Adams County Department of Emergency Services

Think it doesn't get hot inside your car? Be very cautious, especially in this heat.

I cooked an egg on my dashboard using just the sun during this heatwave The surface temperature reached over 200 degrees. A pan with oil in it was left in a closed car for an hour before the egg was added.

This roadwork is expected to start Thursday.

The telephone issue with Brightspeed has been resolved.

Brightspeed is experiencing issues with the delivery of 911 calls to the Adams County 911 center. These calls are being reported to Franklin County 911 and then back to Adams County. If you need help and cannot get through to 911, call 717-334-8101 or 717-624-2101.

It's National Telecommunicator Week! Telecommunicators are your first point of contact when you need help from emergency services personnel. Whether it's police, fire, or EMS, our telecommunicators will get you the help you need in a timely fashion. In celebration of this week, the dispatch center was decorated, snacks provided, and breakfast provided to both night shift and day shift. Thank you to all of our hard working telecommunicators for your dedication and service to the citizens of Adams County and surrounding areas.

With the rain moving through our area overnight and during today, Adams County is back in the low fire danger category. As always, be careful when open burning.

Adams County and the surrounding counties continue to be under a HIGH FIRE danger warning today. We would reccomend that NO OPEN BURNING be conducted during a high fire danger warning. In addition, there are multiple municipalities that have placed BURN BANS in effect in Adams County. Please check with your local township or borough office BEFORE doing any open burning.

Adams County and the surrounding counties continue to be under a HIGH FIRE danger warning today. We would reccomend that NO OPEN BURNING be conducted during a high fire danger warning.

Adams County and the surrounding counties are under a high fire danger warning today. We would reccomend that NO OPEN BURNING be conducted during a high fire danger warnings. It doesn't take much for a controlled burn to get out of control.

https://www.weather.gov/media/ctp/Briefing/briefing.pdf.

As a result of the power outages in the Fairfield area, the Fairfield Fire Department has opened as a warming center. The fire house is located at 106 Steelman Street in Fairfield.