Emergency Response
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| Date | Description | Image | |
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| September 2004 | Caption: More than 130 PG&E employees off board in Florida the night of September 28, 2004, to help restore power lost when hurricanes struck the state. Florida Power & Light called in the mutual aid. |  | |
| September 2004 | Caption: PG&E employees stow rope and tools aboard a truck as they prepare to leave for Florida to restore power. |  | |
| September 2004 | Caption: Linemen, equipment operators, trucks and trailers converged at PG&E's Davis Service Center on September 27 for the cross-country move to aid in the Florida power restoration effort. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: A PG&E crew member stands atop a snow cat tread to assess the situation. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Crews worked 16-20-hour days to replace 16 downed power poles near Sonora. December 19 was their fourth straight day of work under extreme cold or storm conditions. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: A fried transformer is removed from service by general construction linemen in the Sonora area. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: PG&E line crew replaces a transformer in the Sonora area. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Equipment operator Wayne Abundis uses a hand-operated winch to tighten a new guy wire that is securing a new pole. A falling tree smashed into the old pole, knocking it out of service. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: With rope and pulley, general construction apprentice lineman Brad Myers hauls tools and supplies to fellow crew members working on the top of a pole to repair broken lines. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: General construction crew foreman Jim Lampert (right) and apprentice lineman Larry Menzio work on Drake Road near Guerneville to restore a 12-kilovolt line to service after the line and three poles were knocked out by falling trees. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: PG&E line crew members Gary Lathrop (left) and Stacey Smith place grounds on a 12-kilovolt line in preparation for bringing the line back into service after a falling oak tree knocked out power along River Road near Guerneville, west of Santa Rosa. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: A downed tree took out a line in the rural Santa Cruz mountain area. PG&E crews are quick to remove trees and repair lines, although remote regions often pose access challenges. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: A PG&E line crew battles the elements to repair a fallen power line. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Vehicles accidents and fallen trees are the primary culprits of outages--particularly during storms. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: PG&E troubleman Tim Holmquist restores power to about 90 customers who were out of power since Monday. Holmquist waded across a swollen creek to clear a section of line downed by a tree in 70 mile-per-hour winds. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Pole replacement underway on December 19 in the snow-laden Burney area. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Vehicles accidents and fallen trees are the primary culprits of outages--particularly during storms. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Blizzard conditions in remote sierra regions create significant challenges to construction crews. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Setting new poles is a significant part of PG&E's post-storm repair work and is critical in restoring power to customers. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: A crew near Red Bluff replaces a downed pole following the December 16 storm—the third to hit northern California in as many days |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: A falling tree takes out electric, cable and phone lines in Santa Cruz, blocking the road and holding up line repair crews in the process. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: George Powers, a supervisor with Arbor Tree Surgery of Santa Cruz, wields his chain saw to clear the road for a Pacific Gas and Electric Company repair crew. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Hollister general construction apprentice linemen Seth McKern (left) and lineman Mike Terry replace a crossarm on a 21-kilovolt line brought down by a falling tree. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: Following a lightning strike that knocked the old transformer out of service, Monterey general construction lineman Ronnie Laughlin (left) and lineman Jim Adams install a new 15-kilovolt unit to serve a Santa Cruz customer. |  | |
| December 2002 | Caption: San Jose apprentice lineman D.J. Vera sights a line gun. The gun propels a 600-foot length of heavy string (coiled in the canister at front) to assist in pulling rope and electrical line over trees and across canyons. Company crews used the gun this past weekend in making repairs over difficult terrain in the Santa Cruz mountains. |  |
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