Subject: Re: [NEXTEL-1] FW: Winter Storm Watch for Wake County, NC

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 05:35:54 -0500

The Truth Be Told-

In the Raleigh-Durham area, Nextel serves its digital wireless customers through 140
cellular tower sites. Each of
the 22 enhanced sites features a tower, a telecom shelter containing critical equipment
and an uninterruptible power
system (UPS) battery bank, as well as a stand-alone Generac genset in a Series 2000
enclosure. The generators
are 50-kilowatt diesel-powered units with a 182-gallon fuel tank, which will allow them to
operate continuously for
more than 40 hours, if necessary.

<Snip>
Nextel's regional office also maintains a fleet of four trailer-mounted
50 kW gensets for temporary use. "The mobile generators are on call for coverage during
maintenance, or in the
event of emergencies," says Mickey Farr, Nextel's RF operations manager. "When needed,
they also provide power
to new remote sites before utility connections are made."

http://ois.generac.com/PublicPDFs/NextelCaseStudy.pdf

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Wooow........ So less that 20% of Nextel sites in the Raleigh-Durham area have
uninterruptible power
system (UPS) battery bank, as well as a stand-alone Generac genset.

That is Pretty Sorry .......

Scary ..........Real Scary

(Note:  Nextel does have 4  trailer-mounted generators....... but how can you get them
there when the roads are closed???)

And Public Safety is suppose to trust this system? HA-HA

I know of one Public Safety administrator in the Raleigh-Durham area who said 100% of his
sites have back-up power.

Hmmmm

Nextel =  20%

Public Safety = 100%

Rik Rasmussen wrote:

> Nextel, gotcha generators warmed up?
>
> Rik Rasmussen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 4:19 PM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Winter Storm Watch for Wake County, NC
>
> Issued at: 4:10 PM EST 1/15/03, expires at: 6:10 PM EST 1/15/03
>  Winter storm watch for Thursday night into Friday morning. Snow is expected
> to develop and overspread the area Thursday night continuing into Friday
> morning. The snow may become mixed with rain. Snowfall amounts 2 to 4 inches
> are possible by daybreak Friday. However any deviation of the track of the
> storm could alter the snow amounts.
>
>
>
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