OREANDA-NEWS. On 14 March 2008 was announced, that in the third decade of March and in the beginning of April, the central territories of the Russian Federation have to deal with spring flood, as a rule. During this period, there is a probability of flooding power facilities in a number of regions that can complicate conditions of the equipment operation and raise risk of electric networks damage.


In order to prevent any extreme situations, IDGC of Centre implemented complex anti-flood actions.

First of all, the list of sites of overhead electricity transmission lines, substations, industrial buildings and constructions subject to flooding was specified. These areas will be under strong control. If the experts of the company have to take operative reconstruction works, in this case full equipping of the emergency reserve, readiness of the personnel and special equipment, including swimming means will be additionally checked.

Already now powermen of the company have done great work on protection of the equipment from washing out by flood waters, isolated places of laying cables, pipes, ventilating channels through walls of buildings,  prepared gutters, drainpipes and water-allocating drains for water drainage.

IDGC of Centre created a commission which supervises performance of these actions; branches of the company established daily monitoring of flood situation. Interaction and operative communication with divisions of Civil Defense and Emergency Situations, local administrations, hydrometeorological services is performed for the period of flood.