Safeguarding utility assets from wildfires
Wildfires are no longer rare seasonal events. For utilities, they have become one of the biggest threats to infrastructure, reliability, and community safety. Detect ignitions within minutes, prevent costly outages, and protect the communities that depend on your service.
Stop wildfires before they disrupt your grid
This whitepaper is designed for utility leaders, grid operators, and resilience teams who face increasing wildfire risks. It explains why traditional detection methods are falling short, highlights real-world case studies like the Texas Smokehouse Fire, and outlines how multi-layered wildfire intelligence, from satellites to predictive fire modeling, can help utilities protect assets, reduce liability, and maintain service continuity.
Why this matters
Wildfires are no longer seasonal anomalies. For utilities, they threaten infrastructure, reliability, and community safety at an unprecedented scale.
Aging infrastructure
70% of transmission lines are over 25 years old — increasingly prone to failure under wildfire stress.
Escalating outages
Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) cut power for entire communities, disrupting water, healthcare, and communications.
Billions at stake
Utilities face massive liability costs, rising insurance premiums, and expensive grid hardening measures.
Community trust
Frequent outages and slow responses erode stakeholder confidence and damage customer relationships.
Strengthen utility reliability with proactive fire intelligence
Get the whitepaper "Safeguarding utility assets from wildfires" and learn from our practical insights, case studies, and strategies for building resilience.
Real fire, real lessons: The Smokehouse Creek Fire, Texas
When a rotting utility pole collapsed, it sparked the largest wildfire in Texas history, burning over 1 million acres and causing $123M in damages.
Satellite data detected the fire more than an hour earlier than ground reports, showing how faster, integrated intelligence could have changed the outcome.
Smarter wildfire resilience for utilities
Traditional methods like patrols and cameras can’t keep up with today’s fast-moving fires. Blind spots remain, detection is delayed, and small ignitions often escalate before crews arrive.
Multi-layered approach
OroraTech’s Wildfire Solution (WFS) provides the real-time intelligence utilities need. By combining satellite detection, predictive fire modeling, and integrated dashboards, WFS enables:
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Ignition detection within minutes, even at night or in remote areas
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Forecasts of fire spread to protect assets and guide field crews
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Unified situational awareness across thousands of miles of grid