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Learning More About Electricity -- From the Lineman Speakers Bureau

Kansas City Power & Light wants to help all children be safe around electricity. That's why our retired linemen -- the workers children often see in KCP&L trucks and on utility poles -- formed the Lineman Speakers Bureau. Linemen know electrical hazards inside and out. And they know the importance of safety around electrical equipment.

The Lineman Speakers Bureau offers electrical safety presentations to elementary schools in areas served by KCP&L. Presentations target specific age groups to help teach safety concepts. Although the preferred group size is 25 to 30 students, the speakers gladly offer more than one presentation a day.

The one-hour presentation includes a video and electrical safety demonstrations. Children learn about the electrical equipment they often see in their neighborhoods, and the presenters stress the importance of playing away from power lines, transformers and other potentially dangerous electrical equipment.

Following a question-and-answer period, if time permits, one lucky student will dress up in lineman gear. At the end of the presentation, children receive age-appropriate handouts and other items that reinforce the messages they've just heard.

KCP&L invites younger children to join Sparky and Electra for their tour of electrical safety inside and outside the home. Sparky and Electra come to you on a short animated video produced especially for children ages 3 to 6. Retired KCP&L employees show the video and then review the electrical safety messages, like properly using an electrical outlet and never playing on padmount transformers.

The presenters use Sparky and Electra hand puppets when interacting with the children. They finish the 30-minute presentation by involving the children in a song learned during the video. Handouts for the children include a coloring book, crayons and stickers. The daycare provider keeps a copy of the video and the cassette.

If you teach in the greater Kansas City area or surrounding communities served by KCP&L, and you'd like to set up a presentation either by the Lineman Speakers Bureau or Sparky and Electra, please email the Program Coordinator.

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