i-DE, Iberdrola España's distribution company, trains Firefighters from the Region of Murcia to act in situations of risk in electrical installations

• This initiative has enabled 43 new recruits to the fire-fighting consortium to familiarise themselves with the energy infrastructure.

i-DE, External link, opens in new window. the distribution company of the Iberdrola España group, has given the Fire and Rescue Consortium of the Region of Murcia a technical and practical workshop on the risks and prevention measures for the work that its members may have to carry out in the event of an emergency or incident in electrical installations or in their vicinity. 

During the day, which was attended by 43 firefighters who will soon form part of the Murcia Region consortium, they were given guidelines on how to identify an electrical installation, its topology, basic concepts of electricity, risks and prevention in work on electrical installations and possible actions in or around them.

Jesús Ruiz, head of i-DE Installations in North Murcia, was in charge of showing the firefighters the elements that make up a transformer station, the different voltages at which they can work, as well as their melting temperatures, and the protocol for accessing this type of energy infrastructure was explained to them.

With this type of initiative, Iberdrola España's distribution company once again demonstrates its commitment to training and prevention in order to familiarise new members of the consortium with electrical installations.

Clean energy through grids

i-DE is immersed in a process of transformation of the electricity distribution grid that is providing more information to implement additional energy efficiency and sustainability measures, in a way that is committed to ambitious and urgent climate action. The deployment of the smart grid makes it possible to respond to new models of grid use and offer a better service to citizens.

In the Region of Murcia, i-DE manages more than 28,000 kilometres of low and medium voltage lines and approximately 1,500 km of high and very high voltage lines. It also has 9,600 transformation centres in service and 69 substations. In recent years, the company has undertaken an ambitious plan to digitalise its electricity grids in the region, where it has converted its more than 900,000 meters and the infrastructure that supports them into smart meters, incorporating remote management, supervision and automation capabilities.