Wayland Patch 9/7/11: Irene by the Numbers: Wayland Officials Detail Storm Costs and Damage. More than 2,000 feet of yellow caution tape was used by the Wayland Police Dept. alone during and after tropical storm Irene, said Police Chief Bob Irving. Irving, with Fire Chief Bob Loomer and Local Emergency Planning Committee Chairman Doug Leard, detailed at the Sept. 6 Board of Selectmen's meeting areas of town where damage from fallen trees was worst, the cost of extra man-power and how future storms could be better handled.