OREANDA-NEWS. August 9, 2010. Emergency response centre headed by Sergey Shumakher, Deputy General Director for Technical Policy of the Company, was established in IDGC of Centre and tighten control over course of rectification of consequences of technological disturbances was imposed. Emergency situation concerning forest fires in Central Russia was the reason of imposing of personnel enhanced responsibility regime.

The top priority tasks of emergency response centre of IDGC of Centre include complex of measures intended to safety of life and health of people, reduction of extent of environmental damage and material losses, a well as localization of zones of emergency situations and termination of dangerous factors effecting. In Grid Management Centres dispatching services monitor fire hazard situation hourly and if necessary send teams of power engineers for power supply restoring operatively.

Due to the uniform technical policy being implemented in regions, preventing measures, maximally coordinated and operative work of power engineers the power grid complex of IDGC of Centre operates in regular mode.