Due to the severity of the storm, KEC will be eligible to initiate a claim under the FEMA Public Assistance Program in the future with state and federal support. How were you involved in this process?

After the storms in 2015, we are more aware of what we need to do to prepare for a FEMA claim. We took a lot of photos to document the damage. Foremen stayed in close touch with the field engineering technician team so they could start engineering new poles right away. Once the poles were engineered, the materials needed to complete the work were sent to our warehouse department where they would help the crew collect everything needed to rebuild the poles.

My crew was assigned to the Cougar Gulch area during the windstorms. We had 4 to 5 broken poles in that area alone and it can take up to 10 hours to repair a broken pole. The photo to the left will give you an idea of the damage we repaired during the storm.