Bonneville Power Administration Fire Fighter’s Orientation

1. Bonneville Power Administration Fire Fighter’s Orientation

2. Bonneville Power Administration Fire Fighter’s Orientation

3. Bonneville Power AdministrationFire Fighter’s Orientation April 2014

4. BPA Safety Motto No job is so important and no service so urgent that we cannot take time to perform our work safely.

5. OUR PURPOSE To instruct Fire Fighter’s and other Public Personnel about BPA Guidelines and Standards for entering an ENERGIZED SUBSTATION or BPA PROPERTY when responding to an emergency or other catastrophic occurrence.

6. Our Primary Concerns • PROTECT PERSONNEL • KEEP THE FIRE FROM SPREADING • PROTECT NEIGHBORING EQUIPMENT FROM DAMAGE • CONTAIN EQUIPMENT OIL TO BPA PROPERTY

9. Agenda • Entering Substation Switchyard • Safety watcher • Positioning equipment • Identifying equipment • Step & Touch Potential • Line/pole identification • Videos of arcing

10. YOU ARE!We are the experts in recognizing the hazards associated with high voltage systems and equipment. This training will provide a better understanding of these dangers if you are called to respond to any of our facilities. BPA personnel are not experts when it comes to fighting fire!

11. BPA Personnel Fighting Fires If the fire is in the incipient stage as defined by OSHA, BPA personnel may attempt to control or extinguish it by use of a portable fire extinguisher. The employee’s primary responsibility is to call for assistance from the local fire department.

12. FIGHTING FIRES IN BPA SUBSTATIONS

13. Normal reactor

14. Keeler (Hillsboro) Reactor FireMarch 6 @ 12:48

18. WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT THE SUBSTATION DO NOT Cut any locks or make any forced entry into the substation yard or control house building.

19. WAIT OUTSIDE You must wait outside the building or substation until a Qualified Electrical Worker arrives to give you instructions! The qualified electrical worker that allows entrance will be “in-charge” and their directions must be followed at all times!

20. NOTIFY THE BPA DISPATCHER • If a substation operator or other qualified electrical worker is not present call the number listed. • Substation control of entry sign will be posted on the front door of the control house and substation switchyard gate. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION SUBSTATION CONTROL OF ENTRY CONTACT PERSONNEL Contact the following personnel for information regarding entry to this substation, to report a fire, an injury incident in the substation, breach of security, unauthorized entry. BPA Dittmer Dispatcher > Vancouver, WA 1-800-392-0816 (24 hours) BPA Munro Dispatcher > Spokane, WA 1-877-835-9590 (24 hours) If uncertain of the station name, locate the name from the sign on perimeter fence or at the entrance to the station.

21. LET IT BURN! • Equipment that is on fire is already damaged! • There is nothing that can be saved by endangering lives to extinguish the fire.

22. The Qualified Electrical Worker protects you from electrical shocks by: • Maintaining minimum approach distances from energized circuits. • Solid grounding of fire fighter equipment. • Isolating and obtaining clearances on equipment. • Safety Watching. • Installing portable protective grounds on de-energized equipment.

23. Examples of a Qualified Electrical Worker • Substation Operator • Qualified Utility Worker • Qualified Switchman • BPA Electrical Employee who Wears a Yellow Hat When in doubt contact the BPA System Dispatcher

24. BPA will assess the situation and begin necessary switching to de-energize the affected equipment. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU ENTER THE SUBSTATION YARD UNTIL A QUALIFIED ELECTRICAL WORKER ARRIVES AT THE SCENE AND ASSURES YOUR SAFETY! DO NOTCROSS THE SUBSTATION FENCE WITH ANYTHING INCLUDING PERSONNEL, WATER OR EQUIPMENT!

25. Safety Precautions Inside the Substation Yard

26. BPA equipment may be energized at voltages ranging from 12,500 to 500,000 VOLTS!

27. DO NOT • Raise any pike poles • Raise any ladders • No portable metal ladders are to be used in the substation yard!

28. Minimum Approach Distances • The closest allowable distance between an energized conductor and any other un-insulated object or person. • If a person shortens the distance between energized conductor and ground, flashover could occur through that person or object.

29. A qualified electrical worker will receive a clearance on equipment and apply portable protective grounds to maintain a safe work area!The switching and grounding procedure can be quite lengthy at times, but it is absolutely necessary for the safety of all persons!

30. A WORK CLEARANCE • Provides protection when work is to be performed on de-energized high voltage lines or equipment. • The lines or equipment are separated from the power system with isolating devices. • All isolating devices are open and tagged. • None of the tags will be ordered removed and none of the isolating devices will be ordered closed until the CLEARANCE has been released.

31. Work within the minimum approach distance can occur only when the circuit is de-energized, properly tagged and grounded!

32. If work is done within the minimum approach distance a Work Clearance must be obtained and Portable Protective Grounds must be applied before any procedures can be done!

33. The qualified electrical worker in-charge will assure the fire department personnel that it is ‘safe to enter’ and perform a “Walk Around” prior to the start their fire suppression process.

34. SAFETY WATCHER A Safety Watcher Will Always Be Required.

35. SAFETY WATCHER • Is a Qualified Electrical Worker • Knows and Understands the Safety Rules • Understands Electrical Hazards • Is Required for the Safety of Your Crew • Will Halt the Operation Whenever Any Unsafe Act or Condition Is Imminent!

36. A fire fighter may not move about the substation yard or leave the ground without a qualified electrical worker acting as a Safety Watcher for that fire fighter.

37. Positioning Equipment • Do not position fire apparatus equipment or vehicles under the lines that are coming into or going out of the station unless a Safety Watcher is present. • Be especially aware of your vehicle radio antennas in the vicinity of energized high voltage!

38. REMINDER FOR LATE ARRIVALS DO NOT ENTER! Coordinate with the qualified electrical worker in-charge in gaining admittance for late arriving firefighters and equipment. Another qualified electrical worker may be stationed at the gate for this purpose.

39. Electrical equipment not involved in the fire may still be energized.TREAT ALL EQUIPMENT ASENERGIZED until informed otherwise by the Qualified Electrical Worker!

40. Equipment containing sulfur hexafluoride (SF-6) gas or polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) will be identified prior to work.

41. Typical 230kV Capacitor Group

42. Back Side Of Control House Relay Panels

43. Large Storage Batteries Are Hazardous Sources Of Direct Current 55 to 125 Volts and Chemical Hazards in the Control House.

44. Step and Touch Potential

45. EARTH IS A CONDUCTOR

46. SMOKE or DUST IS A CONDUCTOR

47. Swing set video

48. Electrical Awareness - INDUCTION AN ISOLATED LINE CAN BE ENERGIZED BY ADJACENT ENERGIZED LINES

49. Fires Near Energized Transmission Lines Care must be exercised and precautions observed when fighting fires on right of ways or near energized transmission lines.

50. Identifying Transmission Structures Common identification found on BPA transmission poles. This is used to identify the circuit or line position. The dispatcher will be able to locate the area you are at from this information.