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Sheriffs’ offices from across Massachusetts, in partnership with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, have been sending officers and heavy-duty snow removal equipment to communities hit hardest by the Blizzard of 2026, including Franklin.
Dozens of officers and staff from the sheriffs’ offices began their rollout on Wednesday morning, heading to hard hit towns including Falmouth, Westport, Fairhaven, Sandwich, Dartmouth, Attleboro, and Wrentham to assist with ongoing snow and tree removal efforts.
Officers and staff are bringing significant snow removal assets with them.
That includes a large front-end loader (pictured above) and heavy-duty plow from the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office, a dump truck and skid steer from the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, several bobcats and plows from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, and Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office, along with snow pushers, plows and officers certified in emergency tree-removal from the Hampden County Sheriff’s Office.
Heavy-duty plows and crews are also being sent by the Berkshire County Sheriff’s Office, the Worcester County Sheriff's Office, and the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff's offices in the counties that saw the most snow and damage from the storm have already been assisting local first responders and local DPW crews in cities and towns served by the Plymouth, Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, and Nantucket County Sheriffs.
“MEMA is one of our public safety partners and the sheriffs will always try to help whenever possible,” said Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane, who is also president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association. “This was a coordinated effort between MEMA, the fourteen County Sheriffs’ Offices, and the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association.”
Some areas of southeastern Massachusetts saw more than three feet of snow from Monday’s storm and the blizzard’s intense winds knocked out power to tens of thousands of people on Cape Cod and other surrounding communities.
