Miriam Fire Tree in Powerline 2018

While improving a contingency line along an established road for a potential burnout operation, a standing tree made contact with a charged high voltage powerline when a logging deck of previously felled trees was bumped by a dozer. The logging deck, located next to the road, was shoved into a standing tree, pushing the tree over until it made contact with the powerline. No personnel were injured and no fire was started. When the line was contacted, power to the community of White Pass was disrupted, including power to the Miriam Fire’s Incident Command Post. Fortunately, the building being used as the ICP was equipped with a large auto-start generator.

RLS, Power Line Incident