City Crews Plowing Streets Today, Thurs., Dec. 22
City Crews Plowing Streets Today, Thurs., Dec. 22
The City’s crews are plowing streets today, Thurs., Dec. 22, and will continue plowing tonight and overnight into tomorrow, Fri., Dec. 23. Crews are completing primary streets and then will move into secondary streets, and expect to continue plowing secondary and residential streets overnight into Friday. No additional precipitation is predicted at this time and crews expect it may take 32.5 hours to plow all streets in the City after accumulating snow ended;...
City Crews Preparing for Winter Storm
City Crews Preparing for Winter Storm
The City’s crews began pre-treating residential streets today, Wed., Dec. 21, in preparation for the upcoming winter storm which is expected to start with a wintry mix of drizzle and light snow after 10 p.m. tonight. Crews reported at 7 p.m. tonight to finish pre-treating residential and secondary streets, and will continue pre-treating primary streets tonight and overnight into Thurs., Dec. 22, until temperatures plummet at which time salting operations will...
Protect Yourself from Frostbite and Hypothermia
Protect Yourself from Frostbite and Hypothermia
The combination of wind and low temperature in winter can be deadly. The wind chill index helps you determine when dangerous conditions develop that could lead to frostbite or hypothermia. It takes into account heat loss from the human body to its surroundings during cold and windy weather. The calculation utilizes wind speed in miles per hour and temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. For example, a temperature of minus 5 degrees occurring with a 20 mph...
Boiler Fire Damages Commercial Building
Boiler Fire Damages Commercial Building
On Monday, December 19, 2022, at 11:44 p.m., the Lee’s Summit Fire Department responded to a reported commercial structure fire at the John Knox Village Maintenance Building, 626 NW Pryor Road. John Knox Village Public Safety received an automatic fire alarm for the building. When public safety officers arrived, there was smoke in the building, and they notified the fire department. Officers located a fire on a mezzanine in the shop area, attempted to...
City Crews Treated Streets Today, Mon., Dec. 19; Preparing for Chance of Freezing Drizzle Tues., Dec. 20
City Crews Treated Streets Today, Mon., Dec. 19; Preparing for Chance of Freezing Drizzle Tues., Dec. 20
The City’s crews continued to treat streets with salt today, Mon., Dec. 19, and are expected to end operations at 3:30 p.m. due to the forecast for rain and non-accumulating snow this afternoon. Crews are expected to report again at 7 p.m. tonight to continue to monitor conditions and treat streets as needed late Monday, and overnight into Tues., Dec. 20.
The City’s crews are also preparing for a chance of freezing drizzle during the early morning...