BUSHFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN - Essential Energy

1 22 September 2020 ISSUE 19 UNCLASSIFIED UNCONTROLLED COPY IF PRINTED BUSHFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT plan OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE BUSHFIRE Risk MANAGEMENT plan CEOP8022 UNCLASSIFIED 22 September 2020 Issue 19 Approved By: Head of Engineering Page 2 of 57 UNCLASSIFIED UNCONTROLLED COPY IF PRINTED ENQUIRIES: PLEASE CONTACT 13 23 91 DOCUMENT NUMBER: CEOP8022 ISSUE 19 DISCLAIMER 1 Essential Energy may change the information in this document without notice. All changes take effect on the date made by Essential Energy .

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3 This plan is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process without written permission, except as permitted under the copyright act. OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE BUSHFIRE Risk MANAGEMENT plan CEOP8022 UNCLASSIFIED 22 September 2020 Issue 19 Approved By: Head of Engineering Page 3 of 57 UNCLASSIFIED UNCONTROLLED COPY IF PRINTED TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 OVERVIEW .. 6 Consultation .. 6 Feedback and Review .. 6 2 OBJECTIVES OF THE plan .. 7 Legislation .. 7 3 SCOPE .. 9 4 PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES .. 10 Identification of hazardous BUSHFIRE areas.

4 10 Asset condition monitoring (inspections) - strategy .. 11 Special operational conditions .. 11 Vegetation MANAGEMENT .. 11 Private lines risk MANAGEMENT .. 12 High Voltage Customers .. 12 Low Voltage Customers .. 12 Asset maintenance and refurbishment .. 12 Network planning .. 12 Industry research & technology .. 13 Design and construction standards .. 13 BUSHFIRE Risk MANAGEMENT Committees .. 13 Fire start reporting and 14 Public safety awareness .. 14 State emergency and fire agency relations .. 14 Compliance requirements.

5 14 Customer enquiries .. 14 5 PREVENTATIVE PROGRAMS OR WORK .. 16 Asset condition monitoring (inspections) work programs .. 16 Vegetation MANAGEMENT works programs .. 16 Other engineering solutions and new technologies .. 17 Asset replacement/refurbishment programs .. 17 Remedial maintenance programs .. 17 6 PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUSHFIRE DANGER PERIOD .. 19 Pre-Summer BUSHFIRE Inspection (PSBI) - Pre-summer Aerial Inspection .. 19 Issuing and Prioritisation of Pre-summer 19 Completion of Pre-summer Works .. 19 Work pack completion process.

6 19 Monitoring and reporting of PSBI work .. 20 Managing Residual Fire Risk .. 20 7 OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TOTAL FIRE BAN AND FIRE EMERGENCIES .. 21 Special procedures and precautions .. 21 Emergency cutting .. 21 Communication and liaison actions .. 22 Emergency asset maintenance and 22 Disconnection actions .. 22 8 FIRE START INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS .. 23 9 PUBLIC SAFETY AWARENESS .. 24 10 plan PERFORMANCE .. 25 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE BUSHFIRE Risk MANAGEMENT plan CEOP8022 UNCLASSIFIED 22 September 2020 Issue 19 Approved By: Head of Engineering Page 4 of 57 UNCLASSIFIED UNCONTROLLED COPY IF PRINTED plan review and audit.

7 25 Reporting .. 25 11 LGA & FIRE AGENCIES RELATIONSHIPS .. 26 12 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES & TRAINING .. 27 Field based resources .. 27 Training .. 27 Asset inspection training & competencies .. 28 Vegetation training & competencies .. 28 13 POLICY REFERENCES .. 29 General .. 29 Safety & Risk MANAGEMENT applicable company policy and procedures .. 29 CEOM8047 Electricity Network Safety MANAGEMENT System plan (ENSMS) .. 29 BUSHFIRE Formal Safety Assessment .. 29 CEOP8004 Customer Installation Safety plan .. 29 CEOP8005 Public Electrical Safety Awareness plan .

8 29 CEOP8022 BUSHFIRE Risk MANAGEMENT plan .. 29 CEOP2111 Risk: Corporate Risk MANAGEMENT Procedure .. 29 CEOP2137 - Electricity Networks Escalation and Recovery plan .. 29 CEOP2223 - Major Issues: MANAGEMENT .. 30 HSE Manual: Flora & Fauna .. 30 HSE Manual: BUSHFIRE Prevention & Survival .. 30 CEOP2062 System Operations: Manual Reclosing of Overhead lines .. 30 Asset MANAGEMENT applicable company codes .. 30 CEOM8018 Asset MANAGEMENT .. 30 CEOM7097 Overhead Design Manual .. 30 CEOM7099 Overhead Construction Manual Index.

9 31 CEOP2446 Maintenance Strategy Pole and Line Inspection .. 31 CEOM7005 - Asset Inspection Manual .. 31 Operational Manual: Aerial Surveillance: Overhead Electricity Networks Including Fault & Emergency Patrols .. 31 CEOP8008 Vegetation MANAGEMENT plan .. 31 CEOP8009 Distribution Substation and Switchgear Maintenance .. 31 CEOP2245 Asset Refurbishment Strategy Zone Substations .. 31 CEOP8011 Sub-Transmission & Zone Substation: Maintenance .. 32 CEOP8042 Networks: Asset Identification & Operational Labels.

10 32 Connection Policy Connection Charges .. 32 14 ATTACHMENTS .. 33 Attachment A - Organisation structure with plan responsibility .. 33 Attachment B Agency Relationships (State & District Emergency Hierarchy) .. 34 Attachment C Bush fire MANAGEMENT Committees (RFS Jurisdictions) & LGA s .. 35 Attachment D NSW Fire Areas (for fire weather warnings & declarations) .. 37 Attachment E - Bush Fire Danger Period - Permanent Variations .. 38 Attachment F - Network Fire Reporting .. 40 Network fire coding .. 40 Primary codes.