Lahaina Street runs through the heart of Makaha, a neighborhood in a west Oahu community that's a lot like the Lahaina on ...

Using Gravel To Prevent Wood Poles From Rotting The trick is to set your wooden posts above a layer of gravel, preferably 3 to 6 inches deep.

Cost-effective remedial applications can be proactively applied to existing wood poles to protect against potential fire damage and extend the life of existing assets. Options can include ...

As part of their precautionary maintenance plan, FPL began replacing more than 200 wooden poles with sturdier concrete ones designed to withstand powerful storms. The upgrades aim to improve ...

When high winds on Maui brought down power poles, the electrical wires were bare, uninsulated metal that could spark on contact with the dry grass below.

The last two wooden transmission poles in the county are now gone, a sign the county is more prepared for the next storm. "Wonderful, that’s wonderful," FPL customer John Winfree said.

But a former member of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission confirmed many of Maui’s wooden power poles were in poor condition.

The city of Grand Island is having its wooden utility poles inspected to make sure neighbors don’t have to call out “timber!” anytime soon.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) will explore changes to planning requirements for power lines on wood ...

For wood poles, cost-effective protection technologies have been developed and tested in labs and through real world experiences. While these technologies cannot negate all the threats wildfires bring ...

As Tucson Electric Power replaces wooden utility poles with more durable steel structures, the obsolete husks of wood pop up in other spots around town.

National Bare electrical wire and leaning poles on Maui were possible cause of deadly fires Google street view images of poles taken before the fire show the bare wire.