Shoveling this morning may make it seem like Wareham has been hit with a herculean snowstorm, though one would not get that impression from listening to the police/fire scanner.

“Things have been a little busy, but quiet,” said Richard Sleightholm, assistant chief at the Wareham Fire Department said. “We’ve had a few medicals and a few [car accidents], but nothing major.”

Interim Onset Fire Chief Raymond Goodwin said the low number of incidents was due to the temperature, making for a lighter, more powdery snowfall.

“With the light snow, there were no broken tree limbs or power lines, so the cold temperature actually made things a lot easier,” Goodwin explained.

However, Goodwin did advise residents not to spend too much time outside with Friday’s low temperatures. He also advised against traveling as plow crews were at work on Friday afternoon.

“Do not travel unless you need to,” said Goodwin.

Goodwin did credit the town’s plowing effort which made for fewer incidents and faster responses. Overall, Goodwin said there were 12 storm-related incidents – lower than normal for a storm this size.

Sleightholm also attributed the low number of incidents to the accuracy of the storm’s forecast. He added that not having any widespread power outages helped tremendously as well.

“So far, so good,” Sleightholm added.

Having few cars on the road has also contributed to the low number of incidents, according to Sleightholm.

For the few medical incidents that have happened, Sleightholm getting to those in need has not been too hard. Yet, EMS does bring shovels to each response.

As the storm picked up last night, the Onset Fire Department had 21 staff members on-hand around 6 p.m. last night.

Looking forward, Goodwin wants people to continue to be safe when outside in the cold or inside using alternative heating sources such as space heaters.