Overhead Storm Restoration and Emergency Response - Overview
INTREN is becoming renowned in the industry as one of the fastest and most qualified providers of storm response services for investor owned utilities, co-ops, and municipalities. When any major storm impacts the power grid, the INTREN storm team is in place and our crew’s en-route to help deal with anything from a Hurricane, Ice Storm or Severe Storms that may have hit your region.
When an Emergency Storm Response is needed, INTREN has in place an Emergency Deployment Program. This program was developed so that we could stream line the process to meet our customer’s urgent demand to arrive on site in a safe & timely manner. Our highly qualified personnel are on the road with-in a few hours notice of any disaster with the tools and equipment you need to quickly restore power in a Safe and Productive manner.
The program consists of a highly trained support team, pre-stocked line trucks, and Storm Trailer with extra tooling and supplies. All INTREN employees have a clear direction when dispatched with GPS units in all lead vehicles along with mobile dispatching capabilities.
Examples of some of the Major Storms that the INTREN team has responded to:
- Hurricane Katrina
- Hurricane Rita
- Midwest Ice Storm 2007 Illinois & Iowa
- Hurricane Gustav
- Hurricane Ike
- Midwest Ice Storm 2008 Illinois
- Midwest Ice Storm 2009 Illinois & Missouri
- Wind Storm Spring 2009 Illinois & Missouri
- Midwest Ice Storm 2010 Iowa
- East Coast / Snow Storm 2010
