United Cooperative Services

Safe City

Safe City is geared toward younger audiences and teaches electrical safety through a working miniature model city.

Each year, employees from United Cooperative Services visit dozens of elementary schools to educate thousands of young people about how to be safe around electricity. The program is presented mostly to fourth graders and coincides with the topics covered in their science curriculum. Students learn how to be safe around electricity and the science behind how electricity is delivered to their homes.

United has been delivering electricity to its members since 1938 and takes safety education seriously. The cooperative marketing and safety staff spends countless hours speaking to local civic groups, community groups and schools. Coordinating safety displays and education programs, which impacts thousands of school children with an important safety message.

The Safe City model depicts a typical neighborhood scene and demonstrates electrical contact hazards including overhead and underground electrical service.

The Safe City model is powered by a transformer which produces a 10,000 volt, 23 miliamp current, producing dramatic arcs when contacts are made.

The following electrical contact hazards are demonstrated with the Safe City model:

contacting overhead lines with an antenna
contacting overhead lines with a kite
contacting overhead lines with a metal pipe
contacting overhead lines with tree limbs
contact with a pad mount transformer
energizing a vehicle with a fallen overhead line
energizing a metal fence with a fallen overhead line
contacting a house service drop with a metal ladder (exploding pole transformer)
contact with a substation transformer
contacting a sailboat mast with an overhead line

Promoting electrical safety not only makes good sense – it is a responsibility United Cooperative Services takes seriously. To schedule a safety demonstration for your organization, please call (817) 556-4000.

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