Driving Winds and Rain Keep Rye Firefighters Busy

The Sound Shore area was pelted by heavy rains and hurricane-force wind gusts throughout the day on Monday January 25, 2010.

Weather equipment at Rye Playland clocked a top wind speed of 81 MPH at 11:16am

Rye Firefighters are all too familiar with storm-related calls ( See: http://www.ryefire.com/index.cfm?fs=news.newsView&News_ID=2 and http://www.ryefire.com/index.cfm?fs=news.newsView&News_ID=6 ) and dealt with six calls ranging from activated automatic fire alarms to wires down.

Summary Of Storm-Related Calls (1/25/10)
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6:34 AM
MENDOTA AVE/SENECA ST RYE, Cross: MENDOTA AVE, Type:HAZARD, TRANS

7:39 AM
280 PURCHASE ST RYE: @ROCKRIDGE DELI & FLORIST, Cross: BLIND BROOK LN, Type:HAZARD, TRANS

10:23 AM
100 PLAYLAND PKY RYE: @PLAYLAND ICE CASINO, Cross: REDFIELD ST, Type:ALARM, COMM

12:01 PM
PECK AVE/MIDLAND AVE RYE, Cross: PECK AVE, Type:HAZARD, WIRES

12:13 PM
754 BOSTON POST RD RYE: @RYE HOSPITAL CENTER, Cross: ROGER SHERMAN PL, Type:ALARM, COMM

1:28 PM
9 HUNTER LN RYE, Cross: , Type:HAZARD, WIRES