Sierra Pacific

Safety

For Speaker's Bureau and Safety Presentations contact Lisa Harris, Coordinator, Public Relations at (775) 834-3067 or lharris@sppc.com.

For presentations to fire and police departments, contractors and builders or Governmental Agencies please call Art Miller, Public Safety Coordinator at 775-834-4500 or e-mail amiller@sppc.com.

To learn more about electrical safety on the web, go to our general safety pages by clicking here.

Sierra Pacific's Public Safety Program offers free electrical and natural gas safety training programs to all our customers. We also offer propane gas safety training to propane customers. The electric and gas safety programs are suitable for everyone from middle school aged children to adults. These programs have been presented to schools, emergency response personnel, contractors, manufacturing companies, etc. Call Lisa Harris, our Speakers Bureau and School Programs coordinator, at (775) 834-3067 or e-mail: lharris@sppc.com to schedule a training session or more information.

Electrical Safety Training
This training covers safety around your home and work, includes working around high voltage power lines, low voltage safety around your home and work, kite flying safety, what to do should you encounter a downed power line, trees around power lines, working around electrical lines on the farm, and several other areas that you may encounter in your everyday life. Training aids used include video tapes, safety brochures and high voltage (12,000 volt) electrical safety board.

Natural and Propane Gas Safety Training
This program covers natural gas and propane safety, including where it comes from, its properties, what it does and how to safely use it. You learn how to respond to a gas leak, who to call and the needed safety precautions. Training aids include video tapes, safety brochures and a controlled gas combustion chamber.