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I'm surprised fire departments don't have equipment for emergency grounding of power lines, e.g. something that creates a ground connection and some form of launcher that throws a steel cable and/or mesh across the line.

I know this exists for subway systems with a third rail, I'll edit if I find the video.

Or insulating mats for evacuation, potentially with steel conductors underneath them to avoid step potential.



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