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Cimarron Electric Cooperative Inside this issue * Pole Top/Basket Rescue Drills * Progressive Solutions begins right of way spraying * Classifieds * Summer Energy Savers * 1249 Mile Update *Storm Poles Pass First Test MAYDAY DRILLS MAY SAVE LIVES!


Curtis Chlouber quickly climbs the pole to perform a pole top rescue.


Every Lineman is trained in pole top and basket rescues. This past month was a first as we took the safety training a step further. This year, we included CPR and live ra- dio calls to more closely simulate a live emergency event. Pole top rescues are practiced to get a fellow lineman down from a pole he has climbed. Contact with electricity, heart attacks and even bee stings could cause a lineman to need help down. Time is crucial in emergency situ- ations and calling for help is the first step rescuers should take. This year, all linemen called in on a live radio the Mayday informa- tion to our dispatchers. This drill gave all involved a reminder of what to do in a real emergency. After making the call, the lineman received a radio reply from the


dispatcher. He then climbed the pole and tied a rope around a weighted dummy and lowered it to the ground. The lineman then climbed down the pole, unhooked and positioned the dummy on its back and started CPR with 30 chest compressions to end the drill. The rescue was timed, not as a competition, but to show how important it is to call for help first, before beginning the rescue.


Radio Communications (May- day Procedures) are critical in an emergency situation. If we hear Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, we all stop what we are doing and write down the location and informa- tion that follows. We could then relay information to our response center, as the man in the field can go ahead and do his pole top or basket rescue. A basket top rescue is prob-


Rodney Johnson does CPR after getting the weighted dummy down


Another first time safety drill has to be the climbing gear our linemen now use. All are now us- ing the fall restraint climbing gear. This new gear prohibits linemen from falling over three feet from a pole. April 1st was the new gear deadline, but we adopted the new gear last fall so everyone had time to get adjusted to the new equip- ment.


ably the rescue we are most likely to do because we spend a lot more time in basket trucks then we do climbing poles. In this drill, a lineman calls in and then switch- es the basket controls at the turret on the bottom of the lift. He uses these separate controls to get the basket down to the ground. The man in the basket is pulled out and unhooked from the basket. (Continued on page 2)


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Joey Musil pulls Jason Zielny out of basket during drill.


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