BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo has signed a “Declaration of Disaster Emergency” in advance of the impending snowstorm forecast to hit the region this weekend.<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service said the region may receive between 12-18 inches of snow.<\/p>\n
The mayor said that Bensalem Township has activated all emergency preparedness operations to ensure the safety of residents and visitors. <\/p>\n
The Bensalem Police Department has established its Emergency Operations Center and will be fully staffed to respond to any incident throughout the storm. <\/p>\n
Residents are encouraged to plan ahead and use caution if travel is necessary:<\/p>\n
Allow extra travel time and slow downClear snow and ice from your vehicle before drivingAvoid unnecessary travel during hazardous conditionsCheck on elderly neighbors and those who may need assistance <\/p>\n
Mayor DiGirolamo said that the township’s police officers and emergency partners remain ready to respond to the storm. For emergencies, residents should call 911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo has signed a “Declaration of Disaster Emergency” in advance of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-95119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}