This Wednesday, Red Eléctrica technicians with expertise in line management and fire extinction participated in the 2^nd Extremadura Fire Forum (Mesa del Fuego de Extremadura). Organised by the regional government, the event was a meeting of experts and managers from Andalusia, Castile and Leon, Catalonia, Extremadura, and Galicia who analysed and shared their best techniques for preventing and managing forest fires. The purpose of the activity, organised by the Government of Extremadura, is to discuss and share experiences and to encourage collaboration among the sector’s bodies and professionals. 

Throughout the day, the technicians shared their methodology and protocols with attendees, as well as the technology that Red Eléctrica uses to prevent forest fires. This is aimed at optimising management and streamlining collaboration with public administrations when a fire breaks out with the potential to affect the 30 substations and the 3,220 kilometres of 220 and 400 kV power lines, which ensure supply security and electricity transmission in Extremadura.

The forest fire collaboration between Red Eléctrica and the Government of Extremadura is long-standing, and in 2024, the joint collaboration agreement was renewed until 2028. The agreement includes fire prevention in the vicinity of electric lines, and outreach and preventive actions by establishing the coordination and methodology for carrying out forest fire prevention actions, including managing vegetation below lines and defining action and coordination protocols for situations which require fire-fighting.