A Good Offense: Vegetation Management and Wildfire Prevention
With wildfire activity already 60% above normal this year—17,400 fires burning over 800,000 acres by mid-April—and drought conditions forecast for 45% of the country through July, your vegetation management program isn’t just about compliance anymore. It’s about protecting critical infrastructure, preventing costly outages, and maintaining reliable service for your customers.
What You’ll Gain from This Session:
Operational Excellence Strategies
- Proven frameworks for scaling vegetation management operations without proportional cost increases
- Digital workforce coordination techniques that reduce truck rolls and optimize crew deployment
- Risk-based prioritization methods that focus resources where they’ll have maximum grid protection impact
Software-Enabled Operations
- How vegetation management platforms like Clearion centralize work planning, crew scheduling, and compliance tracking in one system
- Data-driven decision making: leveraging integrated analytics to identify high-risk corridors and optimize maintenance cycles
- Mobile workforce capabilities that keep field crews connected with real-time updates, photo documentation, and instant work completion reporting
- Automated compliance reporting that eliminates manual data collection and reduces regulatory audit preparation time
Real-World Solutions
- Case studies from utilities that successfully navigated major wildfire seasons while maintaining service reliability
- Practical implementation roadmaps for transitioning from reactive to proactive vegetation management
- Technology integration strategies that enhance rather than complicate daily operations
Bottom-Line Impact
- Quantifiable approaches to demonstrating ROI on vegetation management investments
- Methods to reduce emergency response costs and planned outage duration
- Strategies to minimize regulatory exposure while maximizing operational efficiency
Join utility operations leaders who’ve transformed their vegetation management from a necessary expense into a strategic asset that protects infrastructure, reduces costs, and keeps customers satisfied. You’ll discover how integrated software solutions like Clearion serve as the operational backbone for coordinating complex vegetation programs, and leave with actionable strategies you can start implementing immediately to strengthen your defensive posture against wildfire risks.
