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In the summer of 2017 work began on the prevention of electric injuries in the children’s recreation camps and school playgrounds in the Smolensk region. Electricity safety classes are conducted by specialists of IDGC of Centre – Smolenskenergo division.
In June and July, thematic events were held on the summer site of the schools of the village of Kolokolnya and Talashkino, classes in the summer recreation camps "Young Leninets", "Salut", "Smena" (near Smolensk), "Eaglet", "Nadezhda" (Yartsevsky district), Borok (Safonovsky district), Golyovka (Roslavlsky district), Prudok (Shumyachsky district). And specialists of Krasninsky Distribution Zone conducted not only a class in electrical safety, but also an excursion to the Distribution Zone base, where the children of the sports and recreational site "Sports and Creativity" were able to get acquainted with the work of power engineers and power equipment. In just two months, thanks to the specialists of the branch, over 1,000 children could repeat the rules of electrical safety.
The children remembered the basic rules that must be observed when using household electric appliances and when they are located near electric grid facilities in the street, including actions during a thunderstorm. On specific examples, the specialists explained to the children how to act in situations of the threat of electric shock, how to avoid tragedy, if a broken wire fell near, they learned to leave the danger zone with a "goose" step.
The power engineers use various forms of work with children - games, quizzes, thematic crossword puzzles, excursions, showing cartoons and information videos and more. Most of all, the children like to try on the suit and protective equipment of electricians and reproduce the order of resuscitation actions of the injured with electric shock with the training simulator Gosha.
To decorate stands for security in camp buildings, educators and counselors were given colourful posters with memos on the basic rules of behaviour near power facilities, and the children were given thematic bookmarks and timetables for the next year.
Altogether in the summer months, the power engineers planned to hold 21 electrical safety classes in suburban summer camps or in school playgrounds.
