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

[Coy Hile]

I'll go so far as to say that it was reprehensible that at the very least dispatch not have this sort of information, even if the incident commander on the fireground didn't happen to have it  on him.

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From: outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org [mailto:outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org] On Behalf Of Frank Bulk
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:12 PM
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Subject: Re: [Outages-discussion] Why not to label fiber-optic cables "High Voltage"

Who said the PUC doesn't have the information?  It was emergency services that didn't have the contact info.

Frank
 
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[mailto:outages-discussion-bounces at outages.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Chadwick
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:28 AM
To: Jay Hennigan
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Subject: Re: [Outages-discussion] Why not to label fiber-optic cables "High Voltage"

The part that I focused on the most was this:

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

I'll refrain from using foul language, but absolutely remarkable.  For a PUC to not have this kind of information is unacceptable.  I'm sure the blame goes both ways.

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On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 08:54:30PM -0700, Jay Hennigan wrote:
> It may discourage vandalism, but...
> 
>
http://www.newburyportnews.com/local/x798266252/Port-region-hit-by-Verizon-o
utage/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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