SCE started its drone program in 2019 and said crews have been able to reduce the risk of a wildfire by 75% to 80%.
The recent Atmospheric Rivers that brought so much rain to Southern California have turned the mountains and hillsides into lush verdant greenery, but when those Santa Ana winds start blowing, it could become a wildfire threat.
In 2018, fire investigators found SCE was at fault for the Woolsey Fire that tore through parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. "We are looking for broken insulators or cotter keys and pins, those are the things that hold our hardware in place," said SCE Director of Inspections Kathy Hidalgo. "We're looking for anything that may damage or spark an ignition so we can send our drones into areas that we might not want to send our crews into, some pretty hazardous areas, some remote areas."
"Think of balloons, think of animals or vegetation. It has three layers and its sturdy so when thing come into contact, it doesn't cause any faults or ignitions," said SCE Director of Transmission Raj Roy.
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