County Emergency Services – COVID, weather, project updates

1. COVID-19. As you all are aware, the number of COVID-19 cases is globally on the rise. We do have some good news going into the weekend…

(a) 7-Day Average of New Daily Cases of COVID-19. This average is related to the Level of Community Transmission of COVID-19, and is measured in terms of Low (<10 cases), Moderate (10-49 cases), Substantial (50-99 cases), and High (>/= 100 cases).

(b) As of today, the County’s 7-Day Average of New Daily Cases of COVID-19 is 29.3 (a modest decrease from a high of 32.5 this week), and is considered “Moderate” (by comparison, the State average is 22.1, and is also considered “Moderate”).

(c) Accordingly, the County will be updating its COVID-related policies in the near future.

(d) Recommend all County/Town citizens, employees, and employers reinforce basic public health preventative measures, as appropriate.

2. Hazardous Weather (as of 0527 AM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021).
(a) DAY ONE (Today and Tonight). A Heat Advisory is in effect for most of the outlook area from 11
AM to 7 PM today. Isolated severe storms along with isolated instances of flash flooding are possible during the afternoon and evening hours today.

(b) DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (Saturday through Thursday). Isolated severe storms along with isolated instances of flash flooding are possible during the afternoon and evening hours Saturday. Heavy rain and flooding are possible from tropical moisture Monday into Tuesday and potentially continuing into Wednesday due to the remnants of Fred.

3. Happy Creek Road Closure.
(a) Road Work. The contractor is completing paving, shoulder, road marking, and guard rail work.
(b) Norfolk Southern. The railroad relocated the crossing arms and is working on the portion of paving between and just adjacent to the tracks.
(c) VDOT. VDOT is optimistic the project will be completed in the next one to two weeks, weather permitting.

4. Public Health Order.
(a) Governor’s recent Public Health Order (Masks in K-12 Schools).

Rick Farrall
Lieutenant – Emergency Coordinator/Cost Recovery Supervisor
Warren County Department of Fire Rescue Services

rfarrall@warrencountyfire.com
Phone: 540.636.3830