Co Kildare Emergency Services work on with ploughs in operation

Kildare Fire Service staff will continue working from  stations during the blizzard.

Kildare County Council’s Crisis Management Team incorporating the Severe Weather Assessment Team reconvened this morning at 9.15am to discuss and analyse the impact of the severe weather over night and the anticipated weather conditions for the day ahead.  

The roads crews gritted and ploughed the roads on three occasions last night and recommenced operations at 10.30am. A Risk Assessment will be carried out at 1pm when a decision will be made in regard to road crew activity during the forecasted blizzard conditions. Currently Kildare County Council have nine snow ploughs in operation, in conjunction with 20 privately contracted ploughs and ploughs supplied by the Defence Forces.

A statement from Kildare County Council said: "This work will continue as long as weather conditions allow."

In addition Civil Defence are using seven four -wheel drive vehicles to assist health service staff reach their place of work, to aid members of the public in difficulty and to ensure Kildare County Council truck drivers and members of An Garda Síochana can get to their places of work.  

Kildare Fire Service staff will remain in the six stations throughout the county from 2pm today until 2pm tomorrow to be available to respond to emergency calls.

Water Services continue to monitor the water infrastructure in Kildare and have not experienced any major issues so far.