Inhinyerong Pinoy: Substation Operation and Maintenance by a Pinoy Electrical Engineer/Electrician: Typhoon Preparedness Checklist: Preparing for the Coming of Super Typhoon Juan (International Name: Megi)

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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Typhoon Preparedness Checklist: Preparing for the Coming of Super Typhoon Juan (International Name: Megi)

As we brace ourselves for the incoming Super Typhoon Juan (international name: Megi), here are a few checklist that we have implemented to minimize the damaging effect of the passage of typhoon to our Substation:

CONTIGENCY MEASURES	ACTIVITIES
1) Preparedness of Equipment and Personnel	a. Check the station batteries.
	b. Prepare the list of critical spares (power circuit breakers, current transformers, etc)
	c. Inspect marshalling boxes, control cabinets, and equipment boxes. They must be moisture-tight and rainproof.
	d. Be sure that the generating set is operational. Check all oil level, fuel level, coolant, fuel filter, oil filter, generator belt. They must all in normal condition. Make sure that there is also available fuel stock.
	e. Check the status of protective relays.
	f. Make sure that the emergency lighting units are operational
	g. Ensure that service vehicles are in good condition and ready for dispatch
	h. Check the fire fighting equipment.
	i. Check the readiness of communication equipment like cellphones, landline, radios
2. Preparedness of TL Personnel and facilities	a. Basic Line tools and hardwares must be ready including communication equipment, service vehicles, portable gensets, flashlights, etc.
	b. Line gang mst be readily deployed in case of line trippings
	c. Inventory of line materials must be available
	d. Check that their service vehicle must be in good condition and ready for dispatch
	e. Proper protective gears must be ready at all times
3. Emergency Contact Numbers	Make sure that the list of emergency contact numbers can be readily accessed. This includes hospitals, bureau of fire protection, philippine national police, media, customers
4. Command Center	Make sure all trippings and abnormalities must be reported to the command center