Rosseti Ramps Up Fire Defenses as Wildfire Season Begins
Rosseti has placed power facilities across Russia under heightened monitoring as wildfire season starts, deploying satellites, thousands of crews, and clearing hundreds of thousands of hectares along transmission routes.
A special fire safety regime is already in place in 26 regions, with the most severe situation reported in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, where more than 100,000 hectares have burned and a state of emergency has been declared. In response, the utility has rolled out a large-scale system to protect its infrastructure.
Conditions are monitored using Rosseti’s geospatial platform and a satellite tracking system operated by the EMERCOM of Russia. Firebreaks are being created along power lines and around substations to stop the spread of flames. This year’s vegetation clearance plan covers 174,000 hectares. To respond to potential outages, about 10,600 repair crews are on standby, including more than 53,000 specialists and 27,000 pieces of equipment.
