Austin Story, a lineman at EnergyUnited had a great performance at this year’s Pole Top Rescue Competition on September 27, 2016, going up against 25 other champions from local cooperatives across the state. The event was held on the lawn of the North Carolina Electric Cooperatives building in Raleigh, NC.
In the Pole Top Rescue scenario, line workers must place an emergency radio call—dressed in full climbing gear-- scale 20 feet up a utility pole, rig a rope, lower a 105-pound mannequin and begin CPR. Austin placed 5th in the competition.