Utilities

Turn wildfire forecasting into utility action across corridors, substations, and service areas.

WildfireSight Z1 gives utility operations, wildfire mitigation teams, and leadership a shared wildfire risk picture for vegetation work, inspections, field staging, regulatory reporting, and executive communication.

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74.5%
Wildfires forecast by Z1 vs 65% FWI benchmark*
500m
Precision zones for substations and high-risk spans
6mo
Maximum forecast horizon for seasonal planning
1.74x
More fires captured per flagged area than FWI*

*Alberta June to October 2025 MVP evaluation. Z1 is a decision-support tool. Operational decisions remain with utility authorities and established protocols.

The Challenge

Utilities manage broad service territories. Wildfire risk demands a narrower signal.

Transmission and distribution corridors, substations, critical feeders, and vegetation-management zones span vast areas. Broad public fire-danger products do not tell utility teams where to act first, which spans need immediate patrol, or where to concentrate vegetation work before conditions escalate.

01

Transmission and Distribution Corridors

Focus patrols, inspections, and vegetation work on highest-risk spans and zones rather than spreading effort evenly across broad service areas.

02

Substations and Critical Feeders

Monitor wildfire risk around high-consequence assets and surrounding fuel and terrain conditions with facility-focused intelligence.

03

Vegetation Management Prioritization

Use forward-looking risk intelligence to prioritize where crews should work first instead of following fixed cycle schedules regardless of risk conditions.

04

Field Operations and Restoration Readiness

Prepare crews, access, logistics, and communications earlier when wildfire risk is forecast to rise across service territory.

05

Regulatory and Executive Reporting

Create consistent risk summaries for leadership, regulators, municipalities, and Indigenous and community partners.

06

Shared Operating Picture

Z1 gives operations, wildfire mitigation, risk, and leadership teams a common wildfire risk view for coordinated action.

Grid Resilience

Earlier wildfire visibility for the assets that keep communities powered.

When wildfire risk rises near transmission infrastructure, utilities need time to position crews, coordinate contractors, adjust vegetation management priorities, and brief leadership and regulators. Z1 delivers the lead time that reactive monitoring cannot.


  • → Up to six-month forecast horizon for seasonal vegetation management planning
  • → Daily risk updates for field operations and corridor monitoring
  • → Downloadable PDF reports for regulatory and executive briefings
  • → Alert thresholds for escalation before operational windows close
  • → 500 m mitigation zones for named substations and high-risk spans
Transmission tower and power lines silhouetted against wildfire glow at night
Power transmission tower surrounded by wildfire smoke and orange glow
Precision Operations for Utilities

500 m zones for substations, spans, and vegetation-management areas.

The Precision Operations layer applies 5 km tactical and 500 m mitigation-zone intelligence to named infrastructure. Instead of monitoring broad regions, utility wildfire teams receive risk intelligence scoped to the specific assets and corridors where the consequences of wildfire are highest.


Precision zones can be applied to substations, critical feeder spans, access routes, overhead line sections with high fuel loading, and vegetation-management priority areas.


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A more focused wildfire signal for utility planning.

In Alberta's 2025 MVP evaluation, Z1 captured more observed wildfires while flagging a smaller proportion of the landscape as High Risk compared with the Fire Weather Index benchmark.

74.5%
Wildfires forecast by Z1
33%
Area flagged vs 50% by FWI
1.74x
More fires per flagged area

Alberta June to October 2025 MVP evaluation. Comparative results only. Not a guarantee of future performance.

7 Days
Professional
Weekly corridor risk review and field scheduling
28 Days
Advanced
Vegetation management scheduling and contractor coordination
6 Months
Premium / Precision
Seasonal vegetation plans, budget prioritization, regulatory briefings
Enterprise
Custom
Province-wide service territory, control-centre, multi-team access
Common Questions

Questions from utility wildfire and operations teams.

Z1 adds a facility and corridor-focused predictive layer that supports prioritization and internal coordination beyond generic fire-danger information. It gives vegetation management, operations, and leadership a shared, actionable risk picture tied to your specific assets.
Yes. Precision layers help focus vegetation work around high-risk spans, substations, corridors, and access areas rather than applying effort evenly across broad service territories.
No. Z1 supports risk intelligence and planning. Operational decisions including de-energization remain with the utility's established processes, protocols, and authorities.
Yes. Dashboards, reports, maps, and alerts support a shared operating picture across wildfire mitigation, operations, risk, and leadership functions.
Z1 produces downloadable PDF reports, risk scorecards, and historical trend analysis that can support internal risk reviews, regulator discussions, and partner coordination.

Request a utility wildfire resilience briefing.

Tell us about your service territory and we will scope a Z1 deployment for your corridors, substations, and vegetation management zones.

  • Corridor and substation wildfire risk review
  • 500 m Precision Operations scoping for high-risk assets
  • Seasonal vegetation management planning discussion
  • Regulatory and executive reporting walkthrough
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