Our Preparations for the Cyclone and Storm Season

Electricity

During the dry season we have an ongoing tree trimming program to keep street trees away from powerlines.
We have installed lightning arrestors and insulated cross arms on thousands of power poles.
We undertake a community education program about the importance of keeping tree branches away from the powerline between your house and street.
Additional stocks of powerpoles, cross arms, powerlines and other hardware, essential to the supply of electricity is ordered in just prior to the onset of the Wet Season.
Ongoing program of undergrounding power lines.
Key staff members update, test and revise Emergency Management Plans.
We also train, prepare and test our staff to respond to emergency situations.

We have installed permanent, on site standby generating capacity to operate major water and sewerage pumping stations in the event of power outages.
We have implemented a programme to underground fire hydrants to minimise damage to the water supply system through falling trees, flying debris etc.
We have additional stocks of pipes, fittings and other hardware to respond immediately to damaged water and sewer infrastructure.
We have identified water supply critical corridors and have developed plans to ensure those critical corridors are kept open and the water supply maintained to locations such as; hospitals, police stations etc.
Our Water Supply system is kept pressurised as long as possible in a flood or cyclone event to minimise risks of contamination.