“We’ll continually watch the forecast, we put extra staff for patrol and dispatch on notice of the potential, so we get kind of a tentative game plan together,” Chief Deputy Anthony Dwyer said. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office will have extra crews on hand to respond to crashes and other snow emergencies. “Salt supplies are full and all trucks have been loaded with Calcium Chloride to help with the de-icing.” “As with all other weather related events we are fully staffed and will work 12-16 hour shifts if needed,” Liberty Twp. Middletown Public Works Director Scott Tadych said his crews are ready to go, but to make fighting the storm easier “we do request residents park off the street to the extent possible Thursday and Friday.” “We are expecting to operate on 12-hour shifts starting late tomorrow evening but we’ll adapt if the weather forecast changes,” Mann said. Fairfield Public Works Director Ben Mann said they have nearly 4,000 tons of salt and about 12,000 gallons of calcium chloride. Other communities are also gearing up for the worst. Once the heavy weather starts they will have two shifts of 19 employees working to treat and plow 16 routes countywide. He is responsible for 266 “centerline miles” on county roads his department does not cover city streets or subdivisions, interstates or state routes. Wilkens said they have plenty of supplies on hand in terms of road salt, brine and other treatments and those will be deployed according to the conditions.
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