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Public works warns residents to winterize: frozen fire suppression and hose bibs likely in coming cold spell
Summary
Public works staff warned of a prolonged below-freezing cold front and urged residents — particularly those adjacent to vacant townhouses — to maintain interior heat to prevent attic fire-suppression lines from freezing and causing flooding to neighboring units.
The town’s public-works director, Jay Berry, warned residents to prepare for a sustained cold period and advised actions to avoid frozen fire-suppression systems and subsequent flooding.
Speaking during the public-works report, Jay said the town expects more than 72 hours of below-freezing temperatures and that top-floor fire-suppression piping located in attics is particularly…
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