Nghe An Electricity conducts drills to handle natural disaster prevention and control situations and search and rescue

During 2 days (April 24-25), in Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An Power Company organized a drill on natural disaster prevention, search and rescue, incident handling and safety management in 2023. 4 units with more than 200 officers and employees of the company participated in the drill.

More than 200 officers and employees of 4 units under Nghe An Electricity Company participated in the exercise. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Nghe An province is located in the Northeast of Truong Son range, with diverse and complex terrain and is divided by a system of hills, rivers and streams sloping from Northwest to Southeast with 3 distinct ecological regions: Mountains, midlands, and coastal plains. Hills and mountains account for 83% of the province's natural land area.

Mr. Le Quang Thanh - Deputy Director of Nghe An Electricity launched the exercise. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The power grid managed by Nghe An Electricity Company mainly runs through fields, villages, rivers, streams, and mountains. Especially in mountainous areas, the power grid runs on high mountains and hills, crossing many ravines and streams, making transportation very difficult, often blocked by landslides during heavy rains, flash floods, and landslides, greatly affecting management, operation, and work to overcome the consequences of floods and storms.

Carry out additional work of taking pictures, replacing beams, replacing porcelain... Photo: Thanh Cuong

To ensure safe and continuous power supply during the 2023 storm season, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue of Nghe An Power Company selected line 172 E15.11 Thanh Chuong - 171 E15.15 Nam Dan, 110kV Thanh Chuong BA Station (E15.4) and line 971 TG Hanh Lam to organize a natural disaster prevention, control and search and rescue drill in 2023, thereby improving the units' ability to handle incidents, overcome storm-caused damage and improve the stability of power supply to loads.

Using drones to monitor technical troubleshooting on power lines. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The drill took place with hypothetical situations: Handling technical problems caused by storms and lightning; overcoming the situation of total power outage at transformer stations managed by the unit; overcoming the consequences of storms, protecting power lines and search and rescue situations.

According to the assessment, the exercise achieved its objectives and requirements, ensuring absolute safety for people and equipment. In particular, the level of organization and command of the company's leaders and the coordination of actions between the affiliated power units were smooth and consistent with each situation. The practice process of handling situations was flexible, quick, and correct in technique and procedure...

First aid drill for officers with work-related accidents. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The drill has contributed to improving the ability to organize and carry out natural disaster prevention and control, search and rescue work, and promptly respond to all natural disasters such as floods, storms, and tornadoes, ensuring safe and stable power supply and shortening power outage time.

At the same time, raise awareness among officers and employees in incident identification, minimize damage caused by natural disasters to the power grid; quickly fix damage and power grid incidents caused by natural disasters;... Thereby, Nghe An Electricity ensures safe, stable and continuous power supply for electricity customers and people during the 2023 storm season.