What Does B.T.L.’s Hurricane Plan Look Like?

At the start of every hurricane season, the National Emergency Management Organization mobilizes its hurricane preparedness plan for the country, each city, district, and village. But we haven’t heard much from the utility companies, especially the ones who are expected to keep us connected during a hurricane. B.T.L.’s Chief Executive Officer, Ivan Tesucum shared how prepared that company is. He said they have a control command, and an emergency operating committee with set protocols and guidelines. In terms of infrastructure, he said they are ready for a hurricane of category three strength.

 

Ivan Tesucum, C.E.O., B.T.L. Digi

“We begin planning from April, May, the different departments begin to put things in place. We have gen sets, we have our batteries, we do our checks. So we have all of that in place. We have resident staff, we have where the vehicles will go, depending on where it will come from. So we have a full plan, that we do and we do, or that we call a little dry run as a matter of fact, burial was a little dry run for us. So in a way it helps you to see where you may have gaps. So that that’s how we prepare. Awesome. And then is it that. You require more investment because with a major hurricane that we should now expect, you require much more, stronger  infrastructure. So our infrastructure in terms of the towers and stuff are sustained catchery. That’s, where we’re at.  If where our buildings are located, they are very they’re very solid. If you notice they’re off the ground, they’re raised, they’re trying to they, the generators are also raised and everything. So for us, our infrastructure is built to that. So it’s not like we have to invest more. What we do have to have no because of supply chain management is we have to get spheres longer in advance. So we decided to order. We would have to begin ordering from like around December to get or suffer by me. To be prepared because of hurricane seas are in June So we have what we call hurricane stock that allows us to have that in store And right now we used to go at two or three months But right now you’re at six months before you even get material sometimes from different suppliers and getting it here, you know So that’s how we prepare So if you notice we know to prepare in this we have to prepare almost six months in advance from Stock in terms of materials and different things that we need.”