Pincher Creek Emergency Services helps clean up post-storm mess

Part of the PCES cleanup crew: Dan Earle, Melissa Slingerland, Michael Whittington, Alyssa Scherer
C. Davis photo

Chris Davis

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Nine members of Pincher Creek Emergency Services (PCES) joined the cleanup effort last night, volunteering to remove fallen or broken branches and other tree-fall created by Wednesday's snow storm  from sites all over town.  They were accompanied in the effort by Town Bylaw Officer Gordon Pitt.  According to Deputy Chief Patrick Neumann "Gord was kind of the instigator in this plan tonight.  We worked out a plan to try to catch them (the branches)  for people unable to take care of themselves because of (a lack of) equipment or tools."

Town Bylaw Officer Gord Pitt (right) "deputized" PCES members for the cleanup effort

Pat Neumann photo

The PCES crew used two pickup trucks and a trailer and hauled about ten loads to a site adjacent to the PCES hall.