Community Wildfire Safety Program

Expanding our efforts to prevent wildfires

The Community Wildfire Safety Program launched in 2018 to help keep customers and communities safe. Wildfire risk is increasing in California, so we are making our system safer.

How we are taking action

Our Community Wildfire Safety Program focus areas include:

Undergrounding powerlines

We are moving our powerlines underground in high fire-threat areas.

Strengthening the electric grid

We are making our electric system safer with stronger poles and covered powerlines.

Enhancing powerline safety settings

Our lines turn off power within one-tenth of a second if a problem is detected. These settings are known as Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings.

Reducing Public Safety Power Shutoff impacts

We are working to better target our use of Public Safety Power Shutoffs.

Conducting enhanced vegetation management

We have improved how we manage trees and shrubs near powerlines in high fire-threat areas.

Installing microgrids

During power outages, we have ways to reduce the number of customers who lose power.

Utilizing innovative technologies

We are finding new ways to help us prevent and respond to the risk of wildfires.

Do you live in a high fire-threat area?

The California Public Utilities Commission worked with CAL FIRE and others to develop a Fire-Threat Map of California. View the CPUC Fire-Threat Map. The map shows places with a high risk of wildfires that could put people and property in danger.

• Tier 3 areas are at extreme risk for wildfire
• Tier 2 areas are at elevated risk for wildfire
• Zone 1 High Hazard Zones are areas with high numbers of dead and dying trees