Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown filed his snow plan for the 2023-24 winter season two days shy of the Nov. 1 deadline.
His administration announced it has ordered a mini-tracked ambulance, four tracked utility terrain vehicles and four trailers, and will have five snowmobiles for Buffalo firefighters to use for rescue operations during heavy snow storms.
As the first snowflakes of the 2023-23 winter season were falling in the Buffalo metro area region, Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown unveiled a new snow plan for the city Monday and announced two key hires Tuesday.
He also announced that the city had hired a new emergency services manager over the weekend.
Those moves all follow recommendations made in an after-action study that the city commissioned following the deadly three-day blizzard in December that claimed the lives of 31 city residents and 16 others.
A Buffalo Common Council member and the leaders of the police and fire unions questioned Wednesday whether it is too late, but city leaders say planning for extreme weather is anything but simple and takes time.
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