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Please shovel your SIDEWALKS!!! Enforcement of Bylaw 1070 has commenced and property owners will be receiving letters of unattended sidewalks. Not only does the Bylaw state that: 2. Every person, firm or corporation who is the owner or occupant of property fronting or abutting on a sidewalk in the Town of Hardisty shall be required to remove all snow, ice, dirt and other debris from such sidewalks within forty-eight (48) hours from the time of deposit or in the case of a snow or rainfall,...

UPDATE #5 (Final) – TANK FIRE 10/15/2014 12:50 The tank fire at the Hardisty Tank Farm on October 14th, 2014 has now been cleared. Emergency personnel that were on scene have been stood down and a 3rd party company is assessing the incident and determining the cause in order to avoid this from happening again. Husky’s official has commented that their site at the Hardisty Tank Farm is still shutdown as they work on isolating the tank from their system and to insure all systems are safe bef...

UPDATE #4 – TANK FIRE UPDATE 19:15 RANGE ROAD 95 (RR 95) ADJACENT THE SITE IS RE-OPENED. THE TANK FIRE LOCATED AT THE HARDISTY TANK FARM ON HUSKY’S SITE HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED. A COMBINATION OF FOAM & WATER WAS USED. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WILL BE STAYING ON THE SITE FOR CONTINUED MONITORING. AIR QUALITY MONITORING IS STILL IN EFFECT. TRAFFIC CAN RECONVENE USAGE OF RR 95. THE TOWN OFFICE WILL BE CLOSING & NO FURTHER POSTINGS WILL BE DONE UNTIL THURSDAY A.M. UNLESS THE SITUATION CHA...

UPDATE #3 – TANK FIRE UPDATE HARDISTY FIRE DEPT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE SCENE. THE FIRE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TANK APPEARS TO BE EXTINGUISHED. FIRE MASTER IS CURRENTLY CHECKING THE INSIDE OF THE TANK FOR FURTHER FIRE. Sandy Otto, Acting CAO & DEM

UPDATE #3 – TANK FIRE UPDATE HARDISTY FIRE DEPT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE SCENE. THE FIRE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TANK APPEARS TO BE EXTINGUISHED. FIRE MASTER IS CURRENTLY CHECKING THE INSIDE OF THE TANK FOR FURTHER FIRE. Sandy Otto, Acting CAO & DEM

UPDATE – HARDISTY TANK FIRE October 15, 2014 @ 17:50 THE TOWN OF HARDISTY HAS SPOKEN TO HUSKY OFFICIALS THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE TANK FIRE IS RECEDING. THE SMOKE FROM THE TANK FIRE IS A LIGHT GREY WHICH MEANS IT IS SUFFOCATING. FIRE MASTER IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE SITUATION TO SEE IF FOAM IS REQUIRED FOR FURTHER EXTINGUISHMENT. HUSKY HAS MOBILIZED AIR QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEMS INTO PLACE. THE SMOKE IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE TOWN OF HARDISTY CURRENTLY. THE TOWN OF HARDISTY WIL...

AIR QUALITY NOTIFICATION ATTENTION RESIDENT DUE TO A LOCALIZED CRUDE TANK FIRE AT THE HARDISTY TANK FARM PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT AIR QUALITY MAY DETERIORATE TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS & SHELTER IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: TOWN OF HARDISTY OFFICE (780)888-3623 www.hardisty.ca Hardisty FaceBook Page Hardisty Twitter OR MD OF PROVOST tlawrason@mdprovost.ca