Electrical Power Engineering

Idaho Power: Equipment failure led to wildfire (Seattle Times)

29 Aug 2008

Investigators have concluded that an equipment failure on Idaho Power Co. electricity lines ignited a wildfire in which one woman died and nearly 20 homes were destroyed or damaged in a southeastern Boise neighborhood.

Loose electrical connection blamed for SE Boise fire (KTVB Boise)

29 Aug 2008

Boise Fire investigators said Thursday that an electrical connection on a powerpole, called a hot tap stirrup, arched causing molten metal to fall to the dry grass below, igniting a wildfire that took only minutes to burn ten homes and damage nine others in a southeast Boise neighborhood Monday.Fire source identified

Pump Engineering buys land to expand (The Monroe Evening News)

28 Aug 2008

Pump Engineering Inc. has bought more than seven acres in the Frenchtown Township industrial park to build a new manufacturing and testing plant.