DECLARATION OF DISASTER EMERGENCY

Township of Bensalem Township

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

WHEREAS, ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 22, 2026 a SNOW STORM is expected to cause or threatens to cause injury, damage, and suffering to the persons and property of Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, THE SNOW STORM may endanger the health safety and welfare of a substantial number of persons residing in the township and threaten to create problems greater in scope than Bensalem Township may be able to resolve; and

WHEREAS, emergency management measures are required to reduce the severity of this disaster and to protect the health safety and welfare of affected residents in Bensalem Township.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, the undersigned Mayor of Bensalem Township, pursuant to the provisions of Section 7501 of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa., C.S.A., Section 7101 et seq., do hereby declare the existence of a disaster emergency in Bensalem Township.

FURTHER, we direct the Bensalem Emergency Management Coordinator to coordinate the activities of the emergency response, to take all appropriate action needed to alleviate the effects of this disaster, to aid in the restoration of essential public services, and to take any other emergency response action deemed necessary to respond to this disaster emergency.

This Declaration shall take effect immediately.

Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo