The Fire Service is on heightened readiness in response to a yellow weather warning issued by the Department of Meteorology for today.
\nFire Service spokesperson Andreas Kettis confirmed the department\u2019s preparedness to handle any potential emergencies arising from the predicted isolated thunderstorms.
\n\u201cWe have equipment readied in our vehicles and an on-call team available for immediate deployment should the situation escalate,\u201d Kettis said.
\nAs of this time, the Fire Service has not received any weather-related calls. However, Kettis urged the public to exercise caution and strictly follow guidelines issued by the authorities if hazardous weather conditions develop.
\nThis heightened state of alert comes in the wake of a recent severe storm that caused significant property damage, including flooding in homes, basements, and other buildings.
\nThe yellow warning, in effect from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., forecasts isolated thunderstorms with potential localised rainfall exceeding 35 millimetres per hour.
\nThe possibility of hail is also mentioned.thunderstorms. Fire Service readiness, potential emergencies, isolated thunderstorms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Fire Service has increased its readiness due to a yellow weather warning for isolated thunderstorms issued by the Department of Meteorology. The warning is in effect from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and predicts potential localized rainfall exceeding 35 millimetres per hour, with a possibility of hail. The Fire Service, with spokesperson Andreas Kettis stating their preparedness, has equipped vehicles and an on-call team ready for emergencies. Although no weather-related calls have been received yet, the public is advised to be cautious and follow guidelines from authorities. This response follows a recent severe storm that resulted in significant property damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[924,2402,2464,118,2693,2694,2400,2696,148,2374,2695,284,808,2469,330,114,2463,339,2401,2360,2373],"class_list":["post-4837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-buildings","tag-caution","tag-damage","tag-fire","tag-fire-service","tag-fire-service-readiness","tag-hail","tag-isolated-thunderstorms","tag-local","tag-meteorology","tag-potential-emergencies","tag-property","tag-rainfall","tag-storm","tag-thunderstorms","tag-top-news","tag-vehicles","tag-weather","tag-weather-conditions","tag-weather-warning","tag-yellow-warning"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n