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Making safety a priority ahead of the storm, News 12's Jenna Ray Gartner spoke with emergency management and first responders about how you should prepare. We're doing a lot to prepare for this storm. The New York State Office of Emergency Management is doing their best to keep communities safe during the snow. If and when there are challenges or problems arise, we can respond quickly and make sure we're coordinated, Pete Chicchetti says. Search and rescue teams will be stationed across the island. We want people to stay off the roads, do not drive. Visibility. Be really reduced, he says. Heavy snow and strong winds mean he's expecting power outages. Get everything you need before the snow starts and make sure you have a plan. If you have to drive for any reason, he says, put an emergency bag in your car with food, water, and warm blankets during the storm. Officials want you to stay inside and off the roads, but once the storm ends, clean up begins. Firefighters are urging people to clear out fire hydrants as soon as possible so that their trucks can respond in an emergency. We're literally using shovels and axes to try to get a hydrant clear at the time it's needed the most. Fire safety experts say. Remove any snow and ice from the top of the hydrant and clear a 3 ft circle around it and a path to the street. We've experienced on numerous occasions hydrants that. We were not able to see because they were covered in snow. We had to clear them, take that extra couple of minutes. Fire officials say fires can double in size every 20 to 30 seconds. Taking a few minutes to shovel out a hydrant could be the difference between life and death. Shovel the hydrant as a team because the house that you may be saving may very well be your own. In Nassau County, Genna Ray Gartner, News 12.

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