Cal Fire is accusing PG&E of jeopardizing public safety when it deployed the aptly named Heli-Saw without notice in a San Mateo County Park, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.
Cal Fire is accusing PG&E of jeopardizing public safety when it deployed the aptly named Heli-Saw – a whirling bank of blades suspended by a helicopter to rapidly clear tree limbs near power lines – without notice in a San Mateo County park, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.
In a video posted on its website, PG&E touts the device as a key weapon in its effort to keep limbs away from powerlines that could spark wildfires. The device relies on a vertically arrayed bank of eight, 30-inch diameter tungsten carbide blades -- each powered separately. It can cut through branches up to 10 inches thick and cover more than a mile of territory in a single day – work that could otherwise take weeks to complete.
“County Parks had staff on duty at the park while this was occurring, but they had no idea, nor did they know of any warnings issued to the pubic users of the park at that time,” Sampson said in the notice. “No trail or area closures had been placed or signs put out to keep the public out of the area, as would have been the case if the county knew about the operation.”
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