SCE Conducting Aerial Inspections Of Agoura Hills

AGOURA HILLS, CA — Southern California Edison announced that it is conducting aerial inspections of Agoura Hills neighborhoods using drones and/or helicopters to inspect equipment in hard-to-reach areas over the next few weeks.

SCE said that it is conducting the operations in order to assess “our own electrical assets, structures, and right of ways” as part of a broader campaign to prevent and mitigate wildfires. The aerial inspections, which include the use of high-tech cameras, infrared scanners, and software that geotags assets, help detect invisible flaws and obtains information that cannot be obtained from ground inspections. Information obtained is sent to a large database where the information is categorized by area and geospatial data.

“With increased aerial inspections, we are making absolutely sure that every effort is made to identify possible ignition spots in high fire risk areas,” Dave Guerrero, principal manager of SCE Air Ops, said in a statement. See here for more information on the inspections.

The amount of time that these inspections require will vary, SCE said. The company did not provide a specific start or end date.

The following Agoura Hills neighborhoods may be affected:

• 500 ½ block of Kanan Road
• 5400 block of Colodny Drive
• Lewis and Colodny Drive South
• Kanan Road, south of Agoura Road
• 27300 block of Agoura Road
• N. Kanan Road and Agoura Road

SCE said that it will be performing routine maintenance on electrical equipment that will require temporary shutoffs. Details on the time and place of these outages can be found here.