Snohomish County PUD activates fire safety protocols
EVERETT — As annual wildfire risks rise in Western Washington, Snohomish County Public Utility District continues to develop protocols to prepare for and decrease wildfire risks.
In 2023, the state Legislature passed a bill requiring electric utilities to create and adopt a wildfire mitigation plan. Snohomish PUD already had some protocols in place at the time, but the district expanded upon its procedures and published its new mitigation document in October 2024.
The document describes management of vegetation in the district, inspection and maintenance of infrastructure, communication plans, breaker setting protocols and how to track the plan’s effectiveness.
“A very key part of our plan was to identify what risk factors does Snohomish County has, and what are we doing to mitigate those specific risk factors,” said David Popach, a protection engineer for Snohomish PUD.
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