Storm Support Teams Assist Utilities After Back-to-Back Hurricanes
Rhea-AI Summary
Leidos demonstrated its emergency response capabilities during Hurricanes Helene and Milton in late September and early October 2024. Over 280 power delivery staff volunteered for field operations, working 14-16 hour days to assist utilities with damage assessments across multiple Southeastern U.S. states.
The teams navigated challenging conditions including blocked roadways, downed power lines, and flooding to provide critical information for resource deployment. Despite extended deployments lasting over a week, all field teams returned safely, highlighting Leidos' robust safety protocols. Some team members even deployed ahead of landfall despite living in the storms' direct paths.
Positive
- Successful deployment of 280+ power delivery staff for emergency response
- Demonstrated operational capability in managing back-to-back hurricane responses
- Strong safety record with zero injuries during hazardous conditions
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- None.
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 17, 2024 / Leidos
One of many field operations centers that enable utilities to quickly deploy people and resources to the hardest hit areas.
In late September and early October, the Southeastern U.S. endured two significant severe weather events: Hurricane Helene, followed quickly by Hurricane Milton. These back-to-back storms caused tremendous damage to the power infrastructure across multiple states. Hundreds of Leidos team members volunteered to help impacted utilities perform vital damage assessments to ensure that electric service was restored to these hard-hit communities.
Team members from across the Southeast were deployed. More than 280 power delivery staff responded, and many volunteered for field duty after both hurricanes.
The need to provide rapid restoration of service across impacted communities places enormous demands on utility operations. By putting Leidos experts in the field, we are able to improve the utility's efficiency in damage assessment, thus expediting the recovery process for millions of customers. Leidos' assessment teams worked 14-to-16-hour days in very challenging conditions, providing the local utilities with critical information needed to deploy resources - people and equipment - to the affected sites.
Safety was key to this complex mission. Leidos' field teams had to navigate blocked roadways, downed power lines, flooding, and a host of other obstacles. The deployments often lasted over a week. And yet, our teams returned from the field safe and unhurt - a testament to the robust practices that are part of the Leidos safety culture.
Members of the Leidos team showed their commitment through personal sacrifice, leaving their homes and families for days and weeks to serve our clients and our communities. Some members from our team even left their homes to travel for storm support ahead of landfall even though they lived in the direct path of the storm.
Sean Mauldin, Director of Distribution Engineering, Leidos
Severe weather events, whether hurricanes or destructive storms, can be truly devastating to the communities in the path of the storm. The utilities that Leidos serves have confidence in our ability to quickly deploy assistance when and where they need it. Promises made, promises kept: the Leidos power teams delivered on that promise.
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