VIDEO: Arizona Public Service has introduced new fire prevention technology this year, some of which you can find directly on their powerlines.
APS serves 1.4 million households and businesses with 38,000 miles of power lines.
With so much territory to cover, safety is a top priority.
So, the goal of this technology is to track weather conditions that could fuel a fire before or after it sparks.
Starting this year, APS began installing weather stations and cameras on some of its power poles.
“Wind speed, wind direction is on the left side as your looking at it and on the right-hand side is a rain gage,” described Wade Ward, APS manager of fire mitigation.
They now have 55 weather stations and about 35 cameras across the state and they’ll soon begin installing more.