[Outages-discussion] Why not to label fiber-optic cables "High Voltage"

[Jay Hennigan]

It may discourage vandalism, but...

http://www.newburyportnews.com/local/x798266252/Port-region-hit-by-Verizon-outage/print

Relevant part...

When firefighters showed up at the scene shortly after midnight, they
saw signs reading, “High voltage wires.” He said fire crews on scene
waited to put water on the cables until they could determine whether
there was any electricity running through the wires, which there wasn’t.

“Standing operating procedure is that you don’t put water on
high-voltage lines until you can determine what was going on with the
lines,” he said. Initially, he said, “No water was put on the fire.”

He said he has a list of emergency contacts for every utility in the
area, except Verizon.

“We don’t have such a number with Verizon,” he said. “And they can be
very difficult to get hold of.”


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