Safety Demonstrations

York Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tive puts a lot of ener­gy into edu­cat­ing the pub­lic about elec­tric­i­ty. We reg­u­lar­ly offer safe­ty demon­stra­tions to stu­dents and oth­er groups through­out our ser­vice area in an effort to teach impor­tant safe­ty lessons to the par­tic­i­pants.

YEC is equipped with a vari­ety of fun and edu­ca­tion­al safe­ty demon­stra­tion tools and activ­i­ties. Our elec­tri­fied minia­ture town dis­play pro­vides an excit­ing oppor­tu­ni­ty for view­ers to see first­hand many real-life elec­tri­cal haz­ards in action. Using wired dolls that light up when elec­tri­fied, expe­ri­enced Oper­a­tions Depart­ment employ­ees can demon­strate the dan­gers of fly­ing kites near pow­er lines, dig­ging in the ground before call­ing 811, approach­ing fall­en pow­er lines, and more. In addi­tion, our demon­stra­tions include an expla­na­tion of the per­son­al pro­tec­tive equip­ment our linework­ers wear dai­ly and even give view­ers a chance to try it on them­selves!