SRP Safety Connection at work in the community
Unfortunately it only takes a few seconds for a child to drown or to be injured putting an object into an electrical outlet. Safety must always come first!
As a part of SRP's ongoing commitment to safety, SRP Safety Connection provides vital information in English and Spanish to more than a quarter-million people annually in an effort to keep families and children safe around water and electricity.
Safety is a top priority at SRP. In fact, safety is second nature to our employees; not only on the job, but in their personal lives too. So, to help ensure families are aware of daily water and electrical hazards, SRP Safety Connection works closely with our employees and community partners in an effort to provide educational programming about water and electrical safety at community events.
Water activities are popular in the desert Southwest. SRP has long sought to help residents take appropriate measures to ensure that water safety is a part of their daily living.
But, as fun as water can be, it also can be dangerous. Arizona is second in the nation for child drowning incidents and every drowning or near-drowning is preventable. Drowning is a quick and silent killer. Most children drown in their own pools, but many children drown in buckets, toilets, and bathtubs. Drowning can occur in 2 inches of water. In 2007:
- There were 79 incidents of drowning (49 children/30 adults) of these 16 were fatalities (4 children/12 adults).
- Drowning was the top cause of injury-related death for children in Maricopa County, a county with one of the highest child drowning rates in the nation.
SRP recently launched an innovative employee program "Latch & Lock It!" which utilizes SRP meter readers and field service crews, who regularly read and replace electric meters in Valley back yards. They now have their eyes out for unlatched swimming pool gates. While these personnel usually take the precaution of latching unsecured gates, they are now equipped with plastic tags printed with a bilingual water safety reminder, which they leave attached to the gate.
Electricity is our friend - it keeps us cool in the summer, lights our house, keeps the refrigerator cold, and runs the TV, stereo and computers.
But electricity also can be dangerous. It doesn't take much power to hurt someone - less than one-fifth of the electricity it takes to light a bulb can kill an adult.
SRP Safety Connection promotes electric safety both at home and in the office.
Free safety videos
- CPR instructional video: Learn the basics of CPR with "CPR in Minutes," a seven-minute video produced by the Phoenix Fire Department on how to perform CPR on adults, children and infants in an emergency situation. In the video, Phoenix firefighters give step-by-step instructions on how to administer CPR in both English and Spanish. The video also lists a number to call for more detailed CPR training.
- Water safety: Our water safety video is geared toward students in grades K-6. It features SRP's water safety mascot, Dewey the water drop. Time length is less than 10 minutes.
To request your free safety video, please e-mail SRP Community Outreach.
