From the Town: Partial Power Restoration, National Guard at Work

The Town of Farmington continues to demand the need for additional CL&P resources.   Farmington Town Council members held a press conference Thursday afternoon to exert pressure on CL&P about the lack of response to Farmington. We also remain in constant contact with the governor’s office.  Senior officials of the Farmington Valley towns will be meeting today to hear from high-level CL&P executives about a restoration plan.  The Town is doing everything we can to exert pressure on CL&P for power restoration.

As of this morning, the National Guard has come into town along with the CL&P crews to help cut trees. The Town of Farmington crews and Town contractors continue to remove trees from roadways in order to facilitate CL&P’s on-going restoration of removing downed wires. 

At this time we have seen some limited power restoration in Unionville Center and parts of Route 6 and we expect to see limited restoration throughout the day.

The Town’s emergency shelter, located at Farmington High, now has power and will remain open.  Residents are encouraged to bring their own bedding, medications, toiletries, and personal items.

The Town’s Compost station located at Tunxis Mead Park off of Red Oak Hill Road will be open extended hours from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm seven days a week until further notice. The Town is prepared to remove debris from the storm including brush and logs up to 12 inches in diameter and no more than 6 feet long provided it is brought to the curbside.

When the Town has more information about Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) and Small Business Administration (SBA) resources for residents and businesses, we will get that information out to you.

Check on Homebound

Due to communication challenges, if you know of any homebound residents, please try to contact them or contact us at police dispatch 860.675.2400 so that we can check on them.

Potable Water

Residents may obtain potable water at all three fire stations between 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Residents must provide their own containers.  Fire Station locations are as follows:

Farmington Fire Station-           76 Main Street

East Farmington Fire                94 South Road

Tunxis Hose                             11 School Street, Unionville

Connecticut Water is establishing potable water sites at the following schools 24 hours a day.  Residents must provide their own containers.  

West District School      114 West District Road

Noah Wallace School     2 School Street Farmington

Farmington High School – Student Parking Lot - 10 Monteith Drive

Safety Issues

• Treat all down wires as being live and keep a safe distance
• Never leave candles or open flames unattended
• Generators should be kept outside and properly ventilated
• Use caution with space heaters – keep away from combustibles
• Open damper when using fire place and burn only appropriate materials
• Carbon Monoxide can be deadly.  Do not use appliances inside a building that are designed for outdoor use.  This includes generators, portable heating devices or any equipment that use gasoline, propane.
  
  

More information will be provided when it is available.

The Town is providing updates about services and restoration efforts at 860-675-2300.