TALES FROM THE FIELD: Entergy requests help in laying out tactics for vegetation management - A UTILITY ARBORIST'S TALE

摘要

JOE MARSHALL WAS PART OF ENTERGY'S RESPONSE TEAM dispatched to assist the company's vegetation management group in the aftermath of Katrina. The ACRT team was comprised of 25 utility arborists like Marshall from across the United States who had been released from their home utilities to assist in Entergy's restoration effort. The team pre-staged in Memphis, Tennessee, to conduct the first of many safety stand-downs and to prepare for travel to reporting stations in storm-ravaged areas. A group of 15 arborists headed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, while another group of 10 traveled to Jackson, Mississippi. Each group then went through a brief orientation taught by Entergy's Safety Department. At that time, Entergy explained its storm safety policies and procedures.