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Wood poles in high fire-threat areas that support only Communication Lines or
equipment shall be intrusively inspected in accordance with the schedule
established in General Order 165 if they are:
• Interset
between joint-use poles supporting supply lines in the high fire threat areas
ofSouthern California.
• Within
three spans of a joint-use pole supporting supply lines in the high fire-threat
areas ofSouthern California.
• Within
one span of a joint-use pole supporting supply lines in the high fire-threat
areas ofNorthern California.
For
the purpose of this rule, the high fire-threat areas in Southern California are
Extreme and Very High Fire Threat Zones in the following counties: Imperial,Los Angeles,
Orange,Riverside,
Santa Barbara, San
Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura. Extreme and Very High Fire Threat Zones are
defined by California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire and
Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) Fire Threat Map. The high fire threat areas inNorthern Californiaare areas designated as Threat
Classes 3 and 4 on the Reax Map adopted in Decision 12-01-032 issued in Phase 2
of Rulemaking 08-11-005.
The
FRAP Fire Threat Map and Reax Map are to be used to establish approximate
boundaries. Communications
Infrastructure Providers (CIPs) should use their own expertise and judgment to
determine if local conditions require them to adjust the boundaries of the map.
For wood pole intrusive inspections, the term “year” is defined as a calendar year.
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