[BCVHFA] Notice of DP&L Program on Electrical Safety at 16 Feb

[Carl Morgan]

Picked from the Miasmi Valley Amateur Radio Bulletin Board

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From: Keith T. Burnette <be8ktb at attglobal.net>
Subject: Notice of DP&L Program on Electrical 
Safety at 16 Feb. 09 WCOARA Meeting
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 11:57 PM

DP&L Electrical Safety Presentation and 
Demonstration, to be given at the 16 February 2009 WCOARA Meeting

The West Central Ohio Amateur Radio Association 
(WCOARA) would like to take this opportunity to 
invite area amateur radio operators to attend 
their upcoming February meeting. The meeting will 
feature a presentation, and demonstration, on the 
safe interaction with electrical power, by the 
Dayton Power & Light Company. DP&L will present 
their electrical safety program, "Think Hot ­ 
Stay Safe," at the beginning of the September 
WCOARA Meeting. The meeting is scheduled to occur 
Monday, 16 February 2009, at 7:00 p.m., in the 
Dean Amphitheater of the Charles F. Kettering 
Hospital, 3535 Southern Boulevard, Kettering Ohio.

The demonstration equipment takes about an hour 
to set up and Rick Vice, who is in charge of 
safety for DP&L, has agree to provide several of 
his people to make the presentation and conduct 
the demonstration.  As a part of the 
presentation, the electrical safety program 
contains impressive demonstrations of the power 
of electricity, including clear visual evidence 
of the dangers that can be encountered, if 
electrical safety considerations are not strictly 
followed. This electrical safety program is of 
value not only to amateur radio operators, 
interested in safely installing radio stations 
and antennas, but also to anyone involved, either 
directly or indirectly, in emergency responses, 
or, alternatively, by those who encounter power 
lines, downed by a storm. The program also deals 
with how to respond safely, rather than becoming 
a victim, when individuals, vehicles or equipment 
come in contact with live electrical power sources.

Further directions to the Dean Amphitheater are 
as follows. It is located on the lower level of 
the hospital, one floor below the reception area 
in the center of the building. The building 
entrance faces Southern Boulevard, and the 
building can be distinguished from others, on the 
hospital's campus, by the fact that it has 
the  emergency Room entrance at its south end. 
The meeting room is also easily accessible from 
the underground parking garage, which is located 
in front of the building. When entering the lower 
level through its double doors, the Dean 
Amphitheater will be on your immediate left, with 
the hospital cafeteria further down the corridor, on your right.

Dayton Power & Light Company's electrical safety 
program is an updated version of the program they 
have presented, some years in past, at the Dayton 
Hamvention. This program represents a training 
opportunity that is not generally available to 
amateur radio operators, or to the public. It 
teaches valuable lessons, which are essential for 
safe amateur radio operation, and when 
responding, either by radio, or in person, to some
types of emergencies. The program should last 
about one hour. Please plan to attend.

In the event the presentation night corresponds 
to a weather event, which is sufficiently severe 
to force cancellation of the meeting, that will 
be announced on the 145.110 MHz repeater, 
starting at about 6 p.m. on the meeting 
night.  This will also be the talk-in frequency.

Points of Contact: Randy Allen (ka0azs at arrl.net), Rob Lunsford
(kb8uey at arrl.net), or Keith Burnette (kb8gyb at arrl.net).