An extremely high level of fire hazard has been announced in the Kyiv region: DTEK reminds customers about safety rules near power equipment

Windy weather significantly increases the risk of fires and conflagrations. DTEK is a reliable and responsible company. Caring about safety and comfort of its customers, the company asks residents of the region to be careful and cautious, refrain from starting a fire under power lines and not to interfere with the operation of power equipment. Beyond the risk to health and life, it can cause large-scale fires, damage to the grids and shutdown of entire settlements and enterprises.

DTEK Kyiv Regional Grids reminds 5 simple electric safety rules that can protect residents of the region from potential hazard:

• it is strictly forbidden to start a fire, burn deadwood, leave flammable materials and put garbage near power lines and transformer substations;
• do not approach switchboards, transformers and other power equipment, and do not try to interfere with their operation;
• avoid staying near power lines during strong wind. If you discover a broken wire, please stay 8-12 meters away;
• in case of blackouts, do not try to perform repair by yourself. If a blackout happened in an apartment or house – call an electrician, servicing your house. If there is a blackout at the entire street – contact DTEK Kyiv Regional Grids specialists;
• if you discovered fallen, broken or sagging wires, open doors and hatches of the power installations, please do not approach them and inform the company;

Please use any convenient way to inform about any emergency on the grids. We recommend using the following online services:

• Viber and Telegram chatbots (or enter “DTEK Kyiv Regional Grids” in the search bar);
• “Merezhi online” mobile application (available in AppStore and Google Play Market);
• private messages at the official company’s page on Facebook;
• official company’s website – INFORM US ABOUT POWER SHUTDOWN button;
• call center (067/099/093) 495 70 40, (044) 459 07 40;