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“Look up, look around, be aware” is the motto for CREC’s Be Safety Smart program for fi rst- and second-graders. The co-op’s linemen teach kids it is important to be aware of what is around when playing outside. They use an electrifi ed model city to demonstrate the dangers of playing around power lines. “A lot of people think power lines are insulated, but they’re usually not,” Mattox says. “They may not realize how many thousands of volts are running through them.” It is diffi cult to distinguish between cable, telephone and electrical wires so kids should always assume wires are electrifi ed. According to OAEC’s Guffey, parents can help their kids stay safe by pointing out power lines on their property. “Power lines have been there forever and they become part of the landscape. Make sure kids know where they are and that they shouldn’t play around them. They can be dangerous if they’re not treated with respect,” he says. East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative’s (ECOEC) Electric
Junction program for fi rst-graders highlights several outdoor safety haz- ards kids may encounter. Billie Been, member services representative at ECOEC, teaches students that fl ying kites or remote-control airplanes and climbing trees are dangerous when power lines are overhead. For example, a kite that comes in contact with a power line may cause
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a fi re. However, if the string is wet, it could be a conductor, Been says. Similarly, if a tree comes in contact with a power line, it could become a path for electricity to reach the ground. When a child climbs in that tree, their body can become part of the path to the ground. “I remind the kids when they go to the lake in the summer to be aware of overhead power lines. A lot of the lakes in Oklahoma are man-made and some of the lines were put in place before the lakes were there,” Been says. “I teach them not to throw fi shing lines or anything else over them.”
Leslie Kraich, community and member relations coordinator at Tri-
County Electric Cooperative (TCEC) says the co-op uses its LiveLine trailer to teach students in its service territory about the power of elec- tricity. Linemen use the life-size power poles, electrifi ed power lines and a transformer, to demonstrate what happens when various objects come into contact with a power line. They show power arcs, set a balloon on fi re and cook a hotdog. The hotdog scorches the way human fl esh would if it made contact with a power line.
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