The Right Plans for the Right Scenario

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SNOW PLANS

• The Right Plans for the Right Scenario

Chris Carnahan City of Aurora, Colo. Laird L.
Thornton- Greenwood Village, Colo.
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ARE YOU READY?
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PRESENTATION EXPECTATIONS
What do You Expect from this presentation ?
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WRITTEN PLAN

• Do you have a written Plan ?
• If Not Why?
• Plan Should be adopted by Organization
• Purpose of the Plan - Objective
• Contain Procedures and Operations

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Resources

• Equipment
• Qualified Operators
• Personnel
• Materials

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EQUIPMENT
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Resources

• Equipment
• Plows
• Heavy Equipment
• Graders
• Loaders
• Blowers
• Conveyors

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QUALIFIED OPERATORS
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RESOURCES

• Operator Qualifications
• Plows
• Heavy Equipment
• Training
• CDL requirements CDL vs. NON-CDL
• Equipment specific
• Plow
• Sander
• Tanker

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MATERIALS
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RESOURCES

• Materials
• Granular De-icing material
• Salt
• Ice Slicer
• Liquid De-icing material
• Abrasives
• Sand
• Cinders

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STAFFING

• Determining Staffing Levels
• Service Levels Based on
• Historical weather patterns
• Transitions during Storms
• Community expectations
• Policy
• Vacations

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OTHER RESOURCES

• Weather Services
• RWIS Systems
• Law Enforcement
• Parks Departments
• Other Departments

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Snow Fall History
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WEATHER

• Category I - Predicted Snowfall Amount Trace to
  2 inches
• 36 of storms, average 7 times
  per year
• Category II - Predicted Snowfall Amount 2 to 6
  inches
• 39 of storms, average 8
  times per year
• Category III - Predicted Snowfall Amount 6 to
  12 inches
• 20 of storms, average 3
  times per year
• Category IV - Predicted Snowfall Amount more
  than 12 in.
• 5 of the storms, one or
  less per year

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• In Aurora, 75 of winter storms produce less than
  6 inches of snow.
• Aurora bases its response to snow removal on our
  most common storm accumulations.
• The bigger the storms are the more important it
  is to set priorities on what streets are plowed
  and when.

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A TYPICAL SNOW ROUTE MAP
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CALL OUT PROCEDURES

• Pagers
• Cell Phones
• Agency issued
• Stipends
• Pre-scheduled Shift
• Emergency Notification Systems

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Aurora StaffingCategory II Storm 2 to 6
accumulation
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Aurora StaffingCategory III Storm 6 to 12
accumulation
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Other Issues

• Traffic Laws
• Photo Red-light Policy
• QUESTIONS