Please plan accordingly.
🏛️ Town Hall will be open tomorrow
🗑️ Sanitation Schedule: If your garbage or recycling is usually picked up Monday or Tuesday, it will be picked up tomorrow. All other scheduled pickups will be on a one-day delay.
📢 Important Reminders
- Snow Plowing/Salting: Please do not call the Police Department for plowing inquiries. Use the following to report missed streets: https://www.bricknj.gov/departments/public_works/snow_plowing.php
- Sidewalks: It is the responsibility of the property owner to clear snow and ice from the sidewalks in front of your home or business. Township code requires sidewalks to be cleared 24 hours after snowfall. This is essential for the safety of our school children walking to school and all pedestrians. Let’s keep our walkways safe for everyone!
- Power Outages: Report outages directly to JCP&L via their website for the fastest response and real-time updates. Link https://outages-nj.firstenergycorp.com/
📊 The Storm by the Numbers
To give you context on the scale of this event, here is a look at the activity handled between
Saturday, February 21st, and today:
- Total Calls for Service: 832
- Area/Premise Checks: 140
- First Aid Calls: 109
- Motor Vehicle Stops: 109
- Downed Wires: 65
- Motor Vehicle Summonses: 57
- Alarms: 53
- Parking Violations: 40
- Fire Calls: 38
- Disabled/Stuck Vehicles: 32
- Road Hazards/Flooding: 31
- Motor Vehicle Crashes: 29
- Arcing/Transformer Fires: 28
- Citizen Assists: 25
- Traffic/Signal Malfunctions: 22
- Welfare Checks: 18
- Arrests: 6
🙏 A Sincere Thank You to all!
This concludes our storm updates. Thank you for your cooperation and for looking out for one another. Stay safe, Brick!
