City, Local Partners Coordinate Response to Severe Winter Storm
The City of Noblesville has been preparing all week for the winter storm that arrived yesterday evening, and is reminding residents of services available as well as precautions to take to prepare.
Plans are being made and altered as the city learns more about this storm. City officials, along with police, fire and street departments, are coordinating efforts with the Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency and other local partners to make sure residents are safe.
The Noblesville Street Department will be working around the clock as ice or snow accumulates to clear roadways. These efforts began last night. Main roads will be prioritized to ensure first responders can travel throughout the city in the event of an emergency.
“The city’s priority is to provide services to residents that keep our community safe during and after this forecasted weather event,” said Mayor Chris Jensen.
“I encourage residents to heed the travel watches and only go out if they must, respect our public servants who are out working in tough conditions and thank everyone for taking care of one another as a community.”
As temperatures fall, residents can take proactive steps to minimize impact. Precautions can include opening cabinets beneath kitchen and bathroom sinks to allow warmer air to circulate around pipes. Be sure to remove any toxic substances located in these cabinets if there are children or pets living in the residence. Drip one cold water faucet slowly if you feel your pipes may still freeze. The faucet you choose should be the one that is the greatest distance from your main shutoff valve. If you do drip your faucet, capture the water for future use.
Follow the City of Noblesville on social media to stay up-to-date on city-wide services and weather updates. Follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofNoblesville and Twitter at twitter.com/NoblesvilleIN.
The Holidays at the Hills Ice Plaza will be closed today and tomorrow due to the extreme cold and weather. The ice skating rink also will be closed Sunday for Christmas. The Parks Department plans to reopen on Monday with the extended hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
With the forecasted weather, there may be power outages across our community. If you lose power, contact Duke Energy to report the outage at (800) 343-3525 or text ‘OUT’ to 57801. Check the outage map and sign up for text or email alerts at Duke-Energy.com/Outages/Alerts.
Republic Services has informed the City of Noblesville that the winter weather has made routes unsafe to operate. This will impact those Noblesville residents that have trash/recycling collected today.
Republic Services said its plan is to pick up Friday’s routes on Monday, Dec. 26. All residents should put their bins out next week (Dec. 26-30) on their normal day; however, due to the added routes on Monday, trash collection may not occur that day and will be picked up the following day.
For questions or concerns regarding trash or recycling collection, contact Republic Services’ Noblesville-specific call center at (317) 567-6400.
Hamilton County EMA also reminds residents that Indiana 211 (in211.communityos.org) is a free service that connects Hoosiers with help and answers from thousands of health and human service agencies and resources right in their local communities. The website will include warming centers, shelters and other cold weather resources available if residents need them. The City of Noblesville in partnership with Hamilton County EMA will monitor the weather situation and open warming center(s) if needed.