{"id":121963,"date":"2015-09-25T17:33:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T07:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=121963"},"modified":"2020-11-09T16:19:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T06:19:40","slug":"please-watch-out-for-our-poles-ergon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/09\/25\/please-watch-out-for-our-poles-ergon\/","title":{"rendered":"Please Watch Out
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736 Ergon Energy customers lost power for more than 10 hours when this pole was burned near Rockhampton earlier this year (Photo: Ergon Energy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 25, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ergon Energy is appealing for land owners considering a burn-off to take care around its infrastructure to avoid power poles being accidentally set on fire.<\/p>\n

The number of poles damaged during last year’s fire season dropped significantly, but Ergon is still urging people to be vigilant.<\/p>\n

In 2011-12, 141 poles were destroyed by fire throughout Ergon Energy’s electricity region in rural Queensland; this dropped to 11 in 2012-13, 35 in 2013-14 and 27 last financial year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vast majority of last year\u2019s incidents – 17 – were from grass and bush fire activity with just two attributed to land owner burn offs – a very pleasing outcome,\u201d general manager Steve Leighton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would appear from the figures that property owners are heeding the messages we put out annually about controlled burns.”<\/p>\n

Poles can be destroyed by bushfires, grassfires, landowner burn-offs, fires started by lightning, and pole-related issues.<\/p>\n

Ergon Energy has more than one million power poles across regional Queensland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile last year\u2019s figures are very welcome, we also need to be mindful that favourable conditions in at least some parts of the State have produced an abundance of on-ground fuel and a heightened level of alert,\u201d Mr Leighton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother important factor to consider is that pole fires pose a potential serious safety risk to the community. Obviously when a pole is burnt down the power lines are brought down as well.”<\/p>\n

Mr Leighton asked landowners who see a pole alight to alert Ergon Energy and the fire authorities by dialling 000.<\/p>\n

“Attempt to put the fire out if it is safe to do and is contained to the lower base area of the pole,\u201d Mr Leighton said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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