{"id":11302,"date":"2014-03-15T10:21:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T14:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11302"},"modified":"2014-03-15T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T14:21:26","slug":"kennett-twp-make-sure-1st-responders-have-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11302","title":{"rendered":"Kennett Twp.: Make sure 1st-responders have access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Officials asking homeowners to remove fallen trees, branches<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-15-at-10.16.11-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11303\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-03-15 at 10.16.11 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-15-at-10.16.11-AM-300x60.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-15-at-10.16.11-AM-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-15-at-10.16.11-AM.png 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The S-word is in the forecast again \u2013 more on that when we get closer to its predicted Sunday evening arrival. In the meantime, the weekend may offer a good opportunity to do some yard cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the recent punishing weather and ice storms, Kennett Township officials want to remind residents that fallen trees and branches can be an impediment to emergency officials. \u201cIn order for emergency service vehicles to promptly respond\u00a0if you have an emergency, there needs to be adequate clearance when entering your driveways,\u201d said a news release from the township. \u201cWe ask that you have a minimum of 12-foot-wide and 16-foot-high clearance on your entrance driveway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennett Township Fire Marshall Bruce Mitchell said homeowners need to be mindful of making sure that trees, shrubs and yard debris don\u2019t hinder response time. \u201cThe easier we can get to the situation, the quicker we can do our jobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The release added that house numbers need to be marked and visible for emergency services and are available at Longwood Fire Company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials asking homeowners to remove fallen trees, branches The S-word is in the forecast again \u2013 more on that when we get closer to its predicted Sunday evening arrival. In the meantime, the weekend may offer a good opportunity to do some yard cleanup. Due to the recent punishing weather and ice storms, Kennett Township [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[36,4236,277],"class_list":["post-11302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-kennett-township","tag-kennett-township-fire-marshall-bruce-mitchell","tag-longwood-fire-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}