Public safety
We take positive action to reduce harm to the public from our operations. We invest time, energy and resources to make sure people are aware of the potential risks presented by our network distribution sites and other equipment.
Educating children about the electrical safety
Our Education Advisors work with schools and community partners across our networks sharing important messages about safety, sustainability and energy efficiency with over 100,000 children a year. Our Public Safety Team provides useful information and practical safety demonstrations across the UK. The two teams have worked together at several major events.
Safety in schools
Our Education team works with children across the UK. Education Advisors take part in a wide range of local events designed to encourage good citizenship, personal responsibility and safety awareness – often working closely with other agencies such as the Police, Fire Service and Network Rail. The team also supports the national curriculum at Key Stages 2 and 3, by running interactive workshops. These are designed to be fun, but they also support the teaching of Science, Design Technology and Personal Social and Health Education. Most importantly, they raise children’s awareness of the dangers of electrical equipment.
Our Education Team hosts Power UP! – a website providing safety messages as well as curriculum-related information about electricity for pupils and teachers through games, quizzes, worksheets and information packs for pupils and teachers.
Our Education Team hosts Power UP! – a website providing safety messages
Public Safety Team
During 2007, our Public Safety Team ran an information stall at eight major county shows, in total attended by over 100,000 people. They distributed over 8000 substation safety information ‘bags’ and used dummy equipment to teach people about the dangers they face near our assets. The team plans to attend 34 shows in 2008.
Sub-station watch
The rising value of metal, especially lead and copper has lead to a dramatic increase in theft. It is an international problem affecting many industries. Metal thefts have resulted in a number of dangerous occurrences including live cable cuts and interruptions to customers electricity supplies.
Following a link-up with Neighbourhood Watch in 2006, the Public Safety Team has completed a successful pilot scheme across Hertfordshire, involving up to 20,000 volunteer public ‘watchers’. The scheme is set for roll out across five more counties in 2008 with the aim of drastically increasing the “pairs of eyes” we have who are trained to spot safety issues.
Business continuity planning
Security and safety issues dominated the agenda at a recent business continuity briefing at London’s QE2 Conference Centre in October 2007.
An exercise was staged to improve the company’s response to the types of problems that would be faced in an emergency. It asked participants to imagine that a terrorist bomb had gone off in a crowded shopping centre.Run by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office – a police unit located within MI5 – the simulation gave the company a chance to test its emergency management plans.
The interactive exercise saw the police and representatives of the emergency services working closely with EDF Energy personnel to make decisions about what the business needs to do to help prevent, and survive, a terrorist attack or similar incident.
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Public safety
We take positive action to reduce harm to the public from our operations. We invest time, energy and resources to make sure people are aware of the potential risks presented by our network distribution sites and other equipment.
Educating children about the electrical safety
Our Education Advisors work with schools and community partners across our networks sharing important messages about safety, sustainability and energy efficiency with over 100,000 children a year. Our Public Safety Team provides useful information and practical safety demonstrations across the UK. The two teams have worked together at several major events.
Safety in schools
Our Education team works with children across the UK. Education Advisors take part in a wide range of local events designed to encourage good citizenship, personal responsibility and safety awareness – often working closely with other agencies such as the Police, Fire Service and Network Rail. The team also supports the national curriculum at Key Stages 2 and 3, by running interactive workshops. These are designed to be fun, but they also support the teaching of Science, Design Technology and Personal Social and Health Education. Most importantly, they raise children’s awareness of the dangers of electrical equipment.
Our Education Team hosts Power UP! – a website providing safety messages as well as curriculum-related information about electricity for pupils and teachers through games, quizzes, worksheets and information packs for pupils and teachers.
Our Education Team hosts Power UP! – a website providing safety messages
Public Safety Team
During 2007, our Public Safety Team ran an information stall at eight major county shows, in total attended by over 100,000 people. They distributed over 8000 substation safety information ‘bags’ and used dummy equipment to teach people about the dangers they face near our assets. The team plans to attend 34 shows in 2008.
Sub-station watch
The rising value of metal, especially lead and copper has lead to a dramatic increase in theft. It is an international problem affecting many industries. Metal thefts have resulted in a number of dangerous occurrences including live cable cuts and interruptions to customers electricity supplies.
Following a link-up with Neighbourhood Watch in 2006, the Public Safety Team has completed a successful pilot scheme across Hertfordshire, involving up to 20,000 volunteer public ‘watchers’. The scheme is set for roll out across five more counties in 2008 with the aim of drastically increasing the “pairs of eyes” we have who are trained to spot safety issues.
Business continuity planning
Security and safety issues dominated the agenda at a recent business continuity briefing at London’s QE2 Conference Centre in October 2007.
An exercise was staged to improve the company’s response to the types of problems that would be faced in an emergency. It asked participants to imagine that a terrorist bomb had gone off in a crowded shopping centre.Run by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office – a police unit located within MI5 – the simulation gave the company a chance to test its emergency management plans.
The interactive exercise saw the police and representatives of the emergency services working closely with EDF Energy personnel to make decisions about what the business needs to do to help prevent, and survive, a terrorist attack or similar incident.
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