Under this program, which aims to support institutions that develop initiatives in forest protection, vegetation cleaning and reforestation, seven vehicles belonging to EDP Distribuição's fleet were donated to the following entities:
- Volunteer Firefighters of Cantanhede
- Volunteer Firefighters of Nespereira (Cinfães)
- Volunteer Firefighters of Penacova
- Volunteer Firefighters of Resende
- Volunteer Firefighters of Tondela Sabugal
- Volunteer Firefighters of Sabugal
- Municipality of Santa Comba Dão
With this ceremony, EDP Distribuição has already donated 16 vehicles in 2019, out of a total of 25 that the Company will deliver from North to South of the country during this year.
Whoever walks on the ground as we do, understands the difficulties of firefighters and this leads us to think of them when we consider this type of support. EDP Distribuição plays a decisive role in the proximity to the population, the municipalities and the fire brigades, and so we felt that, in the renewal of our fleet, we could highlight a number of vehicles that are still in good condition to help the firefighting and civil protection structures.
The ceremony, which took place at the Company's premises in Coimbra, was attended by representatives of the firefighters' corps and the municipalities of Cinfães, Resende, Tondela, Santa Comba Dão, Cantanhede, Sabugal and Penacova.
EDP Distribuição, in the scope of defense and protection of the forest heritage, manages 68,000 km of airlines (of which more than 28,000 km in forest areas), having invested a total of 72 million euros in the last 11 years, of this amount, € 11 million relates to 2019.
Inspection and intervention actions in the protection zones and in the fuel management lanes near the power lines involve around 500 people, among internal and external collaborators, and the application of best practices of monitoring and vegetation management (from inspections thermal imaging of the lines using helicopter and drone flights, until the development of a functionality in the APP that allows any citizen to report situations of proximity to the vegetation).
