A winter storm, arriving in the area on the evening of Feb 25 left hundreds of thousands of NH residents without power, and kept Durham Fire members busy throughout the weekend.  At the height of the storm, members were called to Hampton mutual aid for a massive wind fueled fire which overtook an entire city block, leveling the iconic Surf Hotel. Fosters article here and also here. You can view YouTube vids here. 

After the storm subsided, members were kept busy with two reported structure fires, and later that weekend, a chimney fire, all on Packers Falls Road. Continuing into Monday and Tuesday welfare checks and calls for carbon monoxide problems kept members busy. As of Monday, approximately 200 calls for service were answered. After the initial storm coverage, which lasted until Saturday morning,  incidents were handled by the duty shift and there were no injuries to civilians or members.